Archive for October, 2010

British Airways announcing new flights

British Airways announcing new flights

British Airways has just announced new routes. The London–São Paulo flight, currently continuing to Buenos Aires, will finish and depart from Brazil. Buenos Aires will win its own direct flight to and from London from 28 March 2011. The London-Rio de Janeiro route, started two years ago, will remain with three weekly frequencies although BA […]

October 26, 2010 | By More
Moscow – Rio de Janeiro direct with Transaero

Moscow – Rio de Janeiro direct with Transaero

We’ve just read about the announcement made by Russian airline Transaero of its new flight to Brazil beginning on 3 January 2011. It will be a weekly direct flight between Moscow and Rio de Janeiro on a 747-400 with 352 passengers. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email

October 22, 2010 | By More
Guarulhos airport, 121th in global ranking

Guarulhos airport, 121th in global ranking

On a recent ranking produced by Skytrax Guarulhos international airport in São Paulo, the most important Brazilian airport, was listed in the 121th place. Anybody who’s had to use the airport knows why. The situation of public transportation to the airport is absolutely outrageous. A taxi from my home in São Paulo to the airport […]

October 20, 2010 | By More
Alitalia announcing a new direct flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro from June 2011

Alitalia announcing a new direct flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro from June 2011

Italian airline Alitalia has just announced a new direct flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro, starting on 4 June 2011. During the first month of operation there will be three weekly frequencies, increasing to four from July onwards. Tickets are already for sale. The route will be operated with Airbus A330. Suscribirme al contenido […]

October 18, 2010 | By More
Copa to fly direct from Porto Alegre to Panama City

Copa to fly direct from Porto Alegre to Panama City

Panama’s Copa Airlines currently flies to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Manaos. On 15 December it will add a new Brazilian destination to its list, with a daily Porto Alegre to Panama City flight. The flight will depart from Porto Alegre at 04:37 and will land in Panama City at 10:14. A […]

October 14, 2010 | By More
Barcelona – São Paulo with Singapore Airlines from March 2011

Barcelona – São Paulo with Singapore Airlines from March 2011

We’ve got confirmation of the Singapore Airlines flight from Barcelona to São Paulo (we first mentioned it a while ago at two new direct Barcelona-São Paulo flights). The flight will start on 27 March 2011 with three weekly frequencies. A Boeing 777-300ER will be used on the route. The Barcelona flight departs at 10:25 landing […]

October 11, 2010 | By More
Pluna to fly from Montevideo to Campinas in São Paulo

Pluna to fly from Montevideo to Campinas in São Paulo

Uruguayan airline Pluna has requested from the Brazilian aviation authorities six weekly frequencies to operate a route between Montevideo and Viracopos airport in Campinas, state of São Paulo. The only day of the week the flight will not be operated will be Saturday. A Canadair CRJ 900 will be used on the route. Subscribe to […]

October 8, 2010 | By More
the new Iberia flight to the Northeast begins on 1 February

the new Iberia flight to the Northeast begins on 1 February

We’ve got confirmation. The new Iberia flight we referred to at Iberia requests permission to fly Madrid-Fortaleza-Recife-Madrid is due to start on 1 February. There will be three weekly frequencies on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. —————————— RELATED POSTS: Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza and Recife, one of them will get a new flight from Iberia Subscribe […]

October 6, 2010 | By More
Gol increasing its frequencies from Buenos Aires to Florianópolis

Gol increasing its frequencies from Buenos Aires to Florianópolis

Brazilian airline Gol has announced it is increasing its number of flights from Buenos Aires to Florianópolis. The new daily flights begin on 4 December. Departuring from Buenos Aires at 22:10 and arriving in Florianópolis at 01:05. And departing from Florianópolis at 04:20 and landing in Buenos Aires at 05:45. At the Brazil Travel Blog […]

October 4, 2010 | By More
September 2010 summary

September 2010 summary

Here is a summary of the entries published at D Airfare during the month of September. Webjet, a word of advice Webjet’s free Congonhas-Guarulhos shuttle ceases to operate Qantas flying from Australia to Brazil? the Star Alliance’s Brazil Airpass is launched Iberia requests permission to fly Madrid-Fortaleza-Recife-Madrid Pluna adds new Uruguay-Brazil frequencies new Montevideo – […]

October 1, 2010 | By More