VARIG, now available at GOL’s website
From now on, customers entering Gol‘s website might end up buying Varig‘s tickets.
After the merger between Gol and Varig was authorized, both companies adopted the legal identity of VRG linhas aéreas (the controller of the new Varig). The companies began to fly with Varig’s official authorization. For that reason, Gol and Varig are now brands of VRG linhas aéreas.
Former VRG flights operated by Varig had a RG code in front of the flight number. Gol’s code was G3. Now all flights, both Gol’s and Varig’s, will use the G3 code before the flight number.
How can I tell whether I’ll be flying Gol or Varig? If your flight number begins with 1 or 7, you will be boarding a Gol aircraft; if it begins with 2 or 8, it will be a Varig airplane – (numbers 7 and 8 are usually reserved for international routes). We feel in the future there will be little difference between flying Gol or Varig.
On the next screenshot you can see how the flight (vôo) to Fernando de Noronha, that can now be purchased through GOL’s website, is operated by Varig (the flight number begins with 2).
Varig languishes a bit more; its website is no more than a simple accessory to Gol’s own website.
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Original text in Portuguese: Varig: Agora Também no Site da Gol
En español: VARIG, ahora también en la página de la GOL
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