Category: airlines
Smiles, Gol / Varig‘s mileage program, has finally released the table for the calculation on how to use its miles with its partner airlines. Smiles miles can already be used to purchase Air France / KLM tickets. It is expected the same will happen with American flights from 1 October 2009. Subscribe to D Airfare […]
From 28 April members of the mileage programs Fidelidade Tam and Aeroplan can accumulate points/miles flying with Tam and Air Canada respectively. Another step towards the integration of Tam in the Star Alliance. —————————— RELATED POSTS: TAM initiates proceedings to join the Star Alliance Tam in the Star Alliance only in 2010 Subscribe to D […]
We had already mentioned in the blog that Tam had initiated proceedings to join the Star Alliance. Those waiting for a fast entry of Tam in the Star Alliance are in for a disappointment. According to a Publituris report we read at the Fórum Contato Radar, the Star Alliance’s commercial vice-president declared that Tam is […]
What would you think of an airline that launches a frequenty flyer program with no rules you can learn about before joining it? That was the reality for members of OceanAir’s programa Amigo until last week. Although it was launched in April 2007, OceanAir only decided to publish the rules of the program now. Shame! […]
The new Alitalia is on the air. Its first flight to Brazil departed on 13 January. The company is already facing new strikes and has been forced to cancel several flights. Not easy to run Alitalia… —————————— RELATED POSTS: direct flights from Italy to Brazil direct flights from Brazil to Italy
Tam has just announced the 2009 edition of its Brazil Airpass and also of its South America Airpass. The South America Airpass is aimed at those living outside South America, wanting to travel to the cities Tam flies to in Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. The pass must be purchased outside South […]
Turkish Airlines are already announcing at their website their new flights to Brazil. There will be two weekly flights with a 1 hour and a half stopover in Dakar (Senegal). The flight to Turkey (TK015) will depart from São Paulo at 22:30h and land in Istanbul at 19:05 the following day. The flight from Turkey […]
Mexican airline Mexicana started its own flights to Brazil using B767-300. They link Mexico City and São Paulo five times a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday). We wish Mexicana success. She will compete with fellow Mexican airline Aeromexico and its B77. This is a route where Varig and OceanAir tried unsuccesfully to carve […]
Azul informed through a press release that has asked the authorities for permission to operate from Campinas to Porto Alegre and from Campinas to Salvador. Each route will have 35 weekly flights, which confirms the company’s strategy of flying few routes with a high number of flights on each of them. As in Brazil copying […]
Turkish Airlines, a Star Alliance company, should begin flying to Brazil in March 2009. According to Panrotas, an official request to ANAC has already been made and negotiations with Infraero will beging shortly. Two weekly flights are expected. An A340-300 will link São Paulo with Istanbul via Dakar. —————————————— Original text in Portuguese: Turkish: Mais […]
Qatar Airways offering 25% discount
Qatar Airways, the best airline in the world according to the Skytrax index, is running a promotion on its website offering up to 25% of all-inclusive fares. The promotion is valid only for purchases made until 19 April. It involves both economomy and business class and flights between 20 April and 6 June. We ran […]
Singapore Airlines with special fares to fly from Brazil to Spain
Singapore Airlines has special fares for its flights from Brazil to Spain during the month of October 2011. Purchases must be made between 5 and 18 September. You can fly from São Paulo to Barcelona from USD 808 (taxes not included). If you can’t find the fares, get hold of a travel agent conversant with […]
Tam selling tickets for its new Mexico City flight, from USD830
Tam is selling tickets for its newest international destination, Mexico City. There are fares from USD830 (tariff QYGYTMX, taxes not included). They can be purchased through a travel agent, as the airline hasn’t made those fares available through its website yet. The return flight must be completed within 30 days. Penalty for cancellation is USD200 […]
