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agreement between Gol and American Airlines

agreement between Gol and American Airlines

Gol, owner of the Smiles mileage program, should be announcing shortly a partnership agreement with American Airlines. The agreement should include code-share flights and the association of the Smiles and Aadvantage frequent-flyer programs. The details of the agreement haven’t emerged yet, but it should be good news for both the airlines. Gol will be able […]

July 7, 2009 | By More
agreement between Tam and Swiss

agreement between Tam and Swiss

Members of Tam‘s Fidelidade mileage program can know accumulate and use points flying with Swiss. Swiss is part of the Lufthansa group and uses the same mileage program: Miles & More. While we wait for Tam to effectively join the Star Alliance, Fidelidade Tam keeps consolidating agreements with companies that are part of the alliance. […]

July 6, 2009 | By More
São Paulo – Los Angeles non-stop with Delta takes off today

São Paulo – Los Angeles non-stop with Delta takes off today

Delta begins today the operation of its direct and non-stop flights from Los Angeles to São Paulo (Guarulhos int’l airport). The Los Angeles – São Paulo flight leaves at 21:00 and lands in Brazil at 13:20 the following day. The São Paulo – LA flight leaves at 22:15 and lands in the U.S. at 7:30 […]

July 1, 2009 | By More
Azul on the way to Belo Horizonte

Azul on the way to Belo Horizonte

It seems Azul airlines will be flying to Belo Horizonte from August 5 2009, with 4 daily flights between Campinas and the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. It was time Azul gave up on its fight with the government of Minas Gerais to use the Pampulha airport. It will fly to the Confins […]

June 30, 2009 | By More
free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?

free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?

With a touch of scepticism we had already published the announcement by Infraero (the Brazilian’s government body responsible for the country airports) that Brazilian airports were to offer free wi-fi. Infraero, following the Brazilian government principle that every measure has to be announced with ostentation and then carried out when and if there is any […]

June 15, 2009 | By More
Anac creates airline ranking

Anac creates airline ranking

The Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority, ANAC, in an attempt to innovate, has just added to its website a Espaço do Passageiro, a space where passengers can rank the airlines that operate in Brazil – both national and international. The marks given by passengers will be used to create a consumer satisfaction ranking. To be able […]

June 8, 2009 | By More
Azul and Trip: new destinations

Azul and Trip: new destinations

Azul is already selling tickets for Maceió, flights beginning on 1 June. Azul is expanding its action to a destination abandoned recently by Webjet – arguing it wasn’t profitable. And from 4 June Maringá (Paraná) will receive four daily Azul flights from Campinas. Trip is announcing a new daily flight Vitória – Ilheus – Salvador […]

May 27, 2009 | By More
Taf cancels all its flights

Taf cancels all its flights

An announcement on the page of the airline Taf informs that it is cancelling all its regular flights until at least July 2009. Taf flew between Fortaleza, Belém, Macapá, Manaus and Cayenne (French Guyana). Subscribe to D Airfare by Email

May 25, 2009 | By More
Air China changing its mind again

Air China changing its mind again

Air China will not, after all, resume its São Paulo – Madrid flight on June 2009. The latest we’ve heard from the company is that its plans only contemplate resuming that route on July 2010! By changing its mind the whole time the airline is diminishing customer confidence on the company. Subscribe to D Airfare […]

May 19, 2009 | By More
Varig: destination Aruba

Varig: destination Aruba

Varig is announcing it will fly to Aruba from 5 July 2009. It will be a weekly flight on Sundays, an extension of its flight to Caracas. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email

May 18, 2009 | By More