Air Europa promised in March that it would increase its frequencies to Brazil, and it failed to deliver on that promise (Air Europa to increase its frequencies from Madrid to Salvador de Bahia). Now the company is announcing for December 2012 a fourth frequency on its flight from Spain to Brazil. It would also seem […]
We are told that Iberia is contemplating new frequencies between Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. On the news item, in Portuguese, Iberia’s sales manager declares 2011 was an excellent year for the company. Fragile memory, I would say, as it was only a few weeks ago that Iberia cancelled its Madrid to Fortaleza and Recife […]
10 months after its launch (the new Iberia flight to the Northeast begins on 1 February), Iberia’s Madrid to Fortaleza and Recife flight comes to an end. On 2 November 2011, to be exact. The reasons alleged by Iberia for the end of the route are high fuel costs and the world crisis. One wonders […]
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 […]
Singapore Airlines is quite happy with the way things are going on its São Paulo – Barcelona flight (continuing onto Singapore). The occupancy rate is 80% and now the company intends to turn its three-times-a-week flight into a daily one. For this, it needs to wait for permission and slots from the local aviation authorities. […]
Skytrax has just revealed its ranking of the best world airlines for 2011 (you can check it out at World Airline Awards). Unlike other rankings (Condé Nast Traveller comes to mind) where the winners have to pay if they want to appear in the final list, in the case of Skytrax the rankings are ellaborated […]
The code-share agreement between Iberia and Gol has been extended. As a result, Iberia can now sell tickets to Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Goiania, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador and Vitória. Iberia passengers from its Madrid-São Paulo, Madrid-Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona-São Paulo can connect now to domestic flights operated by Gol. Information from […]
Iberia is offering promotional fares on its business class for flights departing from either Fortaleza or Recife. From 2,000 USD (taxes not included) you can fly to Barcelona, Lisbon, Dublin, Amsterdam, London, Frankfgurt, Paris, Rome and Zurich. From 2,220 USD you can get to Madrid, Vienna or Prague. From 2,300 you can fly to Athens […]
Brazilian airline Tam and Spanish airline Spanair (both members of the Star Alliance) initiate on 12 May a code-share agreement. Tam will be able to issue its clients tickets with its own JJ code on flights operated by Spanair from Madrid to Barcelona, Bilbao, Málaga, Santiago de Compostela and Tenerife. Likewise, Spanair will be able […]
Air France has promotional fares to fly from Rio de Janeiro to Europe. Fares start at 760 USD (taxes not included, tariff NRPRBR) to fly to Madrid and 780 USD to fly to other important European cities (among them Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, Lisbon, London, Rome, Vienna and Zurich). The tariff allows for a free stop-over […]
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 […]
