Archive for March, 2009

Turkish: date for initial flight is uncertain

Turkish: date for initial flight is uncertain

We’ve been visiting Turkish‘s website in search for the initial airfare for its São Paulo / Istanbul flight, announced for March (Turkish: flights to Brazil from 29 March). It’s strange, we could never find the fare on sale and we couldn’t see any announcement of the new flights, even a few days before the date […]

March 30, 2009 | By More
videos: landing in Florianopolis

videos: landing in Florianopolis

The video section of D Vuelos flies today to the popular destination of the island of Florianópolis. The airplane is approaching the airport from the east. Right at the beginning of the film you can see Armação beach and a few seconds later, the Lagoa do Peri and Campeche. Passangers sitting on the right side […]

March 27, 2009 | By More
Continental and US Airways en route to Rio de Janeiro

Continental and US Airways en route to Rio de Janeiro

Continental has just been authorized to fly from New Orleans / Houston to Rio de Janeiro. The flight will begin in June with a B767. US Airways has been allowed to fly the route Philadelphia / Charlotte / Rio de Janeiro. Yet another Star Alliance company arriving in Brazil (Continental will join the Alliance this […]

March 25, 2009 | By More
Pluna will fly to Porto Alegre in June

Pluna will fly to Porto Alegre in June

Uruguayan airline Pluna is contemplating new destinations in Brazil, among them Belo Horizonte and Brasilia. But Porto Alegre got first and will receive flights from the airline from 26 June 2009. To help its expansion plans, Pluna is studying basing some of its aircraft in Paraguay, to be able to operate from there flights to […]

March 23, 2009 | By More
Azul: on its way to Rio and Manaus

Azul: on its way to Rio and Manaus

The new low-cost Azul got permission to fly to Santos Dumont airport in Rio and didn’t wait a second to set its expansion plan in motion. Flights from Campinas (Viracopos) to Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont) begin today, 20 March. The number of flights will increase until 14 daily frequencies are offered on 16 April. […]

March 20, 2009 | By More
Air China flying again from São Paulo to Madrid

Air China flying again from São Paulo to Madrid

Air China is flying again from São Paulo to Madrid, with a promotional fare of 600 USD (734 USD when the taxes are added). Air China is not one of the best airlines around, but the fare, for flights departing from Brazil, is. Tariff VLPX2M is valid for flights between 29 March and 10 June […]

March 19, 2009 | By More
Tam in the Star Alliance only in 2010

Tam in the Star Alliance only in 2010

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 […]

March 12, 2009 | By More
Swiss will no longer fly to Santiago

Swiss will no longer fly to Santiago

Swiss airline Swiss, belonging to the Lufthansa group, will no longer fly from São Paulo to Santiago de Chile from 29 March 2009. Swiss passengers wanting to fly to Santiago (the route was Zurich / São Paulo / Santiago with a A340) will have to catch a Tam connecting flight (in code-share with Swiss). —————————— […]

March 9, 2009 | By More
videos: landing in Paraty

videos: landing in Paraty

The incredibly beautiful Paraty is our destination today in the video section of D Airfare. Few people have been lucky enough to land in Paraty, as the small-size airport only accomodates small aircraft. The plane is approaching the runway from the east, flying above the Paraty bay. Around 1:10 you can see on the right […]

March 6, 2009 | By More
El Al announces fares

El Al announces fares

Israeli airline El Al has just made her fares available for the São Paulo / Tel Aviv route – beginning on 3 May. The route will have three weekly flights (Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays) and will be flown on a Boeing 777-200. According to Panrotas, for the low season there will be fares from 1.099 […]

March 3, 2009 | By More