With a slight delay over the dates announced originally (Alitalia announcing a new direct flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro from June 2011), Alitalia‘s new flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro has a launching date. From 1 July three weekly flights will link both cities. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email follow D […]
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 […]
Smiles, Gol / Varig’s frequent-flyer program, has just launched a promotion, valid from 16 to 31 March, allowing its members to issue domestic tickets using 4,000 miles (one way) and international tickets (the Caribbean excluded) using 6,000 miles. Flights must take place between April and May 2011. As usual Fernando de Noronha is excluded from […]
Panama’s airline Copa has promotional fares (not officially announced yet) to fly from Brazil to Peru with a stopover in Panama City. There are fares (LPRT30) from US$175 (about US$278 once the airport tax is added) departing from São Paulo. For departures from Rio de Janeiro or Belo Horizonte the fares are more expensive. Maximum […]
The Brazilian civil aviation authorities have given the final go-ahead to Iberia’s new Barcelona – São Paulo flight we had mentioned previously at Barcelona-São Paulo with Iberia starting in June. The flight, starting on 18 June, will have three weekly frequencies and will compete directly with Singapore Airlines (Singapore Airlines gets the final go-ahead). Something […]
We’ve paid quite a lot of attention here at D Airfare to the new route Singapore Airlines will be shortly operating from Barcelona to São Paulo (Barcelona – São Paulo with Singapore Airlines from March 2011, Singapore is already selling Barcelona – São Paulo with promotional fares) The Asian airline has been finally granted the […]
An open skies agreement has just been signed between the civil aviation authorities of Brazil and Costa Rica. The agreement should produce no immediate results but allows for direct flights between both countries. Currently there are no air links between Brazil and Costa Rica. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email follow D Airfare on Twitter
Uruguayan airline Pluna, currently operating direct flights from Montevideo to Foz de Iguazú and Curitiba, is studying a third direct flight to the state of Paraná, which could have as its destination either Maringá or Londrina. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email follow D Airfare on Twitter
More Lufthansa news. A few days ago we mentioned the new Munich – São Paulo daily flight. A press release from the German airline announces that from the end of October the company will operate five weekly flights from Frankfurt to Rio de Janeiro. An Airbus 340-300 will be used on the route. Lufthansa has […]
It is being reported that the Argentinian and the Brazilian authorities are discussing a Brazilian proposal to increase the number of flights between both countries. The current agreement gives Brazil 133 monthly frequencies, all of them in use, and Argentina 124. The Brazilian Minister of Defence pointed out that as well as Gol and Tam […]
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 […]
