US Airways intends to fly to São Paulo before the end of the year
According to recent declarations from US Airways’ Senior Vice President, the American airline US Airways is “still working to solidify our plans in Sao Paulo”, where the carrier wants to fly before the end of the year. The company’s intentions are laid out at the USA Today feature US Airways: We’re focused on making Brazil […]
five new weekly flights from Rio de Janeiro to Panama
Copa Airlines, currently operating a daily flight between Rio de Janeiro and Panama City, is introducing five new weekly frequencies on the route. The airline will use a B737-300 with departures from Rio on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The total number of flights Copa will be operating from Rio de Janeiro to Panama […]
Delta adds a new frequency to its Atlanta-Brasilia flight
US airline Delta is adding a new frequency to its Atlanta to Brasilia flight. From today 1 June there will be a flight on Wednesdays, operated on a Boeing 757-200. That makes it a total of six weekly flights between Atlanta and the Brazilian capital. Information from Panrotas.
Iberia with promotional business class fares from Fortaleza or Recife
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 […]
Tam announces a direct flight to Mexico
Brazilian airline Tam has announced a new direct flight to Mexico on the second half of 2011. As soon as we have any more details of the flight, which will in all likelihood connect São Paulo and Mexico City we will let you know. The information is from Estado de São Paulo.
direct flight from Montevideo to Brasilia with Pluna
On 15 June 2011 Uruguayan airline Pluna will begin the operation of its new direct flight connecting the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo, with the capital of Brazil, Brasilia. There will be departures from Montevideo from Monday to Friday at 20:30. The departures from Brasilia will be from Tuesday to Saturday at 08:30. It will be […]
collapse in the skies
For those fluent in Portuguese, Globo TV network run a series of reports on the situation of air transportation in Brazil. One of the reports dealt with the way the Brazilian traffic air control system works and the problems it faces, due to the dire state of the airport infrastructure. It’s a video worth watching […]
El Al wants a fourth direct flight between Tel Aviv and São Paulo
Israel’s El Al, currently flying three times a week between Tel Aviv and São Paulo, wants to introduce a fourth direct flight before the end of the year. The airline has a new website. Information from magazine Panrotas.
British Airways to double its number of flights from London to Rio de Janeiro
British Airways, currently flying three times a week from London Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro, is announcing it will double the amount of weekly flights between both airports. From October 2011 there will be six weekly direct flights.
Tam and Spanair enter a code-share agreement
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 […]