Mexicana flying to São Paulo
Mexican airline Mexicana started its own flights to Brazil using B767-300. They link Mexico City and São Paulo five times a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday). We wish Mexicana success. She will compete with fellow Mexican airline Aeromexico and its B77. This is a route where Varig and OceanAir tried unsuccesfully to carve […]
videos: landing in Fernando de Noronha
We thought it would be appropriate to open the videos section of D Airfare at one of the most wonderful places in the entire Brazil, the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. On the usual approach to Fernando de Noronha, airplanes circle the island counterclockwise before they align themselves with runway 12, right in the middle […]
GOL: more flights from Argentina
Brazilian airline Gol has announced an increase in the number of flights from Argentina to Brazil, increasing some frequencies and adding a few new flights. Córdoba will have 6 weekly flights to Rio de Janeiro via Porto Alegre. Rosario will have 4 weekly flights to Brasilia via Porto Alegre. Buenos Aires will have 7 new […]
the Brazilian Duty Free
One uncommon aspect of Brazilian airports is that they have Duty Free shops for arriving passengers, and not only for those departing from the country. They are known by Brazilians as Free Shop. The company Brasif has the monopoly over all the Duty Free Shops, and at its web page (with version in English) you […]
Brazilian airports in GoogleMaps
The following GoogleMaps mash-up contains the precise geographical location of the most important Brazilian airports. As well as being quite a lot of fun for those into satellite images, it is useful information as it allows you to locate the position of the airport and see how far it is from your intended destination. See […]
GOL: new deals to steal Azul’s thunder
Gol decided to improve its most recent flight deals to counteract the launch of Azul. The promotion called 6 destinos a 99 reais cada has a now a new name: Natal e Ano Novo a 99 reais. To be honest, it could still be called “everything goes through Congonhas”, as all the flights depart from […]
Azul begins selling tickets and launches frequenty flyer program
Azul has already made its promotional flights for the media bunch. As you can read on an article published at the Portal Terra (in Portuguese), you’ll be able to stuff yourself on chips and crackers. The first routes flown by the company will be Campinas (São Paulo) – Salvador (one way from R$219) and Campinas […]
Delta flying from LA and United increasing flights to Belo Horizonte
Delta got from the American authorities two of the frequencies that belonged to United, allowing it to fly from any destination in Brazil. With those two additional frequencies, and another one it will get from a flight to Atlanta, it will fly three times a week from Los Angeles to São Paulo (a route that […]
several flight deals from Brazil
What with oil prices falling several airlines have reduced their fuel taxes. To attempt to control a fall in demand, those companies are launching some seasonal promotions. The prices quoted here are for flights leaving from Brazil and are expressed in US dollars – taxes excluded. AIR FRANCE Announces deals to several destinations in Europe, […]
American Airlines: flight deals to Brazil
American Airlines is offering discounted airfares to a number of Brazilian destinations. Flights to Belo Horizonte [BHZ] (entrance point to the Cidades Históricas of Minas Gerais) from Chicago, Miami, NYC, San Francisco and Washington from 750 USD + taxes. Flights to Recife [REC] from Baltimore, Boston, Miami, NYC and Orlando from 574 USD + taxes. […]