links: Kayak
Kayak is one of the most useful international aggregators around. On its home page you can fill the spaces with your dates, origin and destination to search for a flight. On the results page you will find the airfares the system has found along with links to the airline’s websites or consolidator’s pages where the […]
leaving Brazil with expensive equipment
If you live in Brazil, whether foreigner or resident, this blog post will be of interest to you. If you are a tourist, you can disregard the content of this post as it doesn’t apply to you. If you are planning a trip abroad taking with you any high-value imported item (laptop computer, digital camera, […]
direct flights from Switzerland to Brazil
Shown below the city and airport of origin, the destination city and airport, and the airlines flying that route, with links to their webpages. from Zurich [ZRH] to São Paulo [GRU]: Swiss NB: A direct flight connects two airports mantaining the same flight number. Passengers check their baggage to their final destination and do not […]
direct flights from Brazil to Switzerland
Shown below the city and airport of origin, the destination city and airport, and the airlines flying that route, with links to their webpages. from São Paulo [GRU] to Zurich [ZRH]: Swiss NB: A direct flight connects two airports mantaining the same flight number. Passengers check their baggage to their final destination and do not […]
GOL: flights for 99 reais
Gol has just launched a promotion for Brazilian residents: Férias com Preço de ônibus. The conditions are: Purchase: from 28 November 2008 to 14 February 2009 For flights: from 25 December 2008 to 28 February 2009 Rules: purchase at least 14 days prior to departure; minimum stay of 10 nights. For domestic flights. Gol has […]
Star Alliance potential for growth in Latin America
The largest airline alliance of our times, Star Alliance, which will be joined by Tam shortly (TAM initiates proceedings to join the Star Alliance), has two new candidates from Central America: Taca and Copa. Taca has already submitted an official request to join the alliance and is awaiting a reply. Copa is a bit lost. […]
Azul: first routes
Azul informed through a press release that has asked the authorities for permission to operate from Campinas to Porto Alegre and from Campinas to Salvador. Each route will have 35 weekly flights, which confirms the company’s strategy of flying few routes with a high number of flights on each of them. As in Brazil copying […]
destination Cabo Frio: from Buenos Aires and Brazilian cities
For many, Cabo Frio is nothing more than the largest international airport near Búzios. Only Trip has regular flights to Cabo Frio airport (CFB). They depart on Saturdays and Sundays from Belo Horizonte (PLU), Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumond), Ribeirão Preto and Uberlândia. During the high season other airliner (operating both regular and charter flights) […]
Turkish closer to Brazil
Turkish Airlines, a Star Alliance company, should begin flying to Brazil in March 2009. According to Panrotas, an official request to ANAC has already been made and negotiations with Infraero will beging shortly. Two weekly flights are expected. An A340-300 will link São Paulo with Istanbul via Dakar. —————————————— Original text in Portuguese: Turkish: Mais […]
Continental after flight from Rio de Janeiro to New Orleans
It is time for Continental to make a move on the Brazilian market. The company is keen on the Rio de Janeiro/Houston/Nova Orleans route. She would like to being flying that route before the end of the year, using B767-200 three times a week. From March 2009 it would become a daily flight. However, the […]