At arriving in Brazil: step-by-step we had explained all the procedures a passenger had to go through when arriving to Brazil in an international flight. In the past, when you had reclaimed your baggage and done your shopping at the Duty Free shop and you headed out of the arrival areas, you had to go [...]
Turkish Airlines wants to fly from São Paulo to Buenos Aires in 2012. It would be an extension of its current Istanbul-São Paulo flight. The company is awaiting for the permission from the authorities to begin operating the flight. If approved it will be yet another choice to fly between Guarulhos and Ezeiza. Information from [...]
Things are surely going pretty well on Lufthansa’s new Frankfurt – Rio de Janeiro frequency. Only a couple of months after launching the route the airline announces a new weekly frequency, making it a total of six weekly flights between both destinations. The new frequency will start operating on 26 March. As well as the [...]
Argentina’s airport authorities removed the authorization Lan Argentina had to fly from the Aeroparque airport in downtown Buenos Aires to Brazil. Two daily flights were specifically unauthorized, those going to (and returning from) São Paulo. Now Lan Argentina is rescheduling those flights, numbers LA4540/LA4541 y LA4544/4545. On a release on its website the airline is [...]
Tam is informing its customers by email of the existence of a promo code giving 15% discount on purchases made through its website. The final day for purchases is 22 January for flights before 15 April. The code is valid for flights between Brazil and Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan and Paris. The code is: 106347 [...]
A recent text at the Contato Radar forum had an incredible figure: Viracopos international airport in Campinas, state of São Paulo, experienced a 1,025% growth in passengers in a period of just 7 years. During 2024, 675,796 used the airport. In 2011 it is expected that figure will reach 7,600,000. Viracopos is the main hub [...]
6 February 2012 is the date set of the auction that will allow three consortiums to take control of the airports of Guarulhos in São Paulo, Viracopos in Campinas and Brasilia. You will find more details on the event and the process at São Paulo and Brasília airport auctions require foreign participation in consortium. The [...]
Bolivian airline Aerosur will be adding on 29 February 2012 three new weekly flights between Guarulhos international airport in São Paulo and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, continuing onto Panama City. Departures from Brazil will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and the flight will be operated using a Boeing 737-300. The airline [...]
Delta Airlines has just turned its Atlanta to Brasilia into a daily flight and has also increased the frequency of its Detroit – São Paulo. This move, coupled with the incorporation of larger aircraft to the routes has allowed the airline to increase its presence in Brazil. For 2012, as registered by Panrotas, the company [...]
Brazilian airline Tam and Turkish Airlines have signed a code-share agreement. Both companies are currently members of the Star Alliance – although there is uncertainty as to how long will Tam remain a member of the alliance. The agreement will allow each of the two companies to sell tickets for a number of flights flown [...]
Brazilian antitrust authorities gave the go ahead last week to the merger of Brazilian airline Tam and Chilean airline Lan – in our opinion, the purchase of Tam by Lan, as we detailed at LATAM, the new Lan Brazil? – our assessment of the LAN/TAM merger. CADE, the Brazilian antitrust body, also set as a [...]
Uruguay’s national carrier Pluna is increasing its presence in Brazil – it is estimated that in three year’s time Brazil will generate half of the revenue of the company. The airline wants to launch six new routes from Montevideo to Brazilian destinations. Out of those six new destinations, three have already been chosen: Campo Grande [...]
We are told that Iberia is contemplating new frequencies between Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. On the news item, in Portuguese, Iberia’s sales manager declares 2011 was an excellent year for the company. Fragile memory, I would say, as it was only a few weeks ago that Iberia cancelled its Madrid to Fortaleza and Recife [...]
It would seem Qatar Airways, currently flying from Doha to São Paulo, intends to launch in 2012 a direct flight from Doha to Rio de Janeiro. The source is a news item from O Globo reproduced at Contato Radar. The Gulf airline follows the trail of its neighbour Emirates, a company that, as we informed [...]
Baggage theft at Guarulhos international airport in São Paulo is on the rise. A recent feature by Época SP magazine (read the full text in Portuguese at Cumbica: 20 malas por dia têm objetos furtados no aeroporto) revealed how it is estimated an average of 20 pieces of luggage have all or part of their [...]
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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 [...]
Tap, Lufthansa and Air France / Klm with reduced fares to fly from Rio de Janeiro at the end of 2011
Tap, Lufthansa and AirFrance/KLM are announcing economic class fares from USD 899 to fly between November 2011 and January 2012. TAP Tap has fares departing from Rio de Janeiro to Madrid, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Munich, London, Rome, Amsterdam, Zurich, Paris, Nice and Vienna, among other cities, from USD 898 (taxes excluded). Purchases no later than 31 [...]