Archive for April, 2009

agreement between Tam and Air Canada

agreement between Tam and Air Canada

From 28 April members of the mileage programs Fidelidade Tam and Aeroplan can accumulate points/miles flying with Tam and Air Canada respectively. Another step towards the integration of Tam in the Star Alliance. —————————— RELATED POSTS: TAM initiates proceedings to join the Star Alliance Tam in the Star Alliance only in 2010 Subscribe to D […]

April 30, 2009 | By More
Copa with excellent deals to South America and the Caribbean

Copa with excellent deals to South America and the Caribbean

Copa is offering excellent deals for purchases made up until 4 May. There are flights from São Paulo to Bogotá from 350 USD (all prices taxes excluded), to San José from 486 USD and to Havana from 677 USD. Also, for purchases up until 20 May, there are flights from São Paulo to Quito and […]

April 29, 2009 | By More
Azul: new flight deals

Azul: new flight deals

New low-cost airline Azul has special fares for flights on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, for purchases made at least three days in advance. The promotion is valid for purchases made between 28 April and 13 May for flights up till 19 June. On the screenshot ilustrating this blog post you can see some of […]

April 28, 2009 | By More
American resuming daily flights to Recife and Salvador

American resuming daily flights to Recife and Salvador

American Airlines will resume on 12 June its daily flights to Recife and Salvador on the North East of Brazil. In April, during the low season, the company cut down the number of weekly flights. Source: Panrotas —————————— RELATED POSTS: direct flights from the United States to Brazil direct flights from Brazil to the United […]

April 27, 2009 | By More
Gol: new flight deals

Gol: new flight deals

Gol is presenting a new edition of its flight deals, valid for purchases until 30 April. As there are so many ongoing promotions, our advice is for you to check them out carefully, analize if what you find is what you need, and buy consciously. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email

April 25, 2009 | By More
Tam gets official permission to fly to Portugal

Tam gets official permission to fly to Portugal

Tam airlines obtained official permission from Anac (the Brazilian government’s body responsible for civil aviation in the country) to operate its own flights to Portugal. So far it was doing so through a code-share with Portuguese airline Tap. The permission doesn’t necessarily mean Tam will be establishing flights to Portugal right away. Watch this space. […]

April 21, 2009 | By More
Pluna increases its frequencies to São Paulo

Pluna increases its frequencies to São Paulo

Pluna is increasing its number of flights from Montevideo to São Paulo from 21 June. There will be three daily flights on the route on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Pluna could take the opportunity to increase its flights to Belo Horizonte and Brasilia too, even if they have to go through São Paulo. It is […]

April 20, 2009 | By More
videos: landing in Fortaleza

videos: landing in Fortaleza

We will be landing in Fortaleza today on our video section. The long video contains the full approach to the airport. It’s quite interesting as it allows a view of a substantial amount of Fortaleza sights. Right at the beginning, the plane is approaching Fortaleza from the southeast and we see it flying above the […]

April 17, 2009 | By More
new Azul shuttle buses to the airport

new Azul shuttle buses to the airport

Brazilian airline Azul announces new shuttle services to the airports it flies from. There are now 2 routes leaving the city of São Paulo (Shopping Eldorado and Terminal Barra Funda) for Viracopos (Campinas airport). Until further notice, the service is free. There are also buses from different cities in the state of São Paulo to […]

April 15, 2009 | By More
Delta with plans for Brasilia

Delta with plans for Brasilia

Delta handed a request to the US aviation authorities asking for permission to fly three times a week from Atlanta to Brasilia, from 17 December 2009. The request was made on behalf of Northwest, an airline controlled by Delta. The flights would be done with Boeings 757. To be able to fly that route Delta […]

April 8, 2009 | By More