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Boliviana de Aviación getting ready to fly to São Paulo

Boliviana de Aviación getting ready to fly to São Paulo

According to a recent report, Bolivian airline Boliviana de Aviación (BoA), with a permission from the Brazilian aviation authorities to fly to Brazil, is ready to launch its flights to São Paulo at the beginning of August. Prices haven’t been defined yet. The airline flies four Boeing 737. —————————— RELATED POSTS: new South American airlines [...]

July 27, 2010 More
fly more using less miles with Gol/Varig and Tam’s frequent flyer programs

fly more using less miles with Gol/Varig and Tam’s frequent flyer programs

Both the frequenty flier programs of the main Brazilian airlines are running similar promotions right now. With Gol/Varig’s Smiles you can issue domestic tickets using 4,000 miles (Fernando de Noronha is, as usual, excluded from the promotion). International tickets from 6,000 (the Caribbean is excluded too). Tickets must be issued until 30 September for flights [...]

July 22, 2010 More
the government’s choice: makeshift terminals for the World Cup airports

the government’s choice: makeshift terminals for the World Cup airports

For the Brazilian taxpayer 7 years would have seemed more than enough to bring the Brazilian airports from the XX into the XXI. But the notorious handling of airport affairs by the Brazilian government has led to a conclusion: the airports won’t be ready for the FIFA World Cup 2014. Hence, the magic solution: makeshift [...]

July 19, 2010 More
Sol del Paraguay planning Asunción-São Paulo flight

Sol del Paraguay planning Asunción-São Paulo flight

Paraguayan company Sol del Paraguay wants to fly from the Paraguay capital, Asunción, to São Paulo. It intends to use two Fokker 100 aircraft. It is awaiting permission from the authorities and expecting to have the route up and running in four months time. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email Did you like this? Share [...]

July 15, 2010 More
TACA to fly from Lima to Rio daily

TACA to fly from Lima to Rio daily

From today 12 July airline TACA is flying daily from Lima in Peru to Rio de Janeiro (up until now it had four weekly flights). The airline uses an Airbus A320 on the route. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email Did you like this? Share it:

July 12, 2010 More
TAM confirms its São Paulo – Bogotá flight for December

TAM confirms its São Paulo – Bogotá flight for December

Brazilian airline Tam has announced its new São Paulo (Guarulhos) – Bogotá flight will start in December. It will be operated with an Airbus A320 with business and economy class. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email Did you like this? Share it:

July 9, 2010 More
yet again Air Europa announces its flight from Madrid to Salvador de Bahia

yet again Air Europa announces its flight from Madrid to Salvador de Bahia

As part of the neverending saga of announcements and cancellations, it is Air Europa‘s turn to announce its return to the Madrid – Salvador de Bahia route from 31 October. The airline will operate three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. An Airbus A330-200 with capacity for 299 passengers will be used on the [...]

July 7, 2010 More
June 2010 summary

June 2010 summary

A summary of the entries published at D Airfare during June (a very short month as we were away for half of it). Tam Museum reopens São Paulo – Barcelona for 310 USD with Qatar Airways agreement between Brazil and the European Union is Tam’s optimism justified? Did you like this? Share it:

July 5, 2010 More
is Tam’s optimism justified

is Tam’s optimism justified

“23 days to go for Brazil’s sixth soccer world cup”. It won’t take long before we find out. Did you like this? Share it:

June 28, 2010 More
agreement between Brazil and the European Union

agreement between Brazil and the European Union

On 14 July an agreement on traffic routes should be signed between representatives of the Brazilian goverment and the European Union. This agreement will replace existing bilateral agreements between Brazil and EU members (there are currently 15 agreements with 27 countries). There will be just the one agreement that will allow more EU airlines to [...]

June 17, 2010 More