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agreement between Gol and American Airlines

agreement between Gol and American Airlines

Gol, owner of the Smiles mileage program, should be announcing shortly a partnership agreement with American Airlines. The agreement should include code-share flights and the association of the Smiles and Aadvantage frequent-flyer programs. The details of the agreement haven’t emerged yet, but it should be good news for both the airlines. Gol will be able […]

July 7, 2009 | By More
agreement between Tam and Swiss

agreement between Tam and Swiss

Members of Tam‘s Fidelidade mileage program can know accumulate and use points flying with Swiss. Swiss is part of the Lufthansa group and uses the same mileage program: Miles & More. While we wait for Tam to effectively join the Star Alliance, Fidelidade Tam keeps consolidating agreements with companies that are part of the alliance. […]

July 6, 2009 | By More
Gol flying to Curaçao

Gol flying to Curaçao

From 27 June, and for an initial period of six months, Gol is flying once a week from Brasilia to Curaçao. The flight is operated on Saturdays and it was made possible by the joint effort of several tour operators. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email

July 2, 2009 | By More
São Paulo – Los Angeles non-stop with Delta takes off today

São Paulo – Los Angeles non-stop with Delta takes off today

Delta begins today the operation of its direct and non-stop flights from Los Angeles to São Paulo (Guarulhos int’l airport). The Los Angeles – São Paulo flight leaves at 21:00 and lands in Brazil at 13:20 the following day. The São Paulo – LA flight leaves at 22:15 and lands in the U.S. at 7:30 […]

July 1, 2009 | By More
Azul on the way to Belo Horizonte

Azul on the way to Belo Horizonte

It seems Azul airlines will be flying to Belo Horizonte from August 5 2009, with 4 daily flights between Campinas and the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. It was time Azul gave up on its fight with the government of Minas Gerais to use the Pampulha airport. It will fly to the Confins […]

June 30, 2009 | By More
back

back

We are back from our holiday break and hopefully we should be able to catch up real soon with all the Brazilian aviation news.

June 29, 2009 | By More
free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?

free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?

With a touch of scepticism we had already published the announcement by Infraero (the Brazilian’s government body responsible for the country airports) that Brazilian airports were to offer free wi-fi. Infraero, following the Brazilian government principle that every measure has to be announced with ostentation and then carried out when and if there is any […]

June 15, 2009 | By More
Anac creates airline ranking

Anac creates airline ranking

The Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority, ANAC, in an attempt to innovate, has just added to its website a Espaço do Passageiro, a space where passengers can rank the airlines that operate in Brazil – both national and international. The marks given by passengers will be used to create a consumer satisfaction ranking. To be able […]

June 8, 2009 | By More
video: landing at Congonhas airport

video: landing at Congonhas airport

After the take-off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo comes the landing at the very same airport. The video shows the final approach coming from the west. At videos you can see the list of videos we have published so far in the blog. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email.

June 4, 2009 | By More
Azul and Trip: new destinations

Azul and Trip: new destinations

Azul is already selling tickets for Maceió, flights beginning on 1 June. Azul is expanding its action to a destination abandoned recently by Webjet – arguing it wasn’t profitable. And from 4 June Maringá (Paraná) will receive four daily Azul flights from Campinas. Trip is announcing a new daily flight Vitória – Ilheus – Salvador […]

May 27, 2009 | By More