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Swiss will no longer fly to Santiago

Swiss will no longer fly to Santiago

Swiss airline Swiss, belonging to the Lufthansa group, will no longer fly from São Paulo to Santiago de Chile from 29 March 2009. Swiss passengers wanting to fly to Santiago (the route was Zurich / São Paulo / Santiago with a A340) will have to catch a Tam connecting flight (in code-share with Swiss). —————————— […]

March 9, 2009 | By More
videos: landing in Paraty

videos: landing in Paraty

The incredibly beautiful Paraty is our destination today in the video section of D Airfare. Few people have been lucky enough to land in Paraty, as the small-size airport only accomodates small aircraft. The plane is approaching the runway from the east, flying above the Paraty bay. Around 1:10 you can see on the right […]

March 6, 2009 | By More
El Al announces fares

El Al announces fares

Israeli airline El Al has just made her fares available for the São Paulo / Tel Aviv route – beginning on 3 May. The route will have three weekly flights (Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays) and will be flown on a Boeing 777-200. According to Panrotas, for the low season there will be fares from 1.099 […]

March 3, 2009 | By More
Tam will fly to South Africa

Tam will fly to South Africa

Tam‘s president announced the company will begin flying to Johannesburg during the second half of this year. Everyone with an eye on FIFA’s World Cup in 2010. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email

March 2, 2009 | By More
Trip: new flights to Aracaju, Bonito, Lençóis and Petrolina

Trip: new flights to Aracaju, Bonito, Lençóis and Petrolina

Trip increases again the list of destinations it is flying to. From 16 March it will fly from Salvador to Petrolina (Monday to Friday) and to Aracaju (daily flight). The latter continues to Recife and Natal. From 2 April Trip will begin to operate two new routes. From Campo Grande to Bonito (Wednesdays and Sundays) […]

February 27, 2009 | By More
Brazil Airpass and South America Airpass by Varig and Gol

Brazil Airpass and South America Airpass by Varig and Gol

We were preparing a blog post with details of Varig (and Gol’s) Brasil Airpass and South America Airpass when we discovered, much to our surprise, that Varig’s webpage is no longer functional and send the customer to Gol’s website. Here there is no mention whatsoever of the passes. We have direct links to the sections […]

February 25, 2009 | By More
photos: landing in Rio de Janeiro

photos: landing in Rio de Janeiro

It’s carnival time, let’s go to Rio! Today’s photo, taken from the Sugar Loaf mountain, shows a Tam aircraft on its final approach to Santos Dumond airport (SDU). The plane is coming from the south and getting aligned with the airport’s runway. The aircraft came from the north, turned around just in front of the […]

February 20, 2009 | By More
Azul: new flights to Recife, Fortaleza, Manaus, Navegantes and Rio de Janeiro

Azul: new flights to Recife, Fortaleza, Manaus, Navegantes and Rio de Janeiro

Azul has announced new routes (all available for purchase but for the Rio de Janeiro flight): The Campinas/Recife route we had already mentioned in the blog will have a new daily flight (this time in the morning) from 12 March: leaves from Campinas at 09:55 and lands in Recife at 13:10. Returns from Recife at […]

February 18, 2009 | By More
Webjet: more flight deals but, where are the rules?

Webjet: more flight deals but, where are the rules?

Webjet announces flight deals: Río de Janeiro/Salvador from R$339, Cuiabá/Campo Grande from R$ 129, São Paulo/Salvador from R$299 and São Paulo/Porto Alegre from R$ 159. Some of those fares are not that different from the competition. On top of that, Webjet insistis on not publishing the rules of its promotions on a clear and accesible […]

February 17, 2009 | By More
flight deals: Gol

flight deals: Gol

Gol has new flight deals through a promotion called Contramão no Carnaval. Purchases: up until 28 February. Flights: the company divides the destinations with flight deals in blocks of dates (20 and 21, 22 and 23, 24 to 28 February). Each block has flight deals for specific routes. You can check the flights in this […]

February 16, 2009 | By More