Category: airlines
Skytrax has just revealed its ranking of the best world airlines for 2011 (you can check it out at World Airline Awards). Unlike other rankings (Condé Nast Traveller comes to mind) where the winners have to pay if they want to appear in the final list, in the case of Skytrax the rankings are ellaborated […]
The code-share agreement between Iberia and Gol has been extended. As a result, Iberia can now sell tickets to Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Goiania, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador and Vitória. Iberia passengers from its Madrid-São Paulo, Madrid-Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona-São Paulo can connect now to domestic flights operated by Gol. Information from […]
A few days ago a reader of our Aquela Passagem sent us an intriguing question. If you search for South American destinations at JetBlue’s website you will find cities like São Paulo, Río de Janeiro or Buenos Aires. Is the US low-cost planning a grand international expansion? Unfortunately it would seem that is not the […]
Brazilian airline Tam and Spanish airline Spanair (both members of the Star Alliance) initiate on 12 May a code-share agreement. Tam will be able to issue its clients tickets with its own JJ code on flights operated by Spanair from Madrid to Barcelona, Bilbao, Málaga, Santiago de Compostela and Tenerife. Likewise, Spanair will be able […]
It’s now more than a year since we published our list of the official Twitter profiles of the main Brazilian airlines. It is time for an update adding Avianca Brasil, newcomer to Twitter Lan Brasil, Puma Air and Passaredo. If you click on their icons you will reach their profiles. You can see our updated […]
Several articles on the Internet point to a new Star Alliance strategy for Latin America. Part of that strategy involves the entry into the alliance of airlines Avianca/Taca and Copa. As a result of this move, Tam (still to be known as Lan Brasil in a not too distant future) would be virtually out of […]
Brazilian airline Tam has launched its new Star Alliance website, with an English version. The new site presents all the information related to the presence of Tam in the Star Alliance. As well as all the information on the Alliance, members of Tam’s Fidelidade mileage program will find details of the benefits they can expect […]
We have a simple and direct question for Brazilian airline Trip: Is the airline interested at all in having foreign tourists as part of their customer base or would the airline rather have those tourists fly with its competitors? Do you know what the photographs above have in common? They were taken at destinations served […]
Airline consolidation is an irreversible trend that is reaching Latin America now. British and Iberia in partnership with American; Delta and Northwest and an agreement with Air France / KLM which in turn have a share in Alitalia; Lufthansa taking control of Swiss and Austrian; United and Continental; and so on. To date, the closest […]
Brazilian airline Tam and Chilean airline Lan have just announced a merger agreement. The deal will create the largest carrier in Latin America. More information on LAN-TAM merger would create new LatAm airline giant. Subscribe to D Airfare by Email
Qatar Airways offering 25% discount
Qatar Airways, the best airline in the world according to the Skytrax index, is running a promotion on its website offering up to 25% of all-inclusive fares. The promotion is valid only for purchases made until 19 April. It involves both economomy and business class and flights between 20 April and 6 June. We ran […]
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 […]
