Category: news
Continental has just been authorized to fly from New Orleans / Houston to Rio de Janeiro. The flight will begin in June with a B767. US Airways has been allowed to fly the route Philadelphia / Charlotte / Rio de Janeiro. Yet another Star Alliance company arriving in Brazil (Continental will join the Alliance this […]
Uruguayan airline Pluna is contemplating new destinations in Brazil, among them Belo Horizonte and Brasilia. But Porto Alegre got first and will receive flights from the airline from 26 June 2009. To help its expansion plans, Pluna is studying basing some of its aircraft in Paraguay, to be able to operate from there flights to […]
The new low-cost Azul got permission to fly to Santos Dumont airport in Rio and didn’t wait a second to set its expansion plan in motion. Flights from Campinas (Viracopos) to Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont) begin today, 20 March. The number of flights will increase until 14 daily frequencies are offered on 16 April. […]
Air China is flying again from São Paulo to Madrid, with a promotional fare of 600 USD (734 USD when the taxes are added). Air China is not one of the best airlines around, but the fare, for flights departing from Brazil, is. Tariff VLPX2M is valid for flights between 29 March and 10 June […]
We had already mentioned in the blog that Tam had initiated proceedings to join the Star Alliance. Those waiting for a fast entry of Tam in the Star Alliance are in for a disappointment. According to a Publituris report we read at the Fórum Contato Radar, the Star Alliance’s commercial vice-president declared that Tam is […]
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). —————————— […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
Daylight savings end at midnight at the end of Saturday 14 for the regions South, South East and Centre-West (they include the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Distrito Federal). We’ll have to put the […]
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 […]
