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Delta with plans for Brasilia

April 8, 2009 | By More
Delta with plans for Brasilia

Delta handed a request to the US aviation authorities asking for permission to fly three times a week from Atlanta to Brasilia, from 17 December 2009. The request was made on behalf of Northwest, an airline controlled by Delta. The flights would be done with Boeings 757. To be able to fly that route Delta […]

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Lan: flight deals to Argentina, Chile and Peru

April 7, 2009 | By More
Lan: flight deals to Argentina, Chile and Peru

Lan is currently offering flight deals for purchases made before 24 April for return flights before 16 June. To Argentina (Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Córdoba, Iguazú) there is a fare QEESP220 from 199 USD plus taxes. For Chile (Santiago, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Calama), fare OEESP573 from 299 USD plus taxes. And if your destination is […]

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Air China: initial flight postponed

April 3, 2009 | By More
Air China: initial flight postponed

Air China used to fly from Madrid to São Paulo. Then it ended up the service and after that it announced flights would resume in March 2009. Now that date has been changed once again and the new estimate is end of June 2009. Will they really stick to that date? —————————— RELATED POSTS: direct […]

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Turkish: date for initial flight is uncertain

March 30, 2009 | By More
Turkish: date for initial flight is uncertain

We’ve been visiting Turkish‘s website in search for the initial airfare for its São Paulo / Istanbul flight, announced for March (Turkish: flights to Brazil from 29 March). It’s strange, we could never find the fare on sale and we couldn’t see any announcement of the new flights, even a few days before the date […]

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videos: landing in Florianopolis

March 27, 2009 | By More
videos: landing in Florianopolis

The video section of D Vuelos flies today to the popular destination of the island of Florianópolis. The airplane is approaching the airport from the east. Right at the beginning of the film you can see Armação beach and a few seconds later, the Lagoa do Peri and Campeche. Passangers sitting on the right side […]

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Continental and US Airways en route to Rio de Janeiro

March 25, 2009 | By More
Continental and US Airways en route to Rio de Janeiro

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 […]

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Pluna will fly to Porto Alegre in June

March 23, 2009 | By More
Pluna will fly to Porto Alegre in June

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 […]

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Azul: on its way to Rio and Manaus

March 20, 2009 | By More
Azul: on its way to Rio and Manaus

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. […]

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Air China flying again from São Paulo to Madrid

March 19, 2009 | By More
Air China flying again from São Paulo to Madrid

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 […]

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Tam in the Star Alliance only in 2010

March 12, 2009 | By More
Tam in the Star Alliance only in 2010

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 […]

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