Spanish airline Air Europa, expecting business growth during 2012, announces its intention to increase the frequencies of its Madrid to Salvador de Bahia flight. There would be five weekly flights during the European summer season – pity Europeans aren’t old that July and August are not the best months to enjoy the beaches in Salvador […]
Lan Perú will be adding new frequencies to its route between Jorge Chávez airport in Lima, Perú, and Guarulhos airport in São Paulo. From 1 July the current 11 weekly frequencies will become 14.
Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo published recently declarations from Qatar Airways‘ CEO announcing two new routes between Qatar and Brazil. One of the routes will be a flight to Rio de Janeiro commencing on 2013 while the other destination is not being disclosed yet. Qatar’s CEO also declared that in his opinion Guarulhos international […]
Brazilian airline Tam has a website containing a map of the operating conditions of the Brazilian airports. The information is updated on a regular basis. The operating conditions are identified by four different symbols: a green circle indicates the airport is operating normally a yellow circle indicates delays are frequent a red circle indicates there […]
Gol is keeping quiet about it but American Airlines has made the official announcement: from 12 August 2012 the agreement between its loyalty program AAdvantage and Gol’s Smiles comes to an end. The details of the agreement had been covered here at D Airfare at Smiles and American Airlines delayed and you can now issue […]
Not that long ago we mentioned that Turkish Airlines wanted to fly from São Paulo to Buenos Aires. The new route has now been confirmed. From June 2012, Turkish will fly between Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires and Guarulhos airport in São Paulo. From São Paulo the flight will continue its route to Istanbul. There […]
The two international airports in the state of São Paulo, Guarulhos and Campinas, concentrate 63% of all international passenger traffic arriving to and departing from Brazil (most of them going through Guarulhos international airport), according to a recent research published by Globo News. The state of Rio de Janeiro, second place on the ranking, receives […]
From June American Airlines will fly from Miami to Manaus four times a week. The new route comes on top of an increase on the number of existing frequencies, effective from 14 June: the current seven weekly frequencies from Dallas to São Paulo will become 12. the current five weekly frequencies from Miami to Brasilia […]
So finally three Brazilian airports have been (kind of) privatized: Guarulhos international airport in São Paulo, Viracopos international airport in Campinas, state of São Paulo, and Brasilia international airport. The interest raised by the concessions was big and it was reflected on offers 347% above the initial estimate (what joke of an estimate was that?). […]
Although the airline is still awaiting for the permission from the Brazilian authorities, German company Condor is already selling tickets for its new direct flight from Frankfurt in Germany to Rio de Janeiro. The airline will use a Boeing 767-300ER on the route. Right now Condor flies to Salvador de Bahia and to Recife.
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 […]
