Norwegian confirms launch of first low-cost London to Rio route
Norwegian Airways will offer four weekly services between London Gatwick and Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport from March 2019. The airline said the non-stop route would start from £240 one-way, making it the UK’s first low-cost carrier service to the Brazilian capital. Premium seats – with more legroom and recline, priority boarding and a three-course […]
Azul Reports September Traffic
Azul S.A., “Azul,” (b3:AZUL4) AZUL, +0.69% the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served and flight departures, announces today its preliminary traffic results for September 2018. Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 16.0% compared to September 2017 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 16.1%. As a result, load factor remained flat at 83.2%. Domestic […]
WiFi in the Brazilian sky
Brazilian airline Latam, part of the Chilean-Brazilian Latam Airlines Group – the largest airline in Latin America with subsidiaries in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru – has launched in-flight WiFi on board nine A319 aircraft in domestic routes. The service will soon be extended to flights to a number of destinations elsewhere in Latin […]
Aviation industry in Brazil signs cooperation agreement
In the city of Fortaleza, the Ministry of Transportation, Ports and Civil Aviation of Brazil; the Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil; ALTA; IATA and ABEAR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of creating an institutional cooperation framework to develop the aviation industry in Brazil. As part of this agreement, the parties commit […]
Latin America and Africa key growth markets: China Southern chief
China Southern Airlines is working towards becoming a more internationally recognised carrier as it seeks to capitalise on the growing Chinese economy. In a forum session at World Routes in Guangzhou, the Skyteam carrier’s president and chief executive Tan Wan Geng explained that it will achieve its goal via long-haul network expansion and widebody fleet […]
Another Low-Cost Airline Seeks to Enter Brazil’s Air Travel Market
Brazil’s National Aviation Agency (ANAC) has received yet another request from a low-cost international airline company to enter the Brazilian air travel market. Chilean company, Sky Airline, has asked the Brazilian aviation regulator to authorize its flights from Chile. This is the third low-cost airline to seek authorization from the Brazilian government to establish international […]
LATAM inaugurates its first flight to Lisbon
LATAM Airlines Group’s first flight to Lisbon touched down at Humberto Delgado Airport today (3 September). The arrival of LATAM Airlines Brazil flight JJ8178 marks the beginning of five weekly non-stop flights between São Paulo/Guarulhos and the Portuguese capital. The route will be operated by Boeing 767 aircraft, offering 191 seats in Economy and 30 […]
LATAM Airlines to lay off 1,200 Brazilian employees: report
Chilean airline LATAM LTM.SN lay off some 1,200 airport-based employees in Brazil and replace them with workers from a services company in an apparent cost-cutting measure, according to a report in O Estado de S. Paulo on Wednesday. “The company has adopted measures so the change will have the least impact possible on workers,” the […]
GOL introducing self-service bag drop at two Brazilian airports
GOL passengers will be able to use self-service bag drop at Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo-Guarulhos international airports. Brazilian airline GOL is introducing self-service bag-drop technology at two of the country’s airports. Passengers can now use SITA’s Scan&Fly technology to check in their bags when flying domestically from Rio de Janeiro International Airport and […]
American Airlines Cargo achieves record-setting quarter
Driven by nearly 350 million pounds of freight, up from 318 million the same time last year, American Airlines Cargo achieved record-setting growth in the second quarter, while also posting a record month in June. Several key trends contributed to the record month and quarter. Ecommerce related movements continue to support significant growth across the […]
