Launch of services to Santiago de Chile via Sao Paulo
Emirates has announced its plan to launch a new, five times a week, service from Dubai to Santiago International Airport via Sao Paulo, starting on July 5, 2018. The new service will see Emirates fly an additional five times a week to Sao Paulo, complementing the airline"™s existing daily A380 flight between Dubai and Sao […]
Brazil-US aviation: open skies as foreign ownership laws relax
The recent ratification of an open skies agreement by Brazil"™s Senate results in the US airlines arguably gaining unfettered route access to Latin America"™s largest markets "“ Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. Now that the agreement is nearing formal ratification, LATAM Airlines Group and American Airlines can move forward in establishing their immunised joint venture, which […]
American Airlines praises Brazil for Open Skies agreement
American Airlines Group recently praised the Brazilian Senate for ratifying an Open Skies agreement with the United States. In January 2016, American proposed a joint business agreement with Brazil"™s LATAM Airlines Group. The joint business would cover travel between the U.S. and Canada and Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, and would offer customers […]
US and Brazil airline JVs to progress with senate approval
US and Brazilian carriers are eager to move ahead with joint venture plans, following the approval of the US-Brazil open-skies deal by the Brazilian senate on 7 March. The accord, which now has to be signed into law by Brazil President Michel Temer, will pave the way for airlines in both countries to apply for […]
Cheap International Flights Coming to Brazil From Norwegian Air
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA plans to fly to Brazil from Argentina and London to boost its month-old operations in South America, Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Kjos said in an interview in Buenos Aires. The Scandinavian company has already received authorization from the Argentine government to operate flights to 13 Brazilian cities. Norwegian is evaluating flying […]
Brazil"™s GOL reports 2017 net profit down 66% on deferred taxes
GOL reported a BRL378.2 million ($114 million) net profit for 2017, a 65.7% drop from BRL1.1 billion in 2016 net income, as the company paid BRL547 million in deferred income taxes during the year. GOL"™s full-year revenue totaled BRL10.6 billion, up 7.2% year-over-year (YOY) driven by a 3.6% increase in passenger traffic and 4.8% higher […]
Brazil’s Infraero refuses to inject capital into Confins airport operator
Brazilian airport authority Infraero has refused to inject new capital into the operator of Tancredo Neves international airport, serving Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais state, due to a dispute with its private partners. The board of Infraero considers that contributing new funds to Confins, as the airport is better known, produces a low level of […]
Itatpipoca in Ceará, Brazil Plan for New Airport Development
Since its introduction in 2012 the PAC (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento) which is the Brazilian governments Growth Acceleration Program aimed at improving the country"™s infrastructure as Brazil"™s overall economic growth further benefits the country, including earning a coveted high investment rating from Standard & Poors (S&P). The Brazilian civil aviation predicts an influx of […]
Dubai to Santiago de Chile on Emirates
Emirates, the world"™s best airline according to TripAdvisor 2017, today announced its plan to launch a new, five times a week, service from Dubai to Santiago International Airport (SCL), via the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, starting on July 5, 2018. The new service will see Emirates fly an additional five times a week to […]
Brazil seen clearing ‘Open Skies,’ lifting airline ownership cap -minister
Brazil"™s Congress will finalize as soon as February legislation opening the way for deregulation of flights to and from the United States, Minister of Tourism Marx Beltrao said on Wednesday. Beltrao said he also expects legislators to approve a plan to allow foreign carriers a bigger chunk of Brazilian airlines. Both measures are part of […]
