GOL Linhas Aéreas has announced new non-stop flights between Rio de Janeiro's RIOgaleão International Airport (GIG) to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) at France, and Lisbon Airport (LIS) in Portugal. This is the first time the company has ever operated direct flights to Europe since its f...

Starting in June 2026, LATAM Airlines will for the first time offer direct passenger flights between Brussels Airport and the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo. The airline will operate three flights per week on this new route, which is an important addition to Brussels Airport’s intercontinen...

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Azul Brazilian Airlines have launched a frequent flyer partnership agreement. The agreement enables members of both Etihad Guest and the Azul Fidelidade programme to earn and redeem their respective loyalty currency on either c...

Avion Express Brasil has obtained an air operator's certificate from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC).  The airline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avion Express and part of Avia Solutions Group, is set to commence operations in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. Avion Express Brasil...

Azul and Abra, the majority investor of Gol and Avianca, have announced today they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intent to combine their businesses in Brazil. The intended structure, the result of a combination of Azul and Gol, will position Brazil at an inc...

TAP Air Portugal will resume flights to Porto Alegre airport in Brazil from 1 April. The airline will operate three flights per week using a modern A330-900neo aircraft, with a capacity for 298 passengers. Flights between Lisbon and Porto Alegre will take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday...

On September 13, Embraer will bring together ten startups from all over Brazil to discuss innovation and ways to increase process efficiency in various sectors of the company. The initiative, which is part of a series of events planned during September to commemorate Innovation Month, seeks to fo...

SITA, provider of technology for the air transport industry, has been chosen by the Amazon Airport Concessionaire, which operates seven airports as part of the VINCI Airports Network, to implement the SITA Airport Management solution at Manaus Airport; Porto Velho Airport; Rio Branco Airport; Boa Vi...

South American airline giant LATAM Airlines is close to buying up to 30 new jets from Embraer, according to Brazil’s ports and airports minister Silvio Costa Filho. According to Reuters, Filho said he had been meeting with LATAM Group CEO Roberto Alvo and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silv...

TAP Air Portugal has announced it will resume flights between Lisbon and Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonia, Brazil. From 4 November 2024, the airline will operate three weekly flights, with a stop in Belém, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. With flights to Manaus resuming, the ai...

TAP Air Portugal has introduced its newest route to Florianópolis, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil. From 3 September 2024, the Portuguese airline will offer three weekly flights between Lisbon and Florianópolis - Hercílio Luz International Airport, making it the ...

Embraer has announced its plan to invest approximately USD$390 million and hire 900 additional employees in the current year. The announcement was made during the visit of the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to the company's headquarters in São José dos Campos. The objective...

This summer, TAP is increasing its offer to destinations in major markets, such as Brazil and North America. In Brazil, six flights a week will be added to Recife, for 13 weeks. For Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro, there will be two more flights a week, giving the routes a total of nine and 12 fligh...

AvAir, an industry-leading inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, has acquired TAP Maintenance & Engineering Brazil's entire inventory. More than 100,000 line items were obtained by AvAir from TAP M&E. TAP M&E Brazil (formerly VEM Maintenance & Engineering) ...

TAP Air Portugal has already flown more than one million customers on its connections between Portugal and Brazil up to and including July 2023. This represents a huge 30% increase on last year's figures on the 13 routes flown by TAP from both Lisbon and Porto. The relaunch of the Portugal Sto...