Today, the US Department of Transportation approved American Airlines’ and Delta Airlines’ applications for new service into Brazil. This is a follow up on our previous post on US-Brazil. Service on the newly available 21 frequencies for US carriers is planned as follows:
–AA daily service Miami-Salvador-Recife-Miami (eff Nov 02)
–AA 3x weekly service Miami-Belo Horizonte (eff Nov 02)
–DL daily service Atlanta-Manaus (eff Dec 22)
–DL 4x weekly service Atlanta-Recife-Fortaleza-Atlanta (eff Dec 18)
However, the awards to AA and DL are not city-pair specific, so AA or DL may choose to move the number of flights per week from one route to another, or may serve an entirely new city in Brazil altogether; however, the Brazilian city is limited to the North, Northeast, and Midwest regions of Brazil and Belo Horizonte.
On the Brazilian front, TAM received ANAC approval (the Brazilian regulatory body) for seven additional frequencies for service between this region and the US, and is planning to split these seven between Fortaleza-Miami (FOR-MIA) and Brasilia-Miami (BSB-MIA), to commence in mid-2009.
Between American, Delta, and TAM, this is a substantial increase in non-stop service between the United States and large regions of Brazil that are currently unserved. We hope the next batch of frequencies, which becomes available in 2009, add a few other US cities as ports of entry beyond Atlanta and Miami. But for now, we are happy to see new direct access connecting the US to a few fascinating corners of the world.




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