On Friday, Brazil’s largest airline TAM and neighboring rival, LAN, announced that they would merge their corporate entities in a KLM/Air France-type model. Each airline will maintain its existing brand, but its management and ownership will be one organization. This would create a South American giant, with LATAM Airlines being the name of the new [...]
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Latin America’s New Giant: Which Alliance?
Published by August 16th, 2010 in Airlines, Alliances, American Airlines, Aviation Policy, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Europe, LAN Airlines, Mergers, Oneworld, SkyTeam, South America, Star Alliance, TAM and USA. 0 CommentsMayday Call on Air France 445 (the former AF447) on 30Nov2009
Published by December 5th, 2009 in A330, Accidents, Air France, Air traffic control, Brazil, France, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. 0 CommentsOn the night of 30 November 2009, an Air France A330, flying Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Paris (CDG) called Mayday as a response to severe turbulence due to weather and to alert others in the area that it was deviating from this its approved flight level without ATC authority, (which could not be reached/obtained). [...]
Air France 447 Accident Preliminary Report
Published by July 9th, 2009 in A330, Accidents, Air France, Airbus, Brazil, France, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Weather. 0 CommentsFrance’s Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) has released its preliminary report into the tragedy of Air France 447, the A330 flight scheduled from Rio to Paris, that past 1 June. As most of the aircraft and the two black boxes have yet to be recovered, the investigators have limited data to work off of. We [...]
“Mayday” and Air France 447
Published by June 2nd, 2009 in A330, Accidents, Air France, Airbus, Brazil, Communications, France, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. 0 CommentsFor Air France Flight 447, the A330 that disappeared enroute from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Paris (CDG), there are many news reports that state the pilots made no “Mayday” call. As an example, the AP story states, “The crew made no distress call before the crash, but the plane’s system sent an automatic message [...]
Renaming Anchorage’s Airport
Published by November 3rd, 2008 in Anchorage, Cleveland, General, History, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA and Washington, DC. 3 CommentsSo Ted Stevens, the longtime Senator from Alaska and namesake of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), was convicted last week of seven counts of violating federal ethics laws involving undisclosed gifts and home renovation services. Unless the good people of Alaska and Anchorage want their airport named for convicted felon, it may be time [...]
USDOT Awards New Brazil Routes
Published by August 8th, 2008 in Airlines, Amazon, American Airlines, Atlanta, Aviation Policy, Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Delta Airlines, Fortaleza, Manaus, Miami, Salvador, South America, TAM, Uncategorized and USA. 0 CommentsToday, 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 [...]
Northeast Brazil – US Update
Published by July 30th, 2008 in Airlines, Amazon, American Airlines, Atlanta, Aviation Policy, Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Delta Airlines, Fortaleza, Manaus, Miami, Photos, Salvador, Spirit Airlines and USA. 2 CommentsItapua Beach in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil’s Northeast. If their request pending before the US Department of Transportation is approved, which seems likely, then American Airlines will offer daily non-stop service to this city from Miami beginning this November. A few days ago we wrote about the new routes that airlines have applied for with [...]
Brazil and the Amazon
Published by July 25th, 2008 in Airlines, Amazon, American Airlines, Atlanta, Aviation Policy, Azul, Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Delta Airlines, Fortaleza, Ft. Lauderdale, Gol, Manaus, Miami, Salvador, Spirit Airlines, TAM, USA, Varig and Virgin Atlantic. 0 CommentsGetting to Brazil and around the country is becoming easier, as a lot has been happening on the Brazilian front lately. First, a new airline and the intentions for a second, have been announced, and by successful industry veterans. Second, the US-Brazil bilateral has been approved, increasing the number of weekly flights from each country [...]
Flying the Fifth Freedom: Cheaper or More Expensive?
Published by December 12th, 2007 in Africa, Air New Zealand, Airlines, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Asia, Auckland, Australia, Aviation Policy, Bangkok, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Cheap tickets, China, Continental Airlines, Dakar, Delta Airlines, Discount travel, Emirates, Europe, Heathrow, Hong Kong, Japan, Japan Airlines, JFK, Johannesburg, LAN Airlines, London, Los Angeles, Manila, New York City, New Zealand, Northwest Airlines, Palau, Philippines, Sao Paulo, Senegal, South Africa, Sydney, TAM, Thailand, Tokyo, United Kingdom, USA and Virgin Atlantic. 0 CommentsGenerally, airlines carrying passengers between two countries are the flag airlines of either the origin or destination country, such as a US or Mexican airline carrying passengers between the United States and Mexico. But, as we discussed in our post on Monday, some airlines have Fifth Freedom rights to fly and carry passengers between two [...]
OceanAir: The Next Hot Brazilian Airline?
Published by November 27th, 2007 in Airbus, Aircraft, Airlines, B787, Bilateral agreements, Brazil, Gol, Los Angeles, OceanAir, Sao Paulo, South America, TAM, USA and Varig. 0 CommentsLook out for OceanAir to become the new fast-growing airline out of Brazil. TAM and Gol, now the first and second largest carriers in Brazil, respectively, dominate the market, having benefited substantially from the demise of the once-great Varig. Varig was the first airline in Brazil, and until recently, its largest carrier before facing massive [...]
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