Brazilian airline GOL is adding another connection to the U.S.
The low-cost carrier plans to operate four flights per week between Rio de Janeiro and Orlando, Florida. GOL currently serves Orlando from Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil and from the country’s capital, Brasília, but has never connected Orlando and Rio before.
A start date was not disclosed.
The new route is one of several made possible by GOL’s recent acquisition of up to five Airbus A330-900s. They are the first widebody jets to join the carrier’s mainline fleet.
GOL announced new nonstop service between Rio and New York-JFK last week and on Friday said it will begin flights to Paris and Lisbon, Portugal.
All four new routes will use the A330, which the airline plans to configure to seat nearly 300 passengers.
GOL flies primarily within South America, with most of its network concentrated in Brazil. Currently, its only two destinations in the U.S. are Orlando and Miami.
