On the same day AirlineGeeks visited ASTA Linhas Aéreas’ headquarters and hangar in Cuiabá, Brazil, the company started a new route — a very welcomed coincidence. The new flight would connect the airline’s base to Nova Mutum, a short 126-mile route. Nova Mutum is a city in central Mato Grosso with a population of just […]
Itapemirim Group, one of Brazil’s largest passenger bus companies, is about to start up its own airline, named “Ita,” backed by one of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds. The news was announced this week by the company owner, Sidnei Piva, to Folha de São Paulo newspaper. According to Piva, the new airline would be included […]
This Friday, the world finally met the U.S.’s newest airline: Breeze Airways. Known as Moxy during the developing phases of the project, the airline is headed by no less than David Neeleman, the world-famous airline entrepreneur, founder of Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue and Azul. AirlineGeeks had the chance to catch up with him by phone […]
After almost two years of rumors, aviation tycoon David Neeleman’s startup airline in the United States was officially launched this Friday. Breeze Airways will be the name of the new company, which up until now was provisionally called “Moxy.” The new airline, which labels itself as the “world’s nicest airline,” is still applying to its […]
This Tuesday, American Airlines and GOL, Brazil’s largest airline, announced a mutual codeshare agreement, which will allow both airlines to increase their respective networks in their peer’s home markets. The agreement is still pending regulators’ approvals. American says the partnership will be present in 53 flights operated by GOL, departing from the Brazilian gateways of […]
The Brazilian aviation community was put in shock this Friday upon the news of the scrapping of a historic Douglas C-47/DC-3 in Rio de Janeiro. Emerged images of the destroyed aircraft, one of the most famous remaining DC-3s of the country, spread quickly on social media and generated a huge backlash. The aircraft was registered […]
Two months after the delivery of its first Embraer 190, Amaszonas Uruguay, Uruguay’s sole airline, outlined the initial network to be undertaken by its new aircraft, adding it to its distribution system. The airline, which currently owns two Bombardier CRJ-200s — one of which is stored — plans to basically replace the Canadian regional jet […]
Flybondi, Argentina’s first ultra-low-cost and currently third largest airline of the country, started operations connecting Buenos Aires to São Paulo/Guarulhos this Friday. This is the third destination of the airline in Brazil, following Rio de Janeiro (Galeão) and Florianópolis. The flight will be operated three times a week with the airline’s Boeing 737-800, which has […]
Embraer, the world’s third-largest commercial aircraft producer and leader of the regional jets market is in “advanced stages of studying” a new model of passenger turboprop in cooperation with Boeing, stated Reuters this Monday. According to the global news agency, the size range of the aircraft would be similar or larger than that of the […]
This week has been hectic for Azul in Brazil. Days after announcing it reached an agreement to acquire regional carrier TwoFlex, its CEO, John Rodgerson, announced the airline increased its Embraer E195-E2 order from 51 to 75 aircraft. The news was announced by Azul’s CEO, John Rodgerson, upon a meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, […]
