Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (Campinas-Viracopos) has filed with the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) for its approval for flights to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (FLL) and Orlando (MCO). If approved, FLL service will start on December 1 and MCO service on December 15 with its new Airbus A330-200s.
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Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (Azulย Brazilian Airlines) (Sao Paulo-Viracopos) announced today, at the 2014 Farnboroughย International Airshow, that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) withย Embraer S.A. for 30 firm orders for the E195-E2 jets.
Besides the firm order, the LOI includes additional 20 purchase rightsย for the same model, bringing the total potential order to up to 50ย E195-E2 jets. The contract for the E-Jets E2 has an estimated value of
$3.1 billion, at list prices, if all purchase rights are convertedย to firm orders. As the first airline to order the E195-E2, Azul becomesย the launch operator for this aircraft.
Currently, Azul has a total of 82 E-Jets in service and another 11 onย order. It operates the largest fleet of E195s in the world.
The first delivery of an E2 E-Jet (the E190-E2) is planned for theย first half of 2018. The E195-E2 is slated to enter service in 2019 andย the E175-E2 in 2020.
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Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras (Sao Paulo-Campinas) has announced the first three routes it will fly its new Airbus A330-200s to the United States.
Azul plans to start the Campinas (Viracopos) to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (FLL) and also to Orlando (MCO) in December 2014 and a route to New York (JFK) in July of next year according to Panrotas.
Azul was founded by David Neeleman, who also founded JetBlue Airways.ย Today, with almost 18% of the domestic market share, Azul has established itself as the third largest airline in Brazil.ย Together, Azul and TRIP have at their disposal 121 aircraft and operate over 840 daily flights to 100 destinations.
Images: As previously reported, Azul will operate at least one Airbus A330-200 in this special Brazilian flag design.
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Azul Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileiras (Sao Paulo-Viracopas) has unveiled the planned special livery for its new Airbus A330s which will start flying to the United States in 2015.
The first two Airbus A330s for Azul will be two former Gulf Air A330-243 aircraft (msn 527 and 532) which will be leased from ILFC.
Image: Azulย Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileiras.
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Azul Brazilian Airlines (Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras) (Sao Paulo-Viracopas) in partnership with IAS (Instituto Ayrton Senna) pays his tribute to the 20 years of the immortal legacy of Ayrton Senna with a new logo jet.
April 29 marked the launch event of the partnership between the Ayrton Senna Institute and Azul in Porto Alegre.
Ayrton Senna da Silva (1960 โ 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships according to Wikipedia. He was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He was among the most dominant and successful Formula One drivers of the modern era and is considered one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport.
IAS – Ayrton Senna Institute is a non-profit organization set up in 1994 to promote and enhance education throughout Brazil. Every year, they change the lives of around 2 million poor, undereducated Brazilian children, by offering recurrent training by 75,000 professors all around the country.
Azul has started a partnership with IAS after donating to the institute 1 million points on the Azul FFP – Tudo Azul mileage program.
Therefore, travelling all around Brazil (Azul currently serves over 100 domestic destinations) will become a reality to IAS and its business partners.
The painting of the pictured Embraer 195, registration PR-AYU (msn 19000434) coincides with the 20-year anniversary of Ayrton Sennaโs tragic death in Italy. His legacy lives on with partnerships like this.
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Azul Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileiras S. A. (Azul Brazilian Airlines) (Sao Paulo), founded by David Neeleman of JetBlue Airways (New York) and Morris Air (Salt Lake City), is coming back to the United States (in a way).
The fast growing airline has ordered a new fleetย of Airbus A330-200 and A350-900 aircraft for daily service
to and from United States gateways.
Azul expects to debut its first international flights by earlyย 2015. The U.S. flights will be served from Azul’s brand new $1.5ย billion terminal at Sao Paulo (Campinas), strategically locatedย 50 minutes from downtown Sao Paulo.
Campinas is Brazil’s largestย airline hub offering connections to 104 domestic cities. Azul’s U.S.ย gateways will be announced later this year.
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Azul will operate the new international routes with a fleet of 11ย wide-body Airbus aircraft. The airline has ordered five Airbus A350-900ย with deliveries beginning inย early 2017. In addition, six Airbus A330-200 will be used to launchย service in early 2015. The new aircraft will be leased from ILFC andย will be equipped with Rolls-Royce engines. Azul’s fleet currentlyย comprises of 80 Embraer and 56 ATR aircraft.
With less than six years of operations, Azul already has flown moreย than 85 million customers and changed the face of air travel in theย Brazilian market since its first flight, on December 15, 2008.
The foundation of the airline was built around the Brazilian madeย Embraer E-jet. From that foundation, Azul has expanded to 880 dailyย flights, which represents one-third of Brazil’s daily departures. Theย airline currently operates a fleet of 136 aircraft and employs moreย than 10.000 people.
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Azul Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileirasย (Sao Paulo-Campinas) has received permission from Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) to merge TRIP Linhas Aereas (Sao Paulo-Campinas).ย On March 6, 2013 Brazilian authorities gave the final approval for the merger with a few restrictions relating to code-sharing withย TAM (LATAM Group) (Sao Paulo)ย and slot use atย Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont Airport).
Previously on May 28, 2012, Azul announced it had purchased TRIP forming a new holding company until TRIP could be merged into the larger Azul.
Copyright Photo: AirSpeed. The TRIP brand will now be retired as the merger continues.ย Embraer ERJ 190-100LR PP-PJL (msn 19000189) is pictured in action at Florianopolis is southern Brazil.
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Azul Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileiras (Sao Paulo-Campinas) andย TRIP Linhas Aรฉreas (Sao Paulo-Campinas) announced yesterday (May 28) they are planning to marge and will create a new holding company called Azul Trip S.A. The two airlines will operate separately under the new holding company until regulatory approvals are obtained. At the time of the approvals, the holding company will consider consolidating the two brands but in reality the TRIP brand is now short-term. This announcement outflanks TAM Linhas Aรฉreas (Sao Paulo)ย which had an on-going relationship with TRIP as a feeder. David Neeleman, the founder of Azul (and also jetBlue Airways), called the acquisition the equivalent of four years of natural growth.
Azul stockholders will receive two thirds of the Azul Trip S.A. stock and the TRIP stockholders will receive the remaining one third.
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Top Copyright Photo: Marcelo F. De Biasi.
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Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Embraer ERJ 190-200 IGW (ERJ 195) PR-AYY (msn 19000475) (Azul Viagens) SSA (Marcelo F. De Biasi), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Azul Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileiras (Sao Paulo) has converted ten options, into firm orders for Embraer ERJ 195s, which will be used on its routes, beginning in 2015. The agreement raises the total number of airplanes under contract to 62 (57 E195s and five E190s), 33 of which are already in operation, together with another five E190s bought by Azul from other companies.
After three years of operations, Azul Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileiras now connects 44 destinations, in 43 cities, with more than 350 daily flights. Actually, the company connects a total of 48 Brazilian cities, when its eight bus routes are added to the mix. Azul has already carried 15 million passengers, since it was founded. It currently operates a fleet of 38 Embraer E190 and E195 jets, as well as nine ATR 72 turboprops.
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Azul Linhas Aรฉreas Brasileiras (Sao Paulo-Campinas) has signed a contract for the purchase of 11 additional Embraer ERJ 195 jets. The transaction increases the airlineโs total orders for Embraer E-Jets to 52 aircraft. The value of this latest acquisition, at list price, is $497.2 million. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2013.
In addition to the 23 E195s it already flies in 118-seat single class configuration, Azul also operates ten 106-seat E190s. Both airplanes are the backbone of Azulโs fleet, which started operations in 2008 and in a couple of years expanded to achieve the respectable mark of 12 million transported passengers. With this new order, Azul will be the operator of the largest fleet of E-Jets in South America. All of the aircraft are equipped with individual in-flight entertainment system.
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