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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Copyright Photo: Rodrigo Cozzato/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A330-243 EI-FEL (msn 527) is pictured at Belo Horizonte (CNF).
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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 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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