North Africa is something new for Brazilians […]
Earlier this month, the Minister of Tourism, Celso Sabino, announced good news for Brazilian aviation: a 10.7% increase in the number of domestic flights, which means around 17.8 thousand more, compared to 2023.
But airlines operating in the country have also announced new features.
The most recent is the announcement of flight sharing between GOL and Royal Air Maroc, Morocco’s largest national airline. With the new agreement, the Brazilian company becomes a leader in the approach and cooperation with Africa, with the largest number of routes and frequencies available in the connection between South America and the African continent.
NEWS IN BRAZILIAN AVIATION
Blue
Between December 16, 2024 and February 2, 2025, Porto Seguro, on the southern coast of Bahia, will receive 704 flights from the airline, departing from 18 Brazilian airports. Of these, 340 will be extras.
In a note sent to Travel by farethe company informed that, among the main connections, there will be Salvador (BA), Congonhas (SP), Guarulhos (SP), Viracopos (Campinas-SP), Montes Claros (MG), Uberlândia (MG) and Confins (MG) .
More recently, the company also announced that it will operate its two longest flights from the Northeast. The first will last 4h40 and will go from the capital of Pernambuco to Porto Velho, in Rondônia; The other flight, from Recife to Porto Alegre, will take 4h15.
Latin America
Considered Latam Group’s longest route and its third direct route between South America and Oceania, the direct flight between Chile and Australia is the airline’s latest offering.
Between Santiago and Sydney there are more than 11 thousand kilometres, in a non-stop journey of almost 15 hours, a saving of four hours compared to the flight from Santiago to Sydney with a stopover in Auckland, in neighboring New Zealand.
In Australia, departure takes place on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 12.35pm (local time), while landing in the Chilean capital is scheduled for 11.20am (local time).
Air France
In October, the French airline announced another innovation in aviation and began flights between Paris and Salvador (BA). There will be three weekly flights (Monday, Thursday and Saturday), operated with the Airbus A350, with a capacity of 324 passengers, distributed in Business (34), Premium (24) and Economy (266) classes.
Flight AF476 will depart Paris at 10.25am and land in the Bahian capital at 4.40pm. On the same days, AF465 will take off from Salvador at 6.50pm, with landing scheduled in Paris at 8.20am the following day.
FAUCET
The Portuguese airline has resumed its flights between Lisbon and Manaus, in Amazonas.
The trip departing from the Portuguese capital will be carried out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10.35am and will arrive in Manaus at 6.20pm (local time). From Manaus, flights depart at 7.35pm and arrive in Lisbon at 11.10am the following day.
The flight on board the A321 neo aircraft, with a capacity of 154 passengers, lasts 11h45 and stops in Belém, Pará.
GOL and Royal Air Maroc
The latest news in the Brazilian aviation sector is the agreement code sharing announced by GOL Linhas Aéreas and Royal Air Maroc, on international flights between Sao Paulo/Guarulhos (GRU) and Casablanca (CMN).
There are currently three weekly frequencies connecting Guarulhos and Casablanca. From Sao Paulo, departures are on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. From Casalanca, on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
All flights are operated with Dreamliner 788 aircraft, with 18 seats in Business class and 256 seats in Economy. In Brazil, customers from Morocco will have access to GOL’s breadth of destinations in Brazil, with 65 bases operated from the north to the south of Brazil.
From Casablanca, GOL passengers can continue to Marrakech (RAK), Agadir (AGA), Tangier (TNG), Fes (FEZ), Oujda (OUD), Nador (NDR), Ouarzazate (OZZ), Laâyoune (EUN), Errachadia (ERH) and Dakhla (VIL).
Those traveling with Royal Air Maroc will have access to connections in Guarulhos to destinations throughout Brazil. The agreement will also allow the Brazilian airline to sell interlinear connections to more than 20 destinations in Africa operated by Royal Air Maroc.
Source: Terra
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