Jet Blue style: Azul Brazilian Airlines now takes booking for US – Brazil

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Floida – Azul Brazilian Airlines has received approval from the US Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration to commence sales on its first international flight

FORT LAUDERDALE, Floida – Azul Brazilian Airlines has received approval from the US Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration to commence sales on its first international flights to and from the United States.

Azul, Brazil’s third largest airline, will begin daily nonstop service
between Fort Lauderdale International Airport and Sao Paulo/Campinas
International Airport on December 2, 2014. It will follow with daily
service between Orlando International and Campinas two weeks later on
December 15. Fares for the new services start from $888 roundtrip*
(including fees and taxes).

US travelers will fly in and out of Azul’s brand new $1.5 billion
terminal at Sao Paulo/Campinas airport, strategically located 60
minutes from the city. Azul transformed Sao Paulo/Campinas into
Brazil’s largest airline hub serving 55 non-stop destinations with more
than 175 daily flights. Customers flying in from FLL or MCO can
conveniently connect to popular destinations including Rio de Janeiro,
Belo Horizonte, Brasilia and Iguacu Falls.

Flights will depart Fort Lauderdale (FLL) at 7pm, arriving the next day
at Sao Paulo/Campinas (VCP) at 6:20am. Returning flights leave VCP at
11:27pm, arriving the following day at FLL at 5am.

From Orlando International (MCO), flights will depart at 7:45pm,
arriving the next day at VCP at 7:35am. Returning flights depart VCP at
11:04am, arriving at MCO on the same day at 5:10pm.

“Azul is the one airline that truly serves all of Brazil. With 104
destinations throughout the country, Azul unites Brazil with convenient
and frequent connections from Campinas,” said David Neeleman, CEO and
Founder of Azul. “We now look forward to providing U.S. customers with
our superior service on international flights, just as we have been
doing today on our 850 daily domestic flights. We’re excited to share
the Azul experience with new customers internationally and expand the
airline’s success story beyond Brazil’s borders.”

In its six years of operations, Azul already has flown more than 95
million customers and changed the face of competition in the Brazilian
domestic aviation market since its first flight, on December 15, 2008.

The airline currently operates one-third of Brazil’s daily departures
with a fleet of 145 aircraft serving 104 destinations throughout
Brazil. Azul employs 10,000 people and has been named best low-cost
carrier in South America four years in a row by Skytrax.

* Fare based on economy class service, for low season. Seats are
limited and fare may not be available on all flights.

About Azul

Azul, the third largest airline in Brazil, offers more than 850 daily
flights to 104 destinations. With a fleet of 145 aircraft and around
10,000 crewmembers, the company currently has a 33% share of departures
of the Brazilian aviation market. In 2014 Azul was named best low cost
carrier in Latin America for the fourth consecutive time by Skytrax.
The airline was also named Best Low Cost Carrier in the World by CAPA
in 2012 and is recognized by FlightStats as having the best on-time
performance in Latin America.

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