Azul Brazilian Airlines to debut first-ever nonstop flight to Belo Horizonte From Orlando.
The airline is Azul Brazilian Airlines, claiming to be Brazil’s largest airline by cities served. This Brazilian carrier is expanding its service between the U.S. and Brazil, with a new route to BeloHorizonte, the first-ever nonstop flight on the route, startingNovember 16, 2015.
Belo Horizonte is Azul’s second hub destination, where Orlando
travelers will be able to connect to more than 80 Azul flights daily,
to more than 30 destinations.
“We’re so excited to add this new service for the hundreds of thousands of Brazilians living in Central Florida and the millions in Brazil who love to visit Orlando,” said David Neeleman, Azul’s Founder and CEO.
“We’re so excited to have received such a warm welcome since our first
Orlando flight six months ago and we look forward to welcoming US
travelers to Belo Horizonte.”
Starting November 16 through December 13, the new flight will operate
five daily per week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday),
departing Orlando (MCO) at 8:15 pm, arriving in Belo Horizonte at 7:35 am the next morning. The return flight will operate the same days,
departing Belo Horizonte at 12:30 pm, arriving at MCO at 5:50 pm. From
December 14, the new service will operate daily on the same schedule.
Azul began service from Orlando International Airport in December last
year with daily nonstop service to Sao Paulo/Campinas, the airline’s
main hub. Between July 1 and August 9, Azul also will add an additional three weekly flights for a total of 10 roundtrips per week from Orlando. Azul also plans to add three additional weekly roundtrip on a regular basis between Fort Lauderdale to Sao Paulo/Campinas to its daily nonstop service staring on July 1.
Azul, the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served, offers
more than 900 daily flights to 105 destinations. With a fleet of 153
aircraft and more than 10,000 crewmembers, the company currently has a
32% share of departures of the Brazilian aviation market. Among other
awards, Azul was named best low cost carrier in South America for the
fourth consecutive time by Skytrax in 2014 and best low cost carrier in the world by CAPA in 2012. The airline also had best on-time
performance in Brazil in 2014 and was recognized by FlightStats as
having the best on-time performance in South America in 2012.
