BRA Transportes Aéreos
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Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | none | ||||||
Airport lounge | none | ||||||
Alliance | none | ||||||
Fleet size | 0 | ||||||
Destinations | Charters | ||||||
Headquarters | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||
Key people | Humberto Folegatti (CEO) | ||||||
Website | http://www.voebra.com.br |
BRA (Brasil Rodo Aéreo) Transportes Aéreos was a short-life Brazilian low-fare airline based in São Paulo, Brazil, which used to operate both domestic and international scheduled services, as well as charter flights. Its main base was São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport.[1] BRA was the third largest airline in Brazil with 4.19% of the domestic Brazilian market as of August 2006 .
On 6 November 2007 BRA requested the National Civil Aviation Agency to suspend all of its flights starting on 7 November and to leave all of its 1,100 employees under previous notice, a mandatory notice of termination of employment.[2][3]
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1999. It was formed as a domestic charter airline Brasil Rodo Aéreo by Panexpress Viagens e Turismo and transformed itself into a low-fare airline from March 2006 rebranded as BRA Transportes Aéreos[1][4] In July 2007 BRA had started a code-share agreement with OceanAir increasing substantially their domestic destinations.
In 2009 the airline was back in operations with charters flights. The airline had a solo Boeing 737-300 ex-Gol Airlines, but it was sold to Puma Air, a Brazilian airline that started operating jets in 2010.
On June 18, 2009 BRA had its authorization to operate non-regular passenger renewed for one year by the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC).[5] Therefore, BRA operates flights on behalf of other airlines or parties, as contracted.
Destinations
BRA Transportes Aéreos operates only non-regular passenger services on behalf of other airlines or parties, as contracted.
Previously, BRA operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations : (Destinations - IATA/ICAO codes)
- Aracaju - AJU/SBAR
- Belém - BEL/SBBE
- Belo Horizonte (Confins International Airport - CNF/SBCF and Pampulha Airport - PLU/SBBH)
- Brasília - BSB/SBBR
- Caldas Novas - CLV/SWKN
- Campina Grande - CPV/SBKG
- Campo Grande - CPG/SBCG
- Caruaru - CAU
- Cuiabá - CGB
- Curitiba - CWB/SBCT
- Fernando de Noronha - FEN/SBFN
- Florianópolis- FLN/SBFL
- Fortaleza FOR/SBFZ
- Goiânia - GYN/SBGO
- João Pessoa - JPA/SBJP
- Juazeiro do Norte - JDO/SBJU
- Maceió - MCZ/SBMO
- Marília - MII/SBML
- Natal- NAT/SBNT
- Palmas - PMW
- Paulo Afonso - PAF/SBUF
- Petrolina - PNZ/SBPL
- Porto Alegre - POA/SBPA
- Porto Seguro - BPS/SBPS
- Recife - REC/SBRF
- Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport)- GIG/SBGL
- Salvador SSA/SBSV
- São José do Rio Preto - SJP/SBSR
- São Luís - SLZ/SBSL
- São Paulo (São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport - GRU/SBGR and Congonhas/São Paulo International Airport - CGH/SBSP) Hubs
- Teresina - THE/SBTE
- Uberlândia - UDI/SBUL
- Vitória - VIX/SBVT
BRA Operated services to the following international destinations:
Scheduled Flights:
- Lisbon, Portugal - LIS/LPPT
- Madrid, Spain - MAD/LEMD
- Milan, Italy (Malpensa International Airport) - MXP/LIMC
Charter (Operated flights):
- Cologne-Bonn, Germany - CGN/EDDK
- Oporto, Portugal - OPO/LPPR
- Oslo, Norway - OSL/ENGM
- Rome, Italy - (Leonardo da Vinci International Airport) - FCO/LIRF
- Stockholm, Sweden - Arlanda International Airport - ARN/ESSA
- Tel-Aviv, Israel - TLV/LLBG
Fleet
Present fleet (June/2010):
None. (Boeing 737-300 sold to Puma Air)
Fleet as of August/2009:
- 1 Boeing 737-300 (PR-GLK)
By the time when first BRA has ceased its operations, its fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[1]
And had the following orders and/or options:
- 2 Boeing 767-300ER
- 20 Embraer 195 E-Jets with options for an additional 20.
References
- 1 2 3 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 88.
- ↑ BRA pede suspensão de vôos e afasta 1.100 funcionários, Folha Online, (6 November 2007). Retrieved on 7 November 2007. (Portuguese)
- ↑ Brazil airline BRA requests suspension of all flights amid financial woes, International Herald Tribune, (6 November 2007). Retrieved on 7 November 2007.
- ↑ panrotas 27 oct 2003
- ↑ "ANAC autoriza BRA a operar voos não regulares e exige proteção aos passageiros" (in Portuguese). ANAC. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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