Brazil’s Azul Announces Code Sharing Agreement with Avianca Holdings

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Azul, the largest airline in Brazil by number of flight departures and cities served, and Avianca Holdings, one of the largest airline holding companies in Latin America, headquartered in Colombia, announced today a code sharing agreement, resulting in greater connectivity to customers of both airlines.

The companies are now selling tickets jointly for flights between their route networks, allowing customers to travel with one ticket, check-in once, and to check bags through their final destination.

Customers on Avianca Holding’s routes into Brazil can enjoy access to the largest portfolio of destinations of any domestic airline in Brazil, with access to more than a hundred destinations. Azul customers, in turn, have convenient access to Avianca’s impressive network in Latin America, the Caribbean, and beyond.

“This agreement with Avianca Holdings will be very important in strengthening our international presence,” Marcelo Bento Ribeiro, Alliance Director at Azul said.

About Azul

Azul S.A. (B3: AZUL4, NYSE: AZUL), the largest airline in Brazil by number of flight departures and cities served, offers 854 daily flights to 114 destinations. With an operating fleet of 129 aircraft and more than 11,000 crewmembers, the Company has a network of 252 non-stop routes as of June 30, 2019. In 2019, Azul was awarded best airline in Latin America by TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice and in 2018, the Company was elected best airline by Kayak’s Flight Hacker Guide, and also best regional carrier in South America for the ninth consecutive time by Skytrax. Azul also ranked as the most on-time airline in Brazil in 2018, according to FlightStats.

About Avianca Holdings

Avianca is the commercial brand that groups together the passenger airlines and cargo airlines that are under Avianca Holdings S.A. It has been flying uninterruptedly for a hundred years. With a fleet of 175 airlines, it offers a network of routes with 76 destinations in 27 countries throughout the Americas and Europe. With its more than 21,000 employees, the Holding Company transported 30.5 million passengers in 2018. On May 24, control of the company was assumed by Kingsland Holding Limited, a third party independent of United Airlines.