Brazil’s Foreign Ministry announces three more extraordinary flights between Portugal and Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday night three more extraordinary commercial flights between Lisbon and Guarulhos, São Paulo, to be operated by LATAM on March 23rd, 25th and 27th.

So far, three connections have already been operated by TAP Portuguese airline to return Brazilians to the country after the suspension of the air route between Brazil and Portugal. According to the Foreign Ministry, 628 people were served on these flights.

As in the last occasion, the portfolio said that people interested in buying a ticket should contact LATAM directly, given that this is a private operation.

The cancellation of flights to and from Brazil – imposed due to the Manaus coronavirus strain – has been in force since January 29th and has affected hundreds of Brazilians, most of them unemployed immigrants who had already bought tickets to leave the country.

So far, only TAP had operated extraordinary flights. On March 10th, the Portuguese government confirmed that it would allow the same type of operation by Azul and LATAM.

LATAM has now scheduled its first flights. In a note sent last week, Azul said that it had no plans to resume the connection between Campinas and Lisbon due to the worsening of the pandemic.

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