Azul Airlines Launches Flights Serving Regional Rio de Janeiro State Airports

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Azul Airlines, one of Brazil’s leading carriers, is restarting its operations in Rio de Janeiro, and is expanding them to include regional airfields within the state. The popular tourism destination cities of Búzios (in the eastern Lake Region,) and Angra dos Reis and Paraty (both in the southern Green Coast), will have flights to the airports of Confins (Belo Horizonte), Santos Dumont (downtown Rio), and Congonhas (downtown São Paulo), in an initiative called “Verão Azul Conecta” (Azul Summer Connection).

Combined, operations at the three airports in Rio de Janeiro will result in a weekly offer of 32 flights, which will be serviced by Cessna Gran Caravan aircraft, with capacity for nine people.

The eastern city of Cabo Frio, which will once again host Azul flights starting on December 14th, will use the 70-seater ATR 72-600 aircraft and EMBRAER jets with 118 seats.

In addition to the summer operations, Rio residents will also have more opportunities to fly with the company in early 2021. As of January 1st, the company will be back in operation at Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), with Viracopos Airport (VCP) in Campinas, the company’s main connection hub in Brazil, as its destination.

To reopen its base, Azul scheduled the EMBRAER E195 E1 aircraft, with capacity for up to 118 people. There will be two daily flights throughout January, increasing to four operations per day in February. Upon arrival in Campinas, customers will have extensive connection options to all national and international destinations operated by Azul.