BRA Transportes Aéreos

BRA (Brasil Rodo Aéreo) Transportes Aéreos was a short-lived Brazilian Low-cost carrier, 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, São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. 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 announced that it would suspend all of its flights starting on 7 November and leave all of its 1,000+ employees under mandatory notice of termination of employment.

History

In July 2007 BRA started a code-share agreement with Avianca Brasil, OceanAir, substantially increasing their domestic destinations.

In 2009 the airline was back in operations with charter flights. The airline had a solo Boeing 737-300 ex-Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes, 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 flights renewed for one year by the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). Therefore, BRA operated flights on behalf of other airlines or parties, as contracted.

Destinations

BRA Transportes Aéreos operated 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, Paraíba, João Pessoa – JPA/SBJP
* Juazeiro do Norte – JDO/SBJU
* Maceió – MCZ/SBMO
* Marília – MII/SBML
* Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal – NAT/SBNT
* Palmas, Tocantins, 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, Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport) – GIG/SBGL
* Salvador, Bahia, Salvador – SSA/SBSV
* São José do Rio Preto – SJP/SBSR
* São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís – SLZ/SBSL
* São Paulo (São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport – GRU/SBGR and Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport, Congonhas/São Paulo International Airport – CGH/SBSP) Hubs
* Teresina – THE/SBTE
* Uberlândia – UDI/SBUL
* Vitória, Brazil, 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 Airport, Leonardo da Vinci International Airport) – FCO/LIRF
* Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Arlanda International Airport – ARN/ESSA
* Tel-Aviv, Israel – TLV/LLBG
* Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina – COR/SACO

Fleet

Present fleet (June/2010):

''None.'' (Boeing 737#737-300, Boeing 737-300 sold to Puma Air)

Fleet as of August/2009:

*1 Boeing 737#737-300, Boeing 737-300 (PR-GLK)

By the time BRA first ceased its operations, its fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

*7 Boeing 737#737-300, Boeing 737-300
*3 Boeing 737#737-400, Boeing 737-400
*1 Boeing 767, Boeing 767-200
*1 Boeing 767, Boeing 767-300ER

It had the following orders and/or options:
*2 Boeing 767, Boeing 767-300ER
*20 Embraer E-Jets, Embraer 195 E-Jets with options for an additional 20

See also

*List of defunct airlines of Brazil

References

External links

BRA Transportes Aéreosarchive

BRA Transportes Aéreos fleet detail

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Defunct airlines of Brazil
Airlines established in 1999
Airlines disestablished in 2007
Defunct low-cost airlines
1999 establishments in Brazil