BRA Transportes Aéreos S/A was a Brazilian low-fare airline based in

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, which used to operate both domestic and international scheduled services, as well as charter flights. Its main base was

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. BRA was the third largest

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in Brazil with 4.19% of the domestic Brazilian market as of August 2006.

History

In July 2007 BRA, started a code-share agreement with

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, substantially increasing their domestic destinations. 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. In 2009, the airline was back in operations with charter flights with a solo Boeing 737-300 ex- Gol Linhas Aéreas, 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. Oficinas de BRA

Domestic

Previously, BRA operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (destinations –

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codes): *

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– AJU/SBAR *

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– BEL/SBBE *

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( Confins International Airport – CNF/SBCF and Pampulha Airport – PLU/SBBH) *

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– BSB/SBBR *

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– CLV/SWKN *

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– CPV/SBKG *

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– CPG/SBCG *

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– CAU *

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– CGB *

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– CWB/SBCT *

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– FEN/SBFN *

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– FLN/SBFL *

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– FOR/SBFZ *

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– GYN/SBGO * João Pessoa – JPA/SBJP *

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– JDO/SBJU *

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– MCZ/SBMO *

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– MII/SBML *

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– NAT/SBNT * Palmas – PMW *

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– PAF/SBUF *

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– PNZ/SBPL *

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– POA/SBPA *

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– BPS/SBPS *

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– REC/SBRF *

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(

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) – GIG/SBGL *

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– SSA/SBSV *

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– SJP/SBSR * São Luís – SLZ/SBSL *

(

– GRU/SBGR and Congonhas/São Paulo International Airport – CGH/SBSP) Hubs *

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– THE/SBTE *

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– UDI/SBUL * Vitória – VIX/SBVT

International

BRA operated services to the following international destinations: Scheduled flights: *

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, Portugal – LIS/LPPT *

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, Spain – MAD/LEMD *

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, Italy (

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) – MXP/LIMC Charter (operated flights): *

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, Germany – CGN/EDDK *

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, Portugal – OPO/LPPR *

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, Norway – OSL/ENGM *

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, Italy – ( Leonardo da Vinci International Airport) – FCO/LIRF *

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, Sweden – Arlanda International Airport – ARN/ESSA *

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, Israel – TLV/LLBG *

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, Argentina – COR/SACO

Fleet

The BRA fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

References

External links

BRA Transportes Aéreosarchive
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