BRA Transportes Aéreos

Infobox_Airline
airline=BRA Transportes Aéreos
(Brasil Rodo Aéreo)
logo=BRA Transportes Aereos Logo.svg‎
logo_size=200
fleet_size=10
destinations=42
IATA=No IATA Airline
ICAO=BRB
callsign=Brasil
founded=1999
hubs=Guarulhos Int'l Airport
Congonhas Int'l Airport
frequent_flyer=none
lounge=none
alliance=none
headquarters= São Paulo, Brazil
key_people= Humberto Folegatti (CEO)
website= http://www.voebra.com.br

BRA (Brasil Rodo Aéreo) Transportes Aéreos was a short-life Brazilian 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 Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 88 | date= 2007-03-27] . BRA was the third largest airline in Brazil with 4.19% of the domestic Brazilian market as of August 2006 Fact|date=March 2007.

On 6 November, 2007 BRA requested the National Civil Aviation Agency to suspend all of its flights starting on 7 November and to leave all of its 1,100 employees under previous notice, a mandatory notice of termination of employment. [ [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u343267.shtml BRA pede suspensão de vôos e afasta 1.100 funcionários] , "Folha Online", (6 November 2007). Retrieved on 7 November 2007. (Portuguese)] [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/06/business/LA-FIN-Brazil-BRA.php Brazil airline BRA requests suspension of all flights amid financial woes] , "International Herald Tribune", (6 November 2007). Retrieved on 7 November 2007.]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1999. It was formed as a domestic charter airline Brasil Rodo Aéreo by Panexpress Viagens e Turismo and transformed itself into a low-fare airline from March 2006 rebranded as BRA Transportes Aéreos [panrotas 27 oct 2003] In July 2007 BRA had started a code-share agreement with OceanAir increasing substantially their domestic destinations.

Destinations

BRA operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations Fact|date=March 2007:(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
*Campo Grande - CPG/SBCG
*Caldas Novas - CLV/SWKN
*Campina Grande - CPV/SBKG
*Caruaru - CAU
*Cuiabá - CGB
*Curitiba - CWB/SBCT
*Fernando de Noronha - FEN/SBFN
*Florianópolis- FLN/SBFL
*Fortaleza FLZ/SBFZ
*Goiânia - GYN/SBGO
*João Pessoa - JPA/SBJP
*Juazeiro do Norte - JDO/SBJU
*Maceió - MCZ/SBMO
*Mossoró - MVF/SBMS
*Natal- NAT/SBNT
*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)- GIG/SBGL
*Salvador SSA/SBSV
*São José do Rio Preto - SJP/SBSR
*São Paulo (São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport - GRU/SBGR and Congonhas/São Paulo International Airport - CGH/SBSP) Hubs
*São Luís - SLZ/SBSL
*Teresina - THE/SBTE
*Uberlândia - UDI/SBUL
*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/EDKK
*Rome, Italy - (Leonardo da Vinci International Airport) - FCO/LIRF
*Stockholm ,Sweden - Arlanda International Airport - ARN/ESSA
*Oslo, Norway - OSL/ENGM
*Oporto, Portugal - OPO/LPPR
*Tel-Aviv, Israel - TLV/LLBG

Fleet

By the time BRA has ceased its operations its fleet consisted of the following aircraft :
*6 Boeing 737-300
*2 Boeing 737-400
*1 Boeing 767-200
*1 Boeing 767-300ER

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

External links

* [http://www.voebra.com.br/ BRA Transportes Aéreos]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BRB&al_op=1 BRA Transportes Aéreos Fleet Detail]

References