It confirms what we've all known about TAM: they will start year-round, daily non-stop service between Miami and Rio de Janeiro this winter, which will be their fourth daily flight to Miami. It also updates on the continuing push for MIA to bring SAA back. Given SAA's current precarious financial situation, I really don't think it is a priority for them until they improve their finances.
Hardiwv From Brazil, joined Oct 2004, 8780 posts, RR: 52 Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1327 times:
Congratulations for TAM and it shows that with our without AA partnership TAM can keep substantive operations in MIA due to the heavy O&D traffic MIA-Brazil.
We all wait for the first MIA-JFK service in addition to the already mentioned LAX-GRU to be established after consolidation of the JJ-UA codeshare cooperation.
Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7348 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1273 times:
I remember in thre early 1990's when SAA started once a week 744 service CPT-MIA-CPT. Then twice, three times and daily at the end, when they moved the gateway to Atlanta with the Delta deal. With the 3 A340 at Jet Airways coming back soon, Miami would be viable. IF AA wasn't so blinded by Asia it would send a few 777 to Capetown from Miami.
LipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 11201 posts, RR: 61 Reply 9, posted (6 years 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1134 times:
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Quoting MAH4546 (Thread starter): It confirms what we've all known about TAM: they will start year-round, daily non-stop service between Miami and Rio de Janeiro this winter, which will be their fourth daily flight to Miami
Mark thanks for sharing, let's hope that they in the near future confirm also the daylight with stops in the Northeast. It also provide an interesting and strong connection between GIG, Northeast of Brazil (SSA, REC, NAT, FOR mainly) and MIA !
Quoting VbeltraJJ (Reply 7): JJ plans are to start this new MIA service in DEC 07. That´s one of the motives why they are trying to bring new A330 this year.
Friday will be an investors meeting.. i hope they announce this !
And hope a SAA service become effective also, not only at MIA, but also at GIG !
Felipe
New York + Rio de Janeiro = One of the best combinations !
There was a thread sometime ago where a it was stated that the reason for SA dropping it's plans to start the route were driven by a lack of support from UA. Seems UA were not interested in co-operating with SA at ORD for various reasons such as potential loss of trans-Atlantic traffic.SA would find that through connection fares over ORD would not be appealing to consumers and the route could not sustain itself as an O&D at ORD.
Hardiwv From Brazil, joined Oct 2004, 8780 posts, RR: 52 Reply 12, posted (6 years 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 996 times:
Quoting Hardiwv (Reply 3): We all wait for the first MIA-JFK service in addition to the already mentioned LAX-GRU to be established after consolidation of the JJ-UA codeshare cooperation.
JJMNGR From Brazil, joined May 2004, 1018 posts, RR: 17 Reply 13, posted (6 years 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 953 times:
Victor and Felipe,
On the 2007 budged 02 brand new A332 are coming from Airbus in DEC07. and the route GIG/MIA/GIG is in the 2007 budged, so it is not being done any extra effort to operate this route.
The efforts are being done to bring extra A332 for other route to join both A345 already discussed. Till end of the year 05 new widebody to join the fleet, including these 02 birds of DEC.
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