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Did the VARIG MD-11/B743 ever fly GRU-LAX-NRT?
I remember that VARIG served Japan by flying the GRU-LAX-NRT route with the MD-11/B743. Is this true and was there that much of a market from Brazil to Japan? I just read that Brazil has the largest amount of Japanese people outside of Japan.
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Re: Did the VARIG MD-11/B743 ever fly GRU-LAX-NRT?
They did fly the MD11 on GRU-LAX-NRT and I believe the 747 at times as well.
Unrelated, but for a long time, there was a also a JAL flight that went from JFK to GRU.
Unrelated, but for a long time, there was a also a JAL flight that went from JFK to GRU.
Re: Did the VARIG MD-11/B743 ever fly GRU-LAX-NRT?
I've always said United would do well with a SFO-GRU flight to connect to the TPAC hub. But GRU is the reason why NRT-IAH was a slam dunk for CO from day one.
Re: Did the VARIG MD-11/B743 ever fly GRU-LAX-NRT?
x1234 wrote:I remember that VARIG served Japan by flying the GRU-LAX-NRT route with the MD-11/B743. Is this true and was there that much of a market from Brazil to Japan? I just read that Brazil has the largest amount of Japanese people outside of Japan.
Yep, absolutely true.
There are many pics of Varig aircraft in Japan. Varig service to Japan started in the 1960s as far as I know.
They also had flights to Nagoya at some point.
Re: Did the VARIG MD-11/B743 ever fly GRU-LAX-NRT?
VARIG did fly to NGO from LAX twice a week back in early 2000's
Re: Did the VARIG MD-11/B743 ever fly GRU-LAX-NRT?
Brazil host the largest Japanese diaspora outside Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians
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