The airline is increasing connectivity from the state, from BH Airport, to the Caribbean and the US, in addition to to cities within the inside of Minas Gerais
São Paulo, January 26, 2022 – Azul pronounces a historic growth in Minas Gerais this Thursday (twenty sixth). In cooperation with the native authorities, the corporate has simply introduced flights departing from Belo Horizonte (BH airport) to Curaçao within the Caribbean, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando in the US, along with regional connections with the Minas Gerais cities of Araxá. , Divinópolis and Sao Joao del Rei. The announcement was made this morning within the state capital in a gathering between Fábio Campos, Director of Institutional and Airport Relations at Azul, with Romeo Zema, Governor of Minas Gerais, Herlichy Bastos, Director of Operations and Infrastructure at BH Airport, and Andre. Rojer, Latin America Supervisor for Curaçao.
In keeping with the corporate, BH Airport – the state’s solely worldwide airport – may have a weekly Azul flight to Curaçao and three weekly flights to Fort Lauderdale within the first half of 2023, in addition to day by day connections from the Minas Gerais capital to Araxá and from Campinas to Divinópolis. Within the second half, Azul can even provide two weekly flights from BH Airport to Orlando and two weekly flights to São João del Rei, a historic metropolis with colonial structure situated simply 11 km from the internationally well-known Tiradentes.
Azul will announce the ticketing begin dates and opening days of the brand new worldwide and regional operations quickly.
“Due to an settlement with the Authorities of Minas Gerais, which believes in air transport as a significant service for the event of the state, we’re right here saying the historic growth of our operations within the area. Thanks to those flights, Minas Gerais now has even higher visibility inside our community, offering prospects and companies with connections with the very best requirements of security and operational high quality in Brazilian business aviation,” says Fábio Campos. “We’re blissful that the most important airline in locations in Brazil has additionally gained this title in Belo Horizonte and the area. We’re getting nearer to reaching our aim of serving 200 locations in Brazil,” he added.
“The higher availability of flights and connecting routes from Minas Gerais helps to speed up new enterprise within the state. As well as, it’s important to advertise tourism by facilitating the entry of nationwide and worldwide guests to cities in Minas Gerais. Minas was the second hottest vacation spot for vacationers in Brazil final 12 months and straightforward flights to the state will assist maintain the expansion of the sector,” mentioned Romeu Zema, Governor of Minas Gerais.
Increasing connectivity between Minas Gerais and Brazil and the worldwide market has all the time been a precedence at BH Airport. “We now have a excessive demand for flights, particularly worldwide ones, and we’re in fixed contact with the airways. At the moment is a day to rejoice the announcement of the flight to Curaçao and the return of flights to the US. As well as, operations into the inside of Minas are nonetheless profitable and it’s a large asset to have connections with Araxá and São João del Rei. We hope to additional strengthen this partnership with Azul and launch new flights throughout this 12 months,” emphasizes Herlichy Bastos, Director of Operations and Infrastructure at BH Airport.
“With a various fleet like Azul’s, we’re in a position to serve essential markets and convey them a product acknowledged for its excellence and high quality. Fort Lauderdale and Orlando are already consolidated locations within the Azul community on flights departing from different airports comparable to Viracopos (SP), Belém, Manaus and Recife. We imagine within the potential of the Minas Gerais market and we’re additionally betting on the success of the flight to Curaçao, a novelty within the Azul community,” concluded Fábio Campos.
With the three new additions, Azul will function in 14 cities in Minas Gerais, already frequently working in the present day in Belo Horizonte, Uberaba, Juiz de Fora – Zona da Mata, Ipatinga, Montes Claros, Uberlândia, Governador Valadares, Patos de Minas, Varginha, Paracatu and Téofilo Otoni. At BH airport alone, the corporate has a median of 95 flights a day to nearly 50 locations in Brazil and overseas.
CURAÇAO: FEEL ALONE
With greater than 50 nationalities dwelling amongst its 150,000 inhabitants, Curaçao is various by way of inhabitants and sights. The peculiarity of the island makes it very distinctive in comparison with others within the area. Those that come establish with hospitality and its welcoming folks. All very “dushi” (that means sweetheart in Papiamentu, the official language).
Sunny Curaçao is situated within the Caribbean Sea, the place there are different islands that have been a part of the Netherlands Antilles, and 60 km from the coast of Venezuela. The UNESCO World Heritage-listed capital of Willemstad has genuine architectural buildings from the Netherlands that create the right steadiness between a European ambiance and a tropical local weather. The construction of the current nation, which has been impartial since 2010, is worthy of receiving vacationers from everywhere in the world. The local weather is inviting and when it rains, the quantity could be very low.
“We now have achieved a superb restoration of tourism actions and ended 2022 with a progress of 106% in comparison with 2019. The island ready for the restoration and in the present day we will say via the numbers that the choice to take care of a presence within the Brazilian market was very assertive and the direct flight is undoubtedly a quick and the constructive response of this market to Curaçao,” says Ruisandro Cijntje, Minister of Financial Growth of Curaçao.
With the brand new flight from BH airport, the choices will develop into way more handy for purchasers who need to spend their holidays within the Caribbean, with passengers from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Goiânia, Brasília and Vitória connecting at most 1:30 mining terminal. As well as, they’ll journey to this new vacation spot on our Airbus A320 plane with increased consolation on board and free in-flight service as desired, outfitted with stay tv and free web.
About Azul
Azul SA (B3: AZUL4, NYSE: AZUL) is Brazil’s largest airline by way of variety of flights and cities served, with greater than 900 day by day flights to greater than 150 locations. With an operational fleet of greater than 160 plane and greater than 14,000 crew, Azul has greater than 300 direct routes on regional, home and worldwide flights. In 2022, Azul was voted probably the most correct airline on this planet, in response to Cirium’s OnTime Efficiency-OTP Assessment – the world’s main reference for operational knowledge within the sector. As well as, in 2020, it was awarded the Finest Airline within the World by TripAdvisor Travellers’ Alternative, the one Brazilian firm to obtain each accolades. For extra data go to www.voeazul.com.br/ri.
About BH airport
The one worldwide airport in Minas Gerais, strategically situated and one of many predominant hubs within the nation, serves about 50 nationwide and worldwide locations. Since 2014, the terminal has been managed by a concession shaped by CCR Group, one of many largest infrastructure concession corporations in Latin America, and Zurich Airport, the operator of Zurich Airport, the primary air hub in Switzerland and thought of probably the greatest airports on this planet, alongside Infraero , a state-owned firm with greater than 40 years of expertise managing airports in Brazil.