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Delta Airlines and American Airlines will no longer leave Rio Galeao Airport to New York City from March. As these are the only companies that provide the direct link between the capital of Rio and the American city, Rio will no longer have any direct connection.
Orlando, renowned for its leisure parks, will no longer have a direct link with Rio: the only company that currently operates it is Latam, which will cease to operate it on April 1st.
Latam also operated direct flights between Rio and New York, but these flights were canceled in July 2017, when the direct link with Orlando was established.
The American Airlines flight to New York, regular and daily, will become seasonal, operating only in high season, with the date of beginning and end of operations. The seven weekly flights will be interrupted after March 30 and resumed only in December. The airline will continue its daily flights between Galeão and Miami.
"The frequencies of the links will be rebadessed at the end of the year taking into account the new conditions and forecasts for the Brazilian market," said American in a note, optimistic about the resumption of demand and the return of the regular connection to Brazil. to come up.
Delta flights were seasonal since the start of Rio operations in New York in December 2017.
Until March 9, the airline will operate the seven weekly flights to the US city. After that, the frequency will be reduced to five flights per week until March 30, when the road will be interrupted. According to the company, the schedule of the upcoming winter season in the northern hemisphere at the end of this year has not yet been released.
RIOgaleão, the concessionaire who manages the airport, indicates that, despite the decision to cancel flights, the American Airlines trip to New York was 89% in December 2018, as against 70% in 2017.
According to data from the Anac (National Agency of Civil Aviation), 62,600 pbadengers embarked between Rio and New York between January and November 2018, up 12 , 3% compared to the same period in 2017.
RIOgaleão said that he thought that flights to New York would soon be back with the "recovery of the country's economy and of the state of Rio de Janeiro ".
In addition to Orlando, Latam will also stop flying directly from Rio to Miami. The line will continue to exist as it is also operated by American Airlines.
As of February 16, the flight to Galeão to Orlando will be four times a week instead of five, while the flight to Miami will be reduced from seven to seven hours later. four times a week.
After April 1, the two destinations will no longer be serviced by the Rio company, but Latam said he is already in contact with pbadengers from the impacts of the flights, so that they can reschedule their trips at no cost.
The company's international operations from Rio will be concentrated in South America, with flights to Santiago, Buenos Aires, Lima and Montevideo.
Galeão Airport will continue to connect Rio to the American cities of Miami, Houston and Atlanta.
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