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American Airlines to double Brazil-U.S. flights in December

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American Airlines will more than double the number of flights departing Brazil to the U.S. by December as the U.S. government announced that it will open its borders to vaccinated tourists from November.The company now operated 16 weekly flights, but will reach 38 by the end of the year, said Christine Valls, managing director for Latin America, Caribbean and Florida, and Alexandre Cavalcanti, commercial director for Brazil."We see potential and demand," said Mr. Cavalcanti, affirming the airline’s commitment to Brazil, which has been served by the company for 31 years. Among the expansions are the Guarulhos-New York route, which will have a daily flight at the end of this month, compared to three weekly flights currently, and Guarulhos-Miami, which will have ten weekly flights in November — today there are seven.Before the sector virtually stopped because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the company operated, in total, 50 weekly flights between Brazil and the United States. However, three routes — São Paulo-Los Angeles, Brasília-Miami and Manaus-Miami — were closed (the first two unrelated to the health crisis). Excluding the 15 weekly flights on the three closed routes, the company will surpass the pre-pandemic level by December this year.The executives highlighted that there are still doubts about which vaccines will be accepted when the U.S. open its borders. Even so, the demand for tickets is already high. In Brazil alone, search of tickets grew 125% compared to September 13 and September 20 (the day of the announcement), said Mr. Cavalcanti."The recovery in the Caribbean was relatively quick because many Americans were taking short trips to Florida, the Caribbean or Cancun," said...

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