BRA Transportes Aéreos S/A was a Brazilian low-fare airline based in São Paulo, Brazil, which used to operate both domestic and international scheduled services, as well as charter flights. Its main base was São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. BRA was the third largest airline in Brazil with 4.19% of the domestic Brazilian market as of August 2006.
History In July 2007 BRA, started a code-share agreement with OceanAir, substantially increasing their domestic destinations. On 6 November 2007, BRA announced that it would suspend all of its flights starting on 7 November and leave all of its 1,000+ employees under mandatory notice of termination of employment.BRA pede suspensão de vôos e afasta 1.100 funcionários [BRA calls for suspension of flights and removes 1,100 employees] , Folha Online, (6 November 2007). Retrieved on 7 November 2007.Brazil airline BRA requests suspension of all flights amid financial woes, International Herald Tribune, (6 November 2007). Retrieved on 7 November 2007.
In 2009, the airline was back in operations with charter flights with a solo Boeing 737-300 ex-Gol Linhas Aéreas, but it was sold to Puma Air, a Brazilian airline that started operating jets in 2010. On June 18, 2009, BRA had its authorization to operate non-regular passenger flights renewed for one year by the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). Therefore, BRA operated flights on behalf of other airlines or parties, as contracted.
Destinations BRA Transportes Aéreos operated only non-regular passenger services on behalf of other airlines or parties, as contracted.
Domestic Previously, BRA operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (destinations – IATA/ICAO codes):
Aracaju – AJU/SBAR Belém – BEL/SBBE Belo Horizonte (Confins International Airport – CNF/SBCF and Pampulha Airport – PLU/SBBH) Brasília – BSB/SBBR Caldas Novas – CLV/SWKN Campina Grande – CPV/SBKG Campo Grande – CPG/SBCG Caruaru – CAU Cuiabá – CGB Curitiba – CWB/SBCT Fernando de Noronha – FEN/SBFN Florianópolis – FLN/SBFL Fortaleza – FOR/SBFZ Goiânia – GYN/SBGO João Pessoa – JPA/SBJP Juazeiro do Norte – JDO/SBJU Maceió – MCZ/SBMO Marília – MII/SBML Natal – NAT/SBNT Palmas – PMW Paulo Afonso – PAF/SBUF Petrolina – PNZ/SBPL Porto Alegre – POA/SBPA Porto Seguro – BPS/SBPS Recife – REC/SBRF Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport) – GIG/SBGL Salvador – SSA/SBSV São José do Rio Preto – SJP/SBSR São Luís – SLZ/SBSL São Paulo (São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport – GRU/SBGR and Congonhas/São Paulo International Airport – CGH/SBSP) Hubs Teresina – THE/SBTE Uberlândia – UDI/SBUL Vitória – VIX/SBVT
International BRA operated services to the following international destinations:
Scheduled flights: Lisbon, Portugal – LIS/LPPT Madrid, Spain – MAD/LEMD Milan, Italy (Malpensa International Airport) – MXP/LIMC
Charter (operated flights): Cologne-Bonn, Germany – CGN/EDDK Porto, Portugal – OPO/LPPR Oslo, Norway – OSL/ENGM Rome, Italy – (Leonardo da Vinci International Airport) – FCO/LIRF Stockholm, Sweden – Arlanda International Airport – ARN/ESSA Tel Aviv, Israel – TLV/LLBG Córdoba, Argentina – COR/SACO
Fleet The BRA fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
+ BRA fleetAircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotesBoeing 737-300720012007120092010sold to Puma AirBoeing 737-400320022007Boeing 767-200120062007Boeing 767-300ER120042007sold to OceanAirEmbraer 19520CancelledIntended to be delivered in 2008.
Accidents and incidents On March 22, 2006, a Boeing 737-400, registration PR-BRC, came to a stop just short of the embankment at the end of runway 35L at Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil after it failed to stop due to hydroplaning.https://sistema.cenipa.fab.mil.br/cenipa/paginas/relatorios/rf/pt/pr_brc_22_03_06.pdf No one on board was killed or injured and all the occupants evacuated safely. The accident was mentioned in the Season 11 episode of the Canadian television series Mayday/Air Crash Investigation "Deadly Reputation".
See also List of defunct airlines of Brazil
References
External links
BRA Transportes Aéreos (archive)