Brazil Airpass: cheap travelling in Brazil
Visitors who intend to travel on from their point of entry to
explore more of Brazil should consider investing in a Brazil
Airpass before arriving in the country. The Brazil AirPass is
the most practical and economical way to travel within Brazil
and is available to foreigners and Brazilians residing abroad
holding a round trip air ticket to Brazil.
Currently the cost of the Brazil Airpass is around 399 Euro for up to 4 domestic flights. The pass is
valid for 21 days from the first domestic flight.
Customizing your itinerary we will advise which domestic flights fit the best into your program.
You can book these at your nearest travel agent.
For more information about how to manage your trip please click:
customized vacations.
Contact in the UK
tam.london@tam.com.br
UK: 00 44 20 8897 0005
International flights: how do you get into Brazil?
Mauricio Travels only offers domestic flights to destinations like: Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia,
Recife, Fortaleza, Manaus, Brasilia, Iguaçu, ..
Most international flights from Europe and the US land at the international airports of São Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro, Recife or Salvador, where there are connecting flights to most other major Brazilian
cities. Rio and São Paulo both have major international airports, as well as airports closer to the
city centre which are used for the 55 minute air-shuttle between the two cities and a number of other
regional services. Rio’s airports are Galeão (GIG) for international and Santos Dumont (SDU) for the
shuttle; while São Paulo’s are Guarulhos (GRU) for international and Congonhas (CGH) for the shuttle.
The international departure tax is currently $36 (approx. £25).
From Europe: Flight time from Europe to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is just over eleven hours depending
on your starting point and less than nine hours to Fortaleza, Recife and Salvador. Most flights leave
from Europe in the evening and arrive early morning in Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo. On the return
leg they leave late afternoon or early evening to get to Europe the following day around lunchtime
or earlier.
Coming to Natal : there are regular daily flights
from Lisbon with
TAP
Airlines straight to Natal. Also there are
several chartercompanies who fly directly from
Amsterdam, London, Dusseldorf, Stockholm, Helsinki,
Milan, Barcelona, Madrid etc.
Air
France,
Alitalia,
British
Airways,
Iberia,
KLM,
Lufthansa,
Swiss,
Tam,
Tap and
Varig all run regular services between Europe and
Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo. This means that
travellers have a choice of several different
airlines linking the two continents daily.
From the US: Flights by
American Airlines,
Continental,
United and the Brazilian flag carriers
Varig and
Tam link the US with Brazil.
Flight time is eight and a half hours from Miami to São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, just over nine
from New York, eleven from Atlanta, thirteen from Los Angeles and sixteen from San Francisco.
The vast majority of flights between North America and Brazil are overnight flights that arrive in
Brazil in the early morning with a bonus for east coast travellers that the time difference between
the east coast and Rio de Janeiro is minimal.
From Latin America: São Paulo
and Rio de Janeiro receive flights daily from
most of the other major Latin American cities
and is served by
Aerolineas
Argentinas, Aero Peru,
Avianca,
Cubana de Aviacion,
Ladeco,
Lan
Chile,
LAB,
Pluna,
Viasa, and the Brazilian flag carriers
Varig,
Tam and Vasp.