The routes Azul Brazilian Airlines operates from Belo Horizonte International Airport, in Confins (MG) and from Gilberto Freyre International Airport, in Recife, to Fort Lauderdale (near Miami) and Orlando will be discontinued on March 1st, returning at the end of May.
The information was initially published by the Passageiro de Primeira portal, and later confirmed to our affiliated media in Brazil, Aeroin by the airline which stated that the routes will undergo «temporary alterations», but that the flights departing from Campinas, Belém, and Manaus to Florida will be maintained during the period.
Passengers who purchased direct flights departing from the capital of Minas Gerais or Pernambuco will be reaccommodated on other flights with layovers in the other three capitals that will maintain the routes.
Before the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the routes to the USA departing from Belo Horizonte and Recife were seasonal, operating only in the high season.
Azul Flights Between Brazil and the US
As of February 16, 2024
- Belem (BEL) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL): one daily flight with A320.
- Belo Horizonte (CNF) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL): two weekly flight with A330neo
- Belo Horizonte (CNF) – Orlando (MCO): one weekly flight with A330neo.
- Manaus (MAO) – Fort Lauderdale (MCO): one weekly flight with A320.
- Recife (REC) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL): two weekly flights with A330neo.
- Recife (REC) – Orlando (MCO): two weekly flights with A330-200/A330neo
- Sao Paulo (VCP) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL): one daily flight with A330-200/A330neo
- Sao Paulo (VCP) – Orlando (MCO): six weekly flights with A330-200/A330neo
