El Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, will receive a non-scheduled flight with a trijet Boeing 727 this Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

Flight scheduling data from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) obtained by our Brazilian associate outlet, AEROIN, indicate that the Uruguayan airline Air Class was contracted to perform an operation classified as “non-scheduled international cargo”, landing in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul late in the morning and taking off in the early afternoon.

According to the schedule, the Boeing 727-200F will depart from Montevideo, Uruguay, at 09:50, on flight QCL-2594, with an estimated arrival time at Salgado Filho at 11:00. Subsequently, the aircraft will depart at 13:00 bound for Buenos Aires, Argentina, on flight QCL-8767.

Thus, this will be the first international flight to operate at Porto Alegre Airport following the full reopening of its runway that took place yesterday, Monday.

Air Class operates a fleet of two Boeing 727-200F, registered under the tail numbers CX-CAR and CX-CLC, with 45 and 42 years of service, respectively.

As the channel “Camera Aeroporto Porto Alegre BrAmigos” features live broadcasts focused on Porto Alegre Airport, the arrival and departure of the Boeing 727 can be viewed on the following screens:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVeZioLUurk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyas18zcOU