Avianca Brasil

Global Eagle Entertainment | August 12, 2016

GEE announced today that it has signed a contract with Avianca Brasil to provide inflight connectivity to the carrier's full fleet of over 40 aircraft. Avianca Brasil operates in 24 airports with over 200 daily flights in South America. GEE has been the provider of inflight entertainment content services to Avianca Brasil and its partner airline, Avianca, since June 2015....

Buying Business Travel | August 20, 2019

Star Alliance has announced that Brazilian airline Avianca Brasil will leave the alliance from 1 September after the carrier ceased operations.Officially known as Ocean Air Linhas S/A but operating as Avianca Brasil, the airline announced last year that it would file for bankruptcy but would continue flying. In April it cancelled more than 1,000 flights after having to return 18 aircraft to leasing companies. Soon after, Brazil’s civil aviation regulator forced the carrier to suspend all f...

Simple Flying | January 13, 2020

Gulf Air has partnered up with Etihad to share benefits across both loyalty programs. Members of Etihad Guest, the loyalty program of Etihad, can now use their membership to redeem benefits across Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain. Likewise, those frequent flyer members of Gulf Air’s Falconflyer program can now use their points across Etihad’s vast network....

FlightGlobal | January 13, 2020

Airbus has started operating the first of the six BelugaXL high-capacity transports it is building to facilitate production ramp-up. The A330-based aircraft completed its first operational flight on 9 January, says the airframer. EASA certification was secured in November 2019, following a test campaign of more than 700h across some 200 flights since the first in July 2018. All six BelugaXL freighters will be operating by the end of 2023, Airbus indicates. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircr...