BRA Transportes Aéreos
Brazilian airline
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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.[1] BRA was the third largest airline in Brazil with 4.19% of the domestic Brazilian market as of August 2006.[citation needed]
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.[2][3]
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).[4] 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.
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Domestic
Previously, BRA operated services to the following scheduled domestic destinations[citation needed] (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:[1][verification needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-300 | 7 | 2001 | 2007 | |
| 1 | 2009 | 2010 | sold to Puma Air | |
| Boeing 737-400 | 3 | 2002 | 2007 | |
| Boeing 767-200 | 1 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | 2004 | 2007 | sold to OceanAir |
| Embraer 195 | 20 | Cancelled | Intended to be delivered in 2008.[5] | |
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.[6][7] No one on board was killed or injured and all the occupants evacuated safely.[7] The accident was mentioned in the Season 11 episode of the Canadian television series Mayday/Air Crash Investigation "Deadly Reputation".
