american airlines non stop service to brazil

American Airlines, a member of the oneworld Alliance, has started fly 11 new flights per week between the United States and Brazil beginning Nov. 18 2010.

The new service complements American's other service and partnerships in Latin America. American has codeshare and frequent flyer agreements with LAN and Mexicana, both members of the oneworld Alliance, and GOL. With the new service, American will serve 42 destinations in 17 countries within the region.
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The flight schedules are as follows (all times local):

From New York JFK to Rio de Janeiro (Flight begins Nov. 18, 2010):
Flight 255 Depart: 9:25 p.m. Arrive: 10:40 a.m. (next day)
From Rio de Janeiro to New York JFK (Flight begins Nov. 19, 2010):
Flight 256 Depart: 11:05 p.m. Arrive: 6:15 a.m. (next day)
From Miami to Brasilia (Flight begins Nov. 19, 2010)(Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun):
Flight 243 Depart: 11:10 p.m. Arrive: 9:35 a.m. (next day)
From Brasilia to Miami (Mon, Thur, Sat, Sun):
Flight 248 Depart: 11:05 a.m. Arrive: 3:45 p.m. (same day)


Between Miami and Brasilia, American will fly 182-seat Boeing 757 aircraft that accommodate 16 Business Class and 166 Economy Cabin passengers.
American fly non stop between New York and Rio de Janeiro using 225-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft, which accommodate 30 Business Class and 195 Economy Class passengers. American will offer convenient connections to Rio de Janeiro via New York JFK for a number of major U.S. cities, including Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Raleigh/Durham.
Travel between Japan and Brazil will be more convenient since passengers will be able to connect to/from flights serving Narita at both New York JFK and Miami-Dade County.
American will offer easy connections to Brasilia via Miami from more than 40 U.S. cities including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, DFW, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Tampa.

"Brazil is an ever-expanding South American market, and we thank the U.S. Department of Transportation for granting American the authority to operate these new flights, including the only nonstop service between New York City and Rio de Janeiro by a U.S. carrier," said Will Ris, American's Senior Vice President Government Affairs. "Additionally, our new service to Brasilia from Miami our largest U.S. gateway to Brazil and to all of South America will be the first service in a long while from a U.S. carrier."