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Montevideo, January 19th 2025 - 15:18 UTC

Tag: Azul

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

    Azul and Gol announce merger to create aviation giant

    The new company would serve more than 200 destinations in Brazil and abroad but the process is at least one year away

    Brazilian airlines Azul and Gol announced Wednesday after trading closed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) that they had signed a memorandum of intent to finalize a merger whereby one of the largest airlines in Latin America would be created. If the plan goes through, the resulting airline would have a 60% share in Latin America's largest country, thus challenging Latam's hegemony.

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  • Thursday, May 30th 2024 - 22:52 UTC

    Gol and Azul engaged in merger talks

    Each step needs to be carefully weighed to ensure it aligns with both companies’ strategic goals, it was explained

    Less than a week after announcing a codeshare agreement for flights marketed jointly but operated separately, Brazilian carriers Gol and Azul were reported to have engaged in talks that could lead to a full-size merger that would reshape the entire gameboard for the aviation industry in the region.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

    Azul adds new destinations to/from Montevideo

    Azul now links Montevideo with Porto Alegre, Florianopolis, Recife, and Foz do Iguazu

    Brazilian carrier Azul has added new services to and from Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport, thus increasing the Uruguayan capital's connectivity with destinations in South America's largest country, after direct flights to Foz do Iguazu, Florianópolis, and Recife were introduced.