TAM Airlines is to head for further north than the United States of America, and over the border into Canada – with the announcement of a service to commence from Sao Paulo to Toronto Pearson Airport – via New York JFK.
TAM Boeing 777-300ER at London Heathrow Airport
The route will operate as a tag-on/fifth freedom flight, operating five days a week via New York JFK with the following timetable published:
JJ8102 DEPART GRU 21:40 ARRIVE JFK 07:00+1 DEPART 1115+1 ARRIVE YYZ 1300+1 JJ8103 DEPART YYZ 16:35 ARRIVE JFK 18:30 DEPART 2150 ARRIVE GRU 0910+1 Commences 28th March 2015 JJ8102 operates Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Sao Paulo JJ8103 operates Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Toronto Pearson Booked equipment: Boeing 767-300ER Data: Airlineroute
The tag on service will compete with Air Canada’s non stop service between Toronto and Sao Paulo, as well as the many one-stop options that you can choose.
It’s an unusual route in today’s world of direct flights everywhere – and hopefully will be a prelude to a regular direct service between Toronto and Sao Paulo by TAM.
For now, this is a start.
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This is a resumption of a service they used to have. I’m glad to see it back!
Widebody service from JFK to YYZ should be fun!
And with TAM in oneworld, nice use of BA avios for short haul!