It must be codeshare season, with Virgin Atlantic announcing a new codeshare agreement with LATAM Airlines
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Customers booking through Virgin Atlantic are now able to travel from Heathrow direct to São Paulo as well as connecting onwards onto 12 domestic airports in Brazil.
Customers travelling from São Paulo to London Heathrow will also have the option to smoothly connect onto Virgin Atlantic’s rest of the world destinations through Terminal 3 including Tel Aviv, Delhi and Hong Kong.
Virgin Atlantic will place its code on LATAM’s direct flight to São Paulo for international connectivity, whilst the following destinations will have coded too:
- Rio de Janeiro (GIG)
- Porto Alegre (POA)
- Belo Horizonte (CNF)
- Brasilia (BSB)
- Curitiba (CWB)
- Goiania (GYN)
- Recife (REC)
- Salvador (SSA)
- Florianopolis (FLN)
- Fortaleza (FOR)
- Vitoria (VIX)
- Londrina (LDB)
In Quotes
Juha Jarvinen, Chief Commercial Officer at Virgin Atlantic, commented:
“We’re incredibly excited to launch this new codeshare partnership with LATAM Airlines.”
“As we recover from the pandemic, partnerships are more important than ever, and we look forward to building on the incredibly successful interline relationship we have had in place for a number of years. We also see opportunities beyond Brazil and look forward to expanding our relationship even further to serve destinations throughout South America including Peru and Colombia.”
“This new partnership aims to respond to the large, fast-growing demand for leisure travellers looking to enjoy new experiences after a challenging 20 months. We know there is pent up demand for long-haul travel and we look forward to welcoming customers onboard on their way to exploring these exciting and vibrant Brazilian cities.”
“As global economies gradually recover from the impact of the pandemic, we also expect to capture demand from corporate travel heading to São Paulo, the commercial capital of Brazil as well as other key business hubs in South America.”
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