BRA Transportes Aéreos

Not to be confused with Braathens Regional Airways, Braathens Regional Aviation, or Braathens Regional Airlines.

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]}

BRA Transportes Aéreos
(Brasil Rodo Aéreo)

IATA ICAO Call sign B7 BRB BRA-TRANSPAEREOS
Founded	1999
Ceased operations	7 November 2007
Hubs	São Paulo–Congonhas São Paulo–Guarulhos
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Key people	Humberto Folegatti (CEO)
Website	www.voebra.com.br

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.

BRA ticket office at Brasília International Airport

BRA Boeing 737-300 (2003)

BRA Boeing 737-400 (2012)

BRA Boeing 767-300ER (2006)

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]}

BRA fleet

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]

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Brazil