American Airlines resumes flights between Miami and Rio de Janeiro

Exactly nine months after the suspension of most routes and flights to Brazil, its main market in South America, due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the closure of air borders, American Airlines It resumed this Thursday, December 17, the flights between Miami and Rio de Janeiro. This will be the airline’s third daily flight between the two countries after the pandemic, reaffirming its commitment to the Brazilian market.

The flight that connects the Florida city with the Rio de Janeiro Galeão International Airport will be operated with seven weekly frequencies, aboard equipment Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which in the US airline’s fleet are configured with 234 seats in three classes, being 20 seats open suites in the Executive Flagship, 28 in Premium Economy and the other 168 in Economic.

Thus, flight AA905 takes off from Miami International Airport at 21: 40LT (GMT-5), landing in Rio de Janeiro at 07: 55LT (GMT-3) the next morning. On the way back, flight AA904 will take off from the Rio de Janeiro Galeão International Airport at 11:45 PM, landing in the Florida city the next morning at 6:20 AM. Both sections have an average flight duration of nine hours.

Flight	Of	A	Departure	Arrival	Days
AA905	Miami (MIA)	Rio de Janeiro (GIG)	21:40	07:55 (+1)	Daily
AA904	Rio de Janeiro (GIG)	Miami (MIA)	23:45	06:20 (+1)	Daily

Little by little, American Airlines is expanding its offer of flights in the South American country and will now have three direct flights between the United States and Brazil; previously, the company had already resumed direct flights from Miami and Dallas Fort Worth to São Paulo Guarulhos. The American Airlines sales director for Brazil celebrated the resumption of flights, reaffirming his confidence in the brief resumption of demand and recovery of the market.

About, Alexandre Cavalcanti, American Airlines Sales Director for Brazil, commented:

Exactly nine months after the Rio-Miami route was interrupted, we are pleased to announce the resumption. This is a victory for our entire team and for the market. We are confident that we will have good results and we look forward to further expanding our network. People are already flying again; We renew our aircraft safety and hygiene protocols and we have the most modern air renewal equipment, such as HEPA filters, to provide greater peace of mind to passengers. With these measures and other advances in the fight against the pandemic, people are regaining the confidence to travel and we see great opportunities.