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Russia's Transaero starts direct flights to Brazil

Other News Materials 4 January 2011 10:13 (UTC +04:00)
A Boeing 747-400 aircraft operated by Russia's second largest airline, Transaero, landed on Tuesday in Rio-de-Janeiro establishing a direct link with Moscow for the first time in many years.
Russia's Transaero starts direct flights to Brazil

A Boeing 747-400 aircraft operated by Russia's second largest airline, Transaero, landed on Tuesday in Rio-de-Janeiro establishing a direct link with Moscow for the first time in many years, RIA Novosti reported.

The plane carrying 303 passengers took off on January 3 from Moscow Domodedovo airport and spent a total of 12 hours and 30 min in the air.

Russian airlines have not served the Latin American market since the mid-1990s when Aeroflot terminated regular flights to Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

Transaero will initially carry out one direct flight from Moscow to Rio per week.

Brazil is a rapidly emerging market for business travel and tourism, with the country hosting the 2014 World Cup, and Rio staging the 2016 Olympic Games.

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