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Varig to start Sao Paulo and Rio flights
Varig has begun selling tickets for its London to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro flights launching on October 29.
The launch flight will leave London Heathrow Airport at 10:05pm, making a stop at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport at 8:15am (local time), before arriving at Rio de Janeiro’s Tom Jobim Airport at 10:00 am.
On the return flight, customers will depart Rio de Janeiro’s Tom Jobim Airport at 8:30pm (local time), making a stop at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport at 9:30pm (local time), before continuing to the British capital arriving at 3:00pm (local time).
The airline said business travel and tourism between England and Brazil is a key reason for launching this new route.
By Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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