access - Brazil
Access into Brazil is through the two major hubs of Sao Paulo (2 international and 1 domestic airport) and Rio de Janeiro (1 international and 1 domestic airport). The domestic airports are in the centre of each city making for ease of transfer for Brazil’s internal air network and two centre programmes.
The key cities which will appeal to the international events buyer have a wide selection of direct international flights:
| From / To | RIO DE JANEIRO Number of flights per week |
SAO PAULO Number of flights per week |
SALVADOR DA BAHIA Number of flights per week |
| Canada | 7 flights | ||
| France | 21 flights | 28 flights | |
| Germany | 5 flights | 19 flights | |
| Italy | 14 flights | ||
| Portugal | 13 flights | 13 flights | 6 flights |
| Qatar | 7 flights | ||
| Russia | |||
| Spain | 1 flight | 37 flights | 3 flights |
| South Africa | 11 flights | ||
| Switzerland | 7 flights | ||
| Turkey | 4 flights | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 7 flights | ||
| United Kingdom | 13 flights | 14 flights | |
| United States of America | 84 flights from 14 locations | 141 flights from 12 locations | 7 flights |
Average flight times from:
- Major European capitals - circa 11 or 12 hours flight
- North America - from 9 to 14 hours flight
- Central America - circa 7 hours flight
- South America - from 3 to 8 hours flight
- Africa - circa 10 hours flight
- Middle East – circa 13 hours flight
- Asia - circa 25 hours flight
- Oceania - circa 18 hours flight
Being a BRIC economy is resulting in increasing number of new routes.
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