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Here are few changes to both British Airways and LATAM flights between London and Brazil that have emerged recently.
BA appears to have taken First Class off sale for flights between London Heathrow and Rio de Janeiro from Monday 30 October 2017.
This suggests that the route has been downgraded from a four class Boeing 777 to a three class Boeing 777. It was upgraded to first class in 2013. The route continues to operate five times weekly.
BA is now codesharing with LATAM on a number of domestic routes from Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport.
These include routes operated by BA’s fellow Oneworld alliance partner between Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Foz do Iguaçu, Goiana, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador da Bahia and Vitoria.
Note that these can only be booked as part of a connecting international itinerary. BA and LATAM are currently securing regulatory approval for a joint-venture between Latin America and Europe so expect further co-operation in the coming years.
Finally, as first reported by Routes Online LATAM is to increase its London Heathrow – Sao Paulo service from daily to 9 times weekly for a little over a month from Sunday 9 July 2017 to Friday 18 August 2017.
The additional flight operates from London on Monday and Friday and from Sao Paulo on Sunday and Thursday.
