Brazil's Azul Could Join Avianca-United Airlines Alliance

Dec. 6, 2018
Two Brazilian airlines are targets for expansion in the new alliance between United Continental Holdings Inc, Avianca Holdings and Copa Airlines on U.S.-Latin America routes, an Avianca executive said.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Two Brazilian airlines, Azul SA and Avianca Brasil, are targets for expansion in the new alliance between United Continental Holdings Inc, Avianca Holdings and Copa Airlines on U.S.-Latin America routes, an Avianca executive said.

There was little reference to Brazil, by far Latin America’s largest market, when the joint venture was announced on Friday, but Avianca Holdings’ Executive Vice President for Business Units, Gerardo Grajales, told Reuters on Monday that the partners already had in mind Azul and Avianca Brasil, which operates independently of Colombia-based Avianca Holdings.

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