According to the sources of oneworldŽ alliance, there will be three days a week airline service between Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (GIG) starting Dec. 16. The seasonal service will run through April 4, 2011, and then resume for the summer season between June 9, 2011, and Aug. 22, 2011. The service will resume for the 2012 season on Nov. 22, 2011. The airline flights will use Boeing 767-300 aircraft for this airline service. The airline has categorized service with 28 Business Class seats and 191 Economy Class seats.
People from Texas, the Southwest, West Coast and Midwest will be benefited for this resource of air traveling to Brazil's most popular cultural and tourism destination, Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil is going to be an important tourist hub as it will host the 2014 World Cup and Rio will be home to the 2016 Olympic Games. An American airline is investing its resources to take in view all these mega events which will happen in Brazil.
"North Texas continues to be an economic powerhouse, and announcements like this are part of the reason why. This is wonderful news for the passengers and shippers who use DFW Airport. We are confident this new service will be successful and will provide yet another link between our community and our neighbors in South America," said Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief.
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