VRG Linhas to Launch New Service

Brazilain low-cost airline VRG Linhas Aereas will launch a new service between Rio de Janeiro and London effective October 28, 2007.

The company has begun selling tickets for the new service. The flight will depart from Rio de Janeiro’s Tom Jobim airport, making a connection at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos international airport, and reach London.

Lincoln Amano, VRG’s commercial director, said: “The launch of London flights on October 28 is an important step in VRG’s expanding international route network, which currently includes flights to key European cities in France, Italy and Germany.

“By December of this year, we will provide additional services to Europe through Madrid, Spain as well as to Latin America, through flights to Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Santiago, Chile.”