Summary
- Azul’s new codeshare agreement with Silver Airways expands travel options for Azul customers to more US and Caribbean destinations.
- The agreement includes feeder flights from Orlando and Fort Lauderdale to various cities in Florida and the Bahamas.
- Azul has been growing its presence in the Caribbean through interline and codesharing agreements, targeting traffic to the region.
Brazilian low-cost carrier Azul has entered into a codeshare agreement with US regional carrier Silver Airways. The deal includes flights from Orlando and Fort Lauderdale in Florida to cities in the US and the Caribbean and will allow Azul customers to travel to more destinations on a single ticket.
Orlando and Fort Lauderdale are the only destinations Azul flies to in the US, so the codeshare agreement will include feeder flights from the two cities. From Orlando, customers will be able to travel to Key West, Fort Lauderdale, and Tampa in the United States and to Marsh Harbour and North Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
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From Fort Lauderdale, it will be possible to go to Key West, Tampa, Gainesville, and Orlando in the state of Florida. The codeshare will also cover some of the islands that make up the Bahamas: North Eleuthera, Freeport, Georgetown, Governor’s Harbour, Marsh Harbour, and Bimini. Additionally, Silver Airways is starting a route to Providenciales in Turks & Caicos.
Azul’s growing presence in the Caribbean
Azul has been growing its network to the United States and the Caribbean in recent years, launching a new route from Belo Horizonte to Orlando last year and relaunching flights between Recife and Orlando. The airline flies to Orlando from its hub in Campinas and offers direct flights to Recife, Belém, Belo Horizonte, and Manaus. Azul also flies 11 weekly flights to Fort Lauderdale from three cities in Brazil: Campinas, Recife, and Belo Horizonte, using its Airbus 300-900 fleet.
It is currently the largest airline in Brazil by the number of scheduled flights, operating to destinations in North America and Europe on top of its massive domestic network. The airline operates a fleet of A330s and A350s for its long-haul network and recently placed an order for four A330-900s for fleet standardization.
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Besides Silver Airways, Azul places its code on some United Airlines flights out of the two cities it serves. The airline also has a codeshare agreement with JetBlue, with whom it shares the same founder, from Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Their networks complement nicely as JetBlue has extensive networks in both cities, especially from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean.
The airline has been targeting traffic to the Caribbean in recent years through extensive interline and codesharing agreements. Its agreement with JetBlue was expanded last year with new destinations in the Bahamas. With the new Silver Airways codeshare agreement, the airline is able to offer more destinations in the region than ever. The airline is also launching flights using its own metals, with its flight between Willemstad in Curaçao and Belo Horizonte launched last year.
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The Brazilian airline currently operates a diverse fleet, from Cessnas to Airbus A350s.
About Silver Airways
Silver Airways is a regional carrier operating out of three bases in Florida, namely Orlando, Tampa, and Fort Lauderdale, and a Caribbean base in San Juan, with a network that mostly focuses on cities in Florida such as Key West and Tallahassee. The airline operates a fleet of ATR turboprop aircraft, consisting of 8 ATR-42s and 7 ATR-72s, according to ch-aviation.
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The airline has codeshare agreements with many major US carriers, including American, Delta, United, and JetBlue, and it previously operated several ATR freighters on behalf of Amazon. However, the partnership ended in 2023 when the two companies cut ties.