Avianca Brasil Files For Bankruptcy, Ends Flights To Miami & New York

Flights from Sao Paulo to Santiago de Chile were also canceled as of March 31.

Any issues with lifemiles?

Flew them twice from Miami and was not impressed despite a better hard product compared to the LATAM pos (for now as the new business is coming). But, let's face it, there is no S.A. carrier with any good Intl. Business product with the exception (barely) of Azul.

With LATAM shutting down its Rio to U.S. flights next year (and now this) we are seeing capacity shrinking from the two important business centers. This will mean difficult redemptions unless you want to fly Copa via PCY. It will be interesting to see if Azul looks at GRU for a FLL flight. Their flights and service are very popular with Brazilians but VCP is a HAUL.

@ben why don’t you review them before they end their flights?

Take one for the team Ben! Please review the flight on A332 before it is too late.

@Lucky - thanks for the reassurance re: Lifemiles, but in theory - if Lifemiles went down with the ship, would there be an impact on *A partner award tickets, booked with Lifemiles, that have already been ticketed?

I'm flying them tonight for JFK, and back to GRU next week. They have 4 A330-200 on rotation, but one (PR-OBS) is an ex-Avianca Colombia fitted with a dated cabin. I'm not expecting much from the crew, as morale should be fairly low with this news.

And though LifeMiles should stay intact, those with Amigo Avianca points have a lot to lose. Since last year's devaluation, with Star Alliance Award redemptions skyrocketing as much as 400%, these US flights were pretty much what was left of any value in the program.

"With LATAM shutting down its Rio to U.S. flights next year"

what source is this? I don't see anything about this

@Miami

https://www.panrotas.com.br/aviacao/empresas/2018/12/latam-cancela-voos-do-rio-para-miami-e-orlando-na-florida_161240.html

@George

Thanks, Whoa! I always fly LATAM to Rio. Shame, I am going to be stuck with American. Service was better with LATAM.

L atam will end all there services to us from Rio this year. And AA is ending their GIG-JFK this year too. So many bas news for GIG flyers.

Too bad. Actually, I flew AVIANCA JFK-GRU couple of month ago. They had Porsche Design amenities and great reverse herribone seats in their A330.
But last month, I flew BOGGRU right after the Chapter 11, and they suddenly changed the A330 to A320 only economy class.
As now, I could not get any money back from them ...

Latam are definitely buying the leftovers

Ben you should review it before it's too late! Do Avianca on the outbound and try AZUL business on the way back! Two reviews you still dont have.

This is sad but not surprising. When they launched the GRU-JFK they invited a TON of famous Brazilian influencers to post about their flight, and now they're going bankrupt...sad. WIll they still fly inside Brasil?

My guess is that they will still fly within Brazil. It will also be interesting to see what happens when the Brazilian government ends the visa requirement for US citizens. Will that help? I've flown on Avianca, Gol and Latam domestically in Brazil and they are pretty much the same. I haven't flown on azul because they have usually been more expensive than the others.

So as usual, "influencers" prove to be anything but.

Yeah, Lucky.
Review Avianca Brazil, and from GRU you can take the AZ 777-200 to Rome and the E75 to Milan.
Fares R/T are as low as USD1642 w/tax