Brasília to have direct flight to Bogotá as of October
A new international flight option, departing from Brasília’s International Airport and heading for Bogotá, Colombia, has been announced by the Brazilian government. Starting on October 27, the two capitals will be connected by a direct flight, initially three times a week, round trip. A single trip takes approximately five hours.
The measure can be found in the agreements signed during Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s official visit to Colombia. He met with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro in Bogotá on Wednesday (Apr. 17).
The protocol of intent for the new route was signed between Gol Linhas Aéreas and Avianca, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated. Negotiations also involved the government of the Federal District and Inframérica, the concessionaire that runs Brasília’s airport.
The new flights should link travelers from Colombia to over 30 Brazilian cities, while passengers boarding in Brasília will get access to another 30 destinations from Bogotá.
Flow
Brasília’s International Airport is the third largest air terminal for passenger traffic in Brazil. It closed out 2023 with a flow of 14.8 million passengers—arrivals, departures, and connections combined—behind only Guarulhos and Congonhas airports in São Paulo, as per concessionaire figures.
Considered one of the country’s main hubs, passengers can travel nonstop from the Brasília terminal to all Brazilian capitals. Thirty-eight domestic and six international destinations are available, Inframérica reports: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lisbon, Portugal; Lima, Peru; Panama City, Panama; and Miami and Orlando, US.
Direct flights to Santiago, Chile, should also be introduced in June, making Bogotá the eighth international destination offered by the federal capital’s passenger terminal.
Outside of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brasília’s airport is the one that handles the most international passengers. It is the third Brazilian terminal with the largest flow of travelers on international flights today, behind Guarulhos and Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro.
In addition to unveiling the new international flight, the government signed memorandums of understanding with the Colombian government’s tourism ministry and agency to promote bilateral tourist exchange.
On Wednesday (17), during a business forum with investors from both countries, the Colombian president said that Brazil sends around 140 thousand tourists a year to Colombia, while just over 100 thousand Colombian tourists visit Brazil every year. The figures, he noted, fall far short of the tourist potential of South America’s two most populous countries.
