Avianca Brasil applies for DOT foreign carrier permit

Avianca Brasil has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for route exemption as well as a Foreign Carrier Air Permit to operate scheduled and chartered, passenger and cargo flights from any points behind Brazil, via Brazil and intermediate points, to any points in the United States and beyond. Avianca Brasil is planning to operate cargo flights three times a week between São Paulo Guarulhos and Miami via one or more intermediate points using A330-200(F) freighter aircraft. Passenger flights are planned for later in the year.