The growth of air transportation in Brazil cannot be over-emphasized. Being the tropical tour spot of South America, it has become a major tourist center of attraction in the continent and beyond. International travelers to Brazil on low budget have found the help of Brazil’s top domestic airline company – TAM Airlines – which controls about 35% of the air travel market and with other airline companies like Varig and VASP, the Brazil’s aviation sector can best be described as fledging.

TAM airlines has recently been following the footsteps of its rival Gol Airlines by adopting some cost-cutting measures to be able to offer cheap and efficient air travel services to its passengers. Before now, air travel in Brazil has been notoriously on the high side, even though accessible. Cheap flights and low-cost travel has always been a jinx that had to be creatively broken by Gol Airlines.

Tourists looking to travel to Brazil on a sight-seeing visit may consider using TAM Airlines or Varig Airways which is rated the second best. This is because only TAM and Varig Airlines offer air-passes to tourists and visitors which allows them to fly in and around the country. This makes it relatively easy and convenient for all domestic tours within the boundaries of Brazil. In a country that is almost the size of the United States, purchasing air-passes from TAM Airlines which come as tour packages is akin to killing two or more birds with one stone.

Although airfares for domestic travel within Brazil is not that cheap, getting travel packages for the entire tour is a lot cheaper, affordable and better for visitors since it is an all-inclusive discount offer which bundles airfare, accommodation and other tour tickets into one small price. After all, the big things come in small packages.

Apart from TAM and Varig Airlines, two other Brazilian Airlines offering complete and cheap flight packages are Gol and VASP Airlines. Other international airlines with such offers are Air France and British Airways; many airlines in North America, United Kingdom, Europe and far away Asia also give cheap airfares and discount travels occasionally. A thorough search on the internet will reveal all of them.
TAM Airlines is able to offer its cheap fares and discounts because of new measures it is taking to reduce operational costs while maintaining world class air services. TAM Airlines recently acquired 39 brand new Airbus aircrafts to help the airline company minimize the huge costs of maintaining its aging and ailing fleet. It also reached an agreement with Varig Airlines with a view to using its flight schedules at maximum capacity. A great way of reducing running costs so as to give passengers more options on cheap and fantastic discounts on airline tickets and vacation packages.

Air travel companies off and online do provide discounts on vacation packages as well as dirt cheap airfares. Examples of such companies are Major Travel and Airline Network. Outside these, an avid traveler to Brazil may need to keep track of offers that may spring up without notice.

The major destinations for these cheap air ticket offers are Rio de Janeiro (where the famous Carnival Rio takes place), Sao Paulo, Salvador and Manaus. Nice relaxation spots for visitors are several serene and bubbly beaches along coastal Brazil. One importance thing for intending travelers to remember is that, Brazil has strict Immigration rules concerning international passports and visas. All non-Brazilian citizens are required to apply for entry visas and get an approved copy before departing for the country. Similarly, the passports must not be less than 6 months to its expiry date.

It was recently reported that from the United States alone, Brazil played host to between half and a quarter of a million visitors and tourists in the last 3 years; all taking advantage of cheap airfare offers and discount vacation packages offered by the various airline companies. These figures have made more airline companies to increase the number of flights to the country that is home to the Great Amazon forest and at the same time offering more discounts on air tickets to prospective customers. Will you be part of the statistics?