Cabo Verde Airlines has launched regular flights between Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Sal, Cabo Verde.
The inaugural flight between Porto Alegre and Sal took place on December 12, departing from Salgado Filho Airport bound for Amílcar Cabral International Airport.
Before leaving, Mário Chaves, Deputy CEO and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Cabo Verde Airlines, stressed the importance of this new route.
“Porto Alegre is a city full of history and one of the biggest in Brazil. With Fortaleza, Recife, and Salvador, we now fly to four cities of the Top 10 of the largest Brazilian cities. The relations between Cabo Verde and Brazil go back in time and we want to continue strengthening these ties with another strategic route”, he said.
The route starts with two connections a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays between Sal Island and Porto Alegre and on Thursdays and Saturdays between Porto Alegre and Sal. From December 23, there will be a third connection, leaving Sal on Mondays and departing from Porto Alegre on Tuesdays.
All flights will connect to Cabo Verde Airlines' international hub in Sal, and there it will be able to connect to the airline's destinations in Cabo Verde, Senegal (Dakar), Nigeria (Lagos), Europe (Lisbon, Paris, Milan and Rome), Washington DC and Boston.