The market between the United States and Brazil is massive, with airlines offering over 350,000 seats between the two nations this month. Brazil is the largest nation in South America, both by land mass and population, but it does not have the largest South American market to the United States; that title goes to Colombia. In October, six airlines scheduled 322 flights to Brazil, while Colombia had 664 flights on seven airlines.

Airlines operating to Brazil

Three American and three Brazilian carriers connect the US to Brazil: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Azul Linhas Aéreas, Gol Linhas Aéreas, and LATAM Brasil. American and United have the highest number of scheduled flights this month, each with 70 weekly departures, or ten each day. LATAM Brasil is not far behind AA and UA in terms of flights but has the highest seat offering of the carriers, with 22,384, or 25.5% of the total seat offering.

Breaking down the aircraft types

Counting variants of an aircraft family, fourteen aircraft types are deployed on Brazil routes, with the most used being the Boeing 787-9 and the least used being the Airbus A320, used on shorter routes from Florida to the north of Brazil. The 787-9 is scheduled on 86 weekly flights, while the A320 is scheduled on just six.

Below is the breakdown of each aircraft type and the number of weekly flights they are scheduled to operate:

As seen in the table above, Boeing aircraft are the most utilized between the two countries, on 254 flights to be exact, compared to just 68 flights on Airbus aircraft.

The busiest cities

Miami has the most Brazilian arrivals and departures in the US, with 86 of the 322 weekly flights, or about 26.7% of the total market. Miami is connected to Brazil by three airlines, LATAM Brasil, American Airlines, and GOL, which has one of the world's longest Boeing 737 MAX routes.

Miami is connected to four Brazilian cities as Azul has opted to operate at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, Fortaleza, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro (Galeão), and São Paulo (Guarulhos).

Though nine Brazilian cities are served from the US, São Paulo-Guarulhos has the largest number of flights as it is one of Latin America's busiest airports. Two hundred and sixteen US flights are scheduled to and from Guarulhos this month, up to 16 daily in each direction. The rest of the flights are divided between Campinas (Viracopos), Belo Horizonte, Recife, Manaus, Belem, and the other cities mentioned above.

The busiest route is from São Paulo to Miami, served by LATAM Brasil and American, with four daily flights in each direction this month. São Paulo to New York City (JFK) is served once daily by LATAM Brasil, American, and Delta, totaling three daily flights. São Paulo - Atlanta is the third-busiest route with two daily Delta flights.