Sep 09, 2010 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) –American Airlines has announced that it will begin three days a week service between Dallas/Fort Worth, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, effective December 16, 2010.

The seasonal service will run through April 4, 2011, and then resume for the summer season between June 9, 2011, and August 22, 2011. The service will resume for the 2012 season on November 22, 2011.

American Airlines will operate the new service with a Boeing 767-300 aircraft, which comprises of 28 business class seats and 191 economy class seats. The airline will operate the new service from Dallas/Fort Worth and Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Flights will be operated from Rio de Janeiro to Dallas/Fort Worth on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

Peter Dolara, senior vice president of Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America at American Airlines, said: “These new flights offer a wonderful opportunity for people from Texas, the Southwest, West Coast and Midwest to fly via our largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Brazil’s most popular cultural and tourism destination, Rio de Janeiro.

“We believe seasonal service via DFW is a perfect complement to our upcoming new daily flight from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York that begins November 18, 2010, and our existing daily flight from Miami International Airport. We also will begin four days a week nonstop service between Miami and Brasilia starting November 18, 2010.”