Brava Linhas Aéreas

Brava Linhas Aéreas Ltda.
Founded	2006
Ceased operations	2013
Operating bases	Porto Alegre
Fleet size	3
Destinations	9
Headquarters	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Key people	Jorge Barouki (Director-President)
Website	www.voebrava.com.br

Brava Linhas Aéreas Ltda, formerly known as NHT Linhas Aéreas, was a domestic airline based in Porto Alegre, Brazil founded in 2006. The airline has been grounded since late 2013 after the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) suspended the company's Transportation Operating Certificate. The airline does not currently operate any flights. Jorge Barouki, president of the company, has stated that Brava requested the suspension since the airline no longer had the capital to pay its employees.^[1]

According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) between January and December 2012 Brava (then still operating as NHT) had 0.02% of the domestic market share in terms of passengers-kilometre flown.^[2]

History

Originally named NHT Linhas Aéreas, the airline started operations in August 2006 serving cities in Rio Grande do Sul. After expanding services in the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina, on April 9, 2010, NHT was granted much sought-for slots at São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, enabling the airline to start services to the state of São Paulo.^[3]^[4]

Previously controlled by JMT Holding, which belongs to the family Teixeira, on May 18, 2012, NHT was sold to Group Acauã, belonging to the entrepreneur Jorge Barouki. Whereas JMT will dedicate itself to road transportation, Acauã plans to increase the fleet and open new routes, particularly in the state of Santa Catarina.^[5]

As of March 2013 the airline ceased to use its original name NHT Linhas Aéreas and, as part of rebranding strategy, started to use the new name Brava Linhas Aéreas. Plans exist to start using four Embraer EMB 120 Brasília.^{[citation needed]}

By the end of 2013, the airline had been grounded by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) and ceased all flights.

As of July 2019, the airline was reported as being out of business.^[6]

Destinations

As of July 2015, Brava Linhas Aéreas is grounded and no longer has scheduled flights in Brazil.^[7]

City	Airport	Notes
Caçador	Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves Airport	Terminated
Campinas	Viracopos International Airport	Terminated
Chapecó	Serafin Enoss Bertaso Airport	Terminated
Concórdia	Olavo Cecco Rigon Airport	Terminated
Curitiba	Afonso Pena International Airport	Terminated
Erechim	Erechim Airport	Terminated
Florianópolis	Hercílio Luz International Airport	Terminated
Francisco Beltrão	Paulo Abdala Airport	Terminated
Joaçaba	Santa Terezinha Airport	Terminated
Lages	Antônio Correia Pinto de Macedo Airport	Terminated
Navegantes	Ministro Victor Konder International Airport	Terminated
Passo Fundo	Lauro Kurtz Airport	Terminated
Pelotas	Pelotas International Airport	Terminated
Porto Alegre	Salgado Filho International Airport	Terminated
Rio Grande	Rio Grande Airport	Terminated
Santa Maria	Santa Maria Airport	Terminated
Santa Rosa	Luís Alberto Lehr Airport	Terminated
Santo Ângelo	Sepé Tiaraju Airport	Terminated
São Carlos	Mário Pereira Lopes Airport	Terminated
São Miguel do Oeste	Hélio Wasum Airport	Terminated
São Paulo	Congonhas Airport	Terminated
Uruguaiana	Ruben Berta International Airport	Terminated

Fleet

As of February 2014 the fleet of Brava Linhas Aéreas included the following aircraft:^[8]

**NHT/Brava Linhas Aéreas Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Orders	Passengers (Y)	Introduced	Notes
Let L-410 UVP E-20	2	–	19	2006	–
Embraer EMB 120RT Brasília	1	3	30	2013	–

Affinity Program

Brava Linhas Aéreas has no Frequent Flyer Program.

References

^ Klein, Jefferson (13 January 2015). "Brava pretende voltar a voar até junho de 2015" [Brava plans to start flying again by June 2015] (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre, Brazil: Jornal do Comércio.
^ "Dados Comparativos Avançados" (in Portuguese). Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). Retrieved January 21, 2013.
^ Veloso, Tarso (March 9, 2010). "NHT, Webjet e Azul ganham espaço em Congonhas". Valor Online (in Portuguese).
^ "NHT Linhas Aéreas (Brasil)" (in Portuguese). Aviação Brasil. Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
^ Farina, Erik (May 18, 2012). "Voos regionais da NHT devem ser mantidos" (in Portuguese). Zero Hora. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ "Brava Linhas Aéreas - Profile". ch-aviation. July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
^ "Brava rotas e horários" (in Portuguese). Brava Linhas Aéreas. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
^ "Frota atual das empresas brasileiras" (in Portuguese). Aeromuseu. May 25, 2013. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2013.