There are some charter flights to Brazil from Europe which will take you directly to Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, and Natal. Also you can avail direct flights from Sao Paulo and/or Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Milan and Zurich. There are direct flights to Brazil from North American cities like Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, New York, Toronto and Washington.

The airline which operates majority of international flights to Brazil is TAM. here you will get flights from Paris, London, Miami, New York, Lima and Mercosur. Then there is GOL which connects to South American cities. Varig airlines was earlier the largest airlines but has lost much of its credibility because of host of problems. So be extra careful if you are booking flights from this airlines.

TAM offers direct flights to South American capitals (Buenos Aires, Santiago, Montevideo, Asunción, La Paz, Lima, Bogotá, Caracas) and regional hubs (Córdoba, Rosario, Santa Cruz de la Sierra). Then the Latin American cities are also connected by flights to Brazil and flights link to Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro to Mexico City and Panama City.

The other airlines which operates flights to Brazil are

• South African Airways offers direct flights from Sao Paulo to Johannesburg or Cape Town and they also connect to Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.
• TAAG Angola Airlines operates two weekly direct flights from Rio de Janeiro to the Angolan capital of Luanda.
• Aerolineas Argentinas,
• Air Canada,
• Air France,
• Alitalia,
• American Airlines,
• British Airways,
• Continental Airlines,
• Delta Airlines,
• Iberia,
• Japan Airlines,
• KLM,
• LAN Chile,
• Lufthansa,
• South African Airways,
• SAS, TAP Air Portugal
• United Airlines.