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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 2:18 am
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Originally Posted by hardiwv
QR should get Brazilian government approval by end of February which means it will have two full months (March and April) to market the flight and put in place all necessary structure. (As a side note, Emirates only had 1 month to start marketing its flight when it started DXB-GRU B77L in March 2007).

Since the flight involves 5th freedom rights GRU-EZE it will take a bit longer to get the okay from ANAC (Brazil Government).

Rgs,
If QR are confident that they will get the required approvals for the flights, then they start at least announcing the flights--like they did with Tokyo, Ankara, and Barcelona. Summer is avery busy time for travellers, and some travellers plan their vacation or travel ahead of time.
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