A brazil india friends familyI haven’t yet been to many exotic and beautiful parts of north and western Brazil, for example breath-taking the Amazonian Rainforest. But what little I have experienced in Brazil in the last six months, based on that, I can very confidently say that Brazil is a thrilling travel destination for tourist and travelers from India.
Most Indian’s who can afford international travel visit Europe and North America. For such travelers and the once who are looking at unique travel experience, Brazil and South America are a great bet. What perhaps is more interesting from a Brazilian and Indian point of view is that according to the recent annual study published by World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Brazil and India are the most price competitive tourism destinations in the world.
However, there are some hurdles. An economy class ticket to Sao Paulo, Brazil flights cost nearly 2000 USD. Which is almost double the cost of air tickets to either Europe, North America and Australia. In fact tickets from India to Brazil which route through North America are cheaper than an other connections, either of Europe, Africa or Middle east. Flights from Brazil to India through Europe, Africa or Middle East connections, cost the same as flying from Brazil to East coast of United States ( Los Angles), stopping over for a holiday and then continuing the onward journey to India.
Brazil-India Cheap Air tickets
There are various connections to Brazil and South America from India. The most common is to come through Europe. Usually, you take a flights from Delhi or Mumbai to London, Frankfurt, Milan, Paris or Amsterdam. British Airways, Air France , KLM and Swiss Air. British Airways has the cheapest flight fare to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro from Delhi but has high amount of taxes per ticket. Air France and KLM offer another competitive alternative. Air France flies through Paris while KLM flies through Amsterdam. Air-France and KLM seem to have an alliance in terms of promotion and sales, but their no linking up of flights from and to Brazil from India. Air France offers some good fares from India to Brazil but most of them are restrictive and offer only 3 to 6 months return ticket validity. KLM also offers some attractive rates to Brazil, however on the return flight to India from Sao Paulo, one has to stay about 24 hrs in Amsterdam airport ,as the connecting flight from Amsterdam to Delhi leaves the same time as flight which comes from Sao Paulo to Amsterdam. Another good thing about transit in Amsterdam is that as an Indian you do not need a visa. Other wise in most of the other transit countries in Europe, citizens from least developed countries needs a visa even to stay on the airport for few hours, while taking a connecting flight.
Another budget route is through Dubai and South Africa originating from. India On this route you have primary two airlines i.e. South African Airways and Emirates. From Sao Paulo you can take a South African Airline flight to Johannesburg. From Johannesburg you can take an Emirates flight to Delhi or Mumbai through Dubai.
Recently, taking in view of the falling demand in international air traffic primarily due to US recession, the air regulatory authority in brazil has changed its policy on the minimum international airfares. This means that now airlines do not have to stick to a standard minimum rate for tickets. The change in policy should bring down air ticket prices from Brazil to rest of the world.
Breaking journey is a better budget option
TAM, a Brazilian airline has recently lashed its ticket prices to Europe and especially to London. A few weeks back we bought an one year return flight from Sao Paulo to London for less than 900 USD. This is about 400 USD less than any other airline which have been mentioned above.
London to Delhi flights or from Delhi to London is a very price competitive sector, similar to the Delhi or Mumbai to New York flights. One can easily buy a Air India ticket to London and Delhi at about 450 USD. Flights one way cost about 300 USD. There are other international cheap airline which offer similar competitive rates.
Apart from validity of ticket and ticket date change fees, the other think to closely look for while booking tickets is the baggage allowance. Air India, KLM, Air France offer up to 46 kgs of checked in baggage. Only TAM offers upto 64 kgs of checked in baggage.
If some one is looking at buying low price tickets from Brazil to India and back, then the your bets option is to buy two different tickets. One from Sao Paulo to London and the other from London to Delhi or Mumbai.
Happy India Brazil visits!
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