VARIG (acronym for Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, Rio Grandean Airways) was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's...

Varig Flight 967 was an international cargo flight from Narita International Airport in Japan to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport in Brazil...

also owned the brand Varig between 2007 and 2013, although now that name refers to what is informally known as the "new" Varig, founded in 2006, not...

Varig Flight 820 was a flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 11 July 1973...

Varig Flight 254 was a Boeing 737-241, c/n 21006/398, registration PP-VMK, on a scheduled passenger flight from São Paulo, Brazil, to Belém, capital city...

Varig Logística S.A., operating as VarigLog, was a cargo airline, based in Jardim Aeroporto, Campo Belo, São Paulo, Brazil. All operations were suspended...

Varig Flight 850 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Varig. It was flying from Salgado Filho International Airport, in Porto Alegre...

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Varig Flight 797 was a flight from Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 3 January 1987, the Boeing 707-320C crashed while landing, killing...

Varig Flight 837 was a flight from Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy to Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originating in Beirut, Lebanon...

former frequent-flyer program of Varig, a Brazilian carrier, now switched to GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. Varig launched its frequent-flyer program...

facility for the fixed-gear aircraft which were replacing its seaplanes, Varig started using São João Airport as an operational base. However, it was only...

Varig Flight 810 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro to Los Angeles with stopovers in Lima, Bogotá, Panama City, and Mexico...

passengers to every major city on Earth". The now defunct Brazilian airline VARIG joined Star Alliance on 22 October 1997, extending the alliance into South...

to 1995 to conduct the privatization process. He was also president of Varig from 2000 to 2002. Ozires Silva was one of the first witnesses to report...

1975, Varig, a Brazilian airline which shared very similar origins, acquired its controlling shares. In 1993, it was finally merged into Varig. The first...

Caracas, Port of Spain, Georgetown, Guyana and Paramaribo while Brazil-based VARIG was operating Sud Aviation Caravelle and Convair 990 jetliner flights nonstop...

Rio-Grandense, known as Varig. Informally Flex is known as "old Varig". The rebranding was necessary because since July 20, 2006 the brand Varig belonged to a different...

The 1957 Bagé VARIG Commando crash, was an aviation accident that occurred on the 7 April 1957 at Bagé Airport in Rio Grande do Sul. The accident resulted...

from Dallas/Fort Worth to Montréal; an in-flight fire killed 23 passengers Varig Flight 797, 1987 flight from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;...

767-300ER 112 3 "Vanishing Act" Varig Flight 254 10 February 2015 (2015-02-10) On 3 September 1989, the pilots of Varig Flight 254 enter an incorrect compass...

acquired from Varig, VASP, JAL, Thai, Swissair, Delta, and Lufthansa Cargo. To be retired. USAfrica Airways 2 Leased from American Airlines. Varig 23 3 Largest...

1952 Sold to Varig Aerolloyd Iguassu 1933 1939 Sold to VASP Aeronorte 1940 1961 Sold to Aerovias Brasil and later integrated into Varig Aerovias Brasil...

Includes LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines. ^2 Includes Gol Transportes Aéreos and VARIG. ^3 Includes Avianca Colombia, Avianca Peru, Avianca El Salvador, Avianca...

Playboy featured three Varig air hostesses (Juliana Neves, Sabrina Knop and Patricia Kreusburg) posing nude. At the time Varig was becoming defunct and...

airline in Latin America to fly regularly to Asia, after Varig and the now-defunct VASP. Since Varig's demise, Aeroméxico is currently the only airline with...

were on Línea Aeropostal Venezolana, Avianca, Real Transportes Aéreos, and Varig. Iberia 1049Gs continued to fly Madrid-Santa Maria-Havana weekly until 1966...

The 37 -420s were delivered to BOAC, Lufthansa, Air-India, El Al, and Varig through November 1963; Lufthansa was the first to carry passengers, in March...

flown back to his home country not as cargo but in the passenger cabin of a Varig McDonnell Douglas MD-11 commercial jetliner to São Paulo–Guarulhos International...

Between 2006 and 2008, Viação Aérea Rio-grandense (informally known as old Varig) used the brand Nordeste Linhas Aéreas for its operations. On 11 November...