CONTINENTAL AIRLINES will offer flights between Newark (New Jersey) and Lima in Peru, via Bogota in Columbia, and American Airlines will increase services to Brazil, under liberal new bilateral agreements secured by the USA with Peru and Brazil.
Continental is the third US carrier to serve Peru, but the first from Newark, and it is the first US carrier to serve New York/ Newark-Bogota
American will add seven weekly flights to Brazil, having previously been allowed to increase its service from Dallas/Fort Worth. The US DoT has also allowed both United and Tower Air to expand their Brazil services from Miami.
Source: Flight International
