Etihad Airways has confirmed it will be discontinuing flights between Abu Dhabi Int'l and São Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil with effect from 26 March next year. In a statement Etihad said that the route - its only scheduled service to South America - had been severely affected by the Brazilian economic downturn, as well as a weakening Real. "The performance of the route has fallen short of company expectations and the difficult decision has been made to indefinitely suspend operations," it said. … [Read more...] about Etihad to end SAmerican pax flights from March 2017