Varig

Pros: Pleasant service in First Class, surprisingly good service in coach
Cons: Being on-time does not appear to be a consideration for them

I must begin with the caveat that all of the flights I have taken with Varig have been short hops. If you are considering taking a long trip with Varig, you may need to consult other reviews with more details about their long-haul service....

Pros: Most flights to/from and within Brazil
Cons: Everything else

I noticed that there are no recent reviews on VARIG and since I had the (dis)pleasure of flying with them recently I will relay my experience with this airline.

About The Company
Varig is the oldest and largest airline in Brazil. For...

Pros: Varig uses to be one of the best airlines in the world
Cons: wires exposed broken seats abusive flight attendants that will eat your food

Is hard to believe that an Airline that was one of the best in the world, has become over the years as “one of the worst”… It was my favorite to South America!, food, cabin, service, immaculate planes.. Now it is all the opposite: No food, ...

Pros: Extensive domestic network, decent food.
Cons: Rude staff, delays.

Varig : Brazil’s largest airline. Boy, should I be proud. My momma even worked here in the good ol’ days when air travel was restricted to the rich and glamorous . back in those days when I wasn’t even born. I guess times have changed: what was once the...

Pros: Traveling with the very friendly Brazilian passengers.
Cons: Varig and most of it's employees are completely un-professional. Children could do a better job.

What a pitiful company! This time I took Varig from JFK (NY) to Sao Paulo April 12th. They changed my reservation from an evening departure to a morning departure. And that was the beginning of the "adventure". We arrived in SP at 8:30PM and saw our ...

Pros: New Airfleet, Many Domestic Flights In Brazil
Cons: Poorer Service

I have flown Varig on one of my trips to Rio De Janero in Brazil to visit my cousins who live there. There are no direct flights to Rio De Janero, so we have to fly first to Sao Paulo, and then Rio. On 2 occasionswith Varig, we flew from Chicago O'Hare...

Pros: Average airlines
Cons: Don't fly domestically

We're a military family and we lived in Brazil for 18 months. We flew down on Varig when they still had their partnership with Delta Airlines. It was a wonderful flight and since I had frequent flyer miles with Delta, I asked to be bumped up to first...

Pros: Good service, young planes
Cons: If they lose something, you may never see it again

Founded in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1927, Varig Airlines is the biggest Brazilian Airline, if not the biggest in South America. Their service is very good, and they just renewed half their fleet, so airplanes are pretty young. They have hundreds of flight...

Pros: good flight one way
Cons: nuff said

I flew to and from Brazil this past year with an open-ended ticket. Everything was great until I had to go home. The service was good, the flight was nice no bumps, nothing too scary, etc. But, when it came time to get my ticket I ran intoo quite a...

Pros: At least they didn't lose my baggage
Cons: Total disregard to human biological requirements

I had a fairly interesting position of being in Business Class London-Sao Paulo-Rio and Economy Class back the other way. Most of my flying experience has been with European and Asia-Pacific airlines. So the service I received on VARIG was nothing ...

Pros: Actual meals and actual movies!
Cons: Eight hours-plus with knees tucked under the chin.

Varig Airlines is an apt metaphor for it's home base, Rio de Jeneiro. The people are inherently fun, cautiously friendly and surprisingly professional, but the signs of poverty and a bit of danger permeate throughout. In a coach trip from Miami to ...

Pros: This is the way to go from Paris to or from São Paulo. Superior service.
Cons: As of yet none at all.

First off until recently I have been traveling with TAM, Brazil's largest airline. I have been flying from Paris to and from São Paulo largely for business purposes since a few years now. I used to fly Varig but as they had ceased to operate flights ...

Pros: nothing really
Cons: leg Room, seats, comfort, food, staff, IFE, planes, serivice

I will split this review into two parts. First the international flights from london to Sao Paolo (rtn) and then a series of internal flights ranging from 60 minuts to 2.5 hours. Firstly i had read the reviews on this flight in here and had a pretty ...

Pros: good service, new planes, attentive flight attendants, good mileage program
Cons: In-flight entertainment could be improved, Captains don`t make the usual speech after reaching cruising altitude

I travel frequently to South America and have flown with Varig about 25 times over the past two years mostly on flights from Miami to Rio / Sao Paulo and on flights from Brazil to Europe ( London, Paris and Madrid ).I always fly business or first class....

Pros: Best schedules, most flights to Brazil. Discounts on 'Tropical' hotels.
Cons: Worst airline ever -- worse even than SABENA ('Such A Bad Experience Never Again').

On my latest trip to Brazil, flying full-fare first class:

1. Varig lost my bag ... twice, the first time from Sao Paulo to Manaus.

2. I spent four days in the Amazon without the bag and various necessities.

3. When the...