Kammala wannan jumla: A Varig, Cruzeiro do Sul da VASP sun fara jigilar jiragen sama tsakanin tashar jirgin saman Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont da São Paulo-Congonhas, na farko irinsa a duniya. Kamfanoni uku sun daidaita jadawalin da ayyukan, kuma sun raba kudaden shiga. Sabis ɗin ya kasance martani ne ga gasar da Real Transportes Aéreos ta sanya. Wannan ra'ayin, wanda aka yi masa baftisma a matsayin Air bridge (), ya yi wahayi zuwa ga
Berlin Airlift ta yi nasara sosai har aka daina amfani da ita a shekara ta 1999. Jirgin sama da aka yi a kan sa'a daya da farko ta hanyar Convair 240 (Varig), Convair 340 (Cruzeiro) da Saab 90 Scandia (VASP). A cikin 'yan watanni sabis na jigilar jirgi wanda Varig ya jagoranta ya ci yaƙin da Real, wanda Varig ya saya a 1961. Sadia Transportes Aéreos ya shiga sabis a cikin 1968. Tsakanin 1975 da 1992 an yi amfani da shi ne kawai ta hanyar Varig's Lockheed L-188 Electra wanda saboda rashin daidaito ba shi da sunan Varig a kan fuselage.