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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:airline
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gptkbp:alliedWith
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gptkb:Star_Alliance_(founding_member)
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gptkbp:callsign
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gptkb:VARIG
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gptkbp:ceased_operations
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2006
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Brazil
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gptkbp:fleetSize
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over 100 (at peak)
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gptkbp:founded
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1927
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Otto_Ernst_Meyer
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Viação_Aérea_Rio-Grandense
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Porto_Alegre,_Brazil
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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VARIG
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gptkbp:ICAO_code
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gptkb:VRG
RG
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gptkbp:logo
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stylized winged seahorse
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gptkbp:mainHub
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gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro–Galeão_International_Airport
gptkb:São_Paulo–Guarulhos_International_Airport
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gptkbp:majorCity
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international
domestic
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gptkbp:notableAircraft
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gptkb:Douglas_DC-10
gptkb:Boeing_767
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Boeing_737
gptkb:Lockheed_L-188_Electra
gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:Rubem_Berta
gptkb:Otto_Ernst_Meyer
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:VARIG_Flight_254_crash_(1989)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_797_crash_(1987)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_810_crash_(1962)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_820_crash_(1973)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_850_hijacking_(1970)
gptkb:VARIG_Flight_967_disappearance_(1979)
privatization in 1990s
Star Alliance founding member in 1997
bankruptcy in 2006
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gptkbp:notableRoute
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Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro to London
Rio de Janeiro to New York
Rio de Janeiro to Paris
São Paulo to Frankfurt
São Paulo to Los Angeles
São Paulo to Miami
São Paulo to Santiago
São Paulo to Tokyo
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:Viação_Aérea_Rio-Grandense_S.A.
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:VRG_Linhas_Aéreas
gptkb:Gol_Linhas_Aéreas_Inteligentes
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gptkbp:website
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www.varig.com.br (defunct)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Varig
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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