Route · GIG → GRU
Flights from Rio De Janeiro to Sao Paulo
The fifty-three-minute hop between Rio de Janeiro–Galeão (GIG) and São Paulo–Guarulhos (GRU) is one of South America's busiest domestic corridors, functioning less as a leisure route and more as a high-frequency business shuttle between Brazil's two largest economic centers. Gol and Avianca Brazil have historically dominated the sector with narrowbody equipment — typically Boeing 737s and Airbus A320-family jets — while international carriers including Delta, KLM, and United use it primarily as a domestic codeshare or connection feeder into their São Paulo hubs. One practical note worth flagging: travelers connecting onward from GRU should budget generously for transfer time, as Guarulhos is a large, multi-terminal airport where inter-pier transit can easily consume forty-five minutes. Midweek departures on Monday and Friday mornings skew toward corporate travelers and tend to command firmer fares, while flexibility around Tuesday or Wednesday often surfaces the most competitive pricing.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Rio De Janeiro (GIG) → Sao Paulo (GRU). Use… the year view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
6 carriersThe 6 carriers we currently track on the Rio De Janeiro–Sao Paulo route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its… full profile, baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Rio De Janeiro to Sao Paulo
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Rio De Janeiro to Sao Paulo — the actual flight numbers, departure and… arrival times your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at GIG and… GRU, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.