Passengers walk past an Embraer jet of Azul Brazilian Airlines (Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras S/A), known as Azul, on the tarmac of the Viracopos airport in Campinas, Brazil. The low-cost airline was founded in May, 2008 by Brazilian-born David Neeleman, founder and former-CEO of JetBlue. By June 2009, six months after beginning operations, Azul had the third largest market in the domestic airline market, behind TAM and Gol Airlines. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

Passengers walk past an Embraer jet of Azul Brazilian Airlines (Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras S/A), known as Azul, on the tarmac of the Viracopos airport in Campinas, Brazil. The low-cost airline was founded in May, 2008 by Brazilian-born David Neeleman, founder and former-CEO of JetBlue. By June 2009, six months after beginning operations, Azul had the third largest market in the domestic airline market, behind TAM and Gol Airlines. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)