Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, São Paulo Viracopos) is reportedly in talks with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac), Boeing (BOE, Washington National) and lessors regarding the possible purchase of widebody aircraft for use on long-haul flights.

Quoting anonymous sources close to the carrier's operations, Bloomberg newswire says among the aircraft being considered are the A330-200, Airbus' upgraded A330neo and Boeing's early model B787-8s (the so called "Terrible Teens").

The Brazilian LCC is also considering narrowbody airframes such as the A321neo, the B737 MAX and the upgraded Embraer (EMB, São José dos Campos Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf) E190-E2 for use on its existing domestic network which it currently serves with ATR42s and ATR72s as well as E190s and E195s.

Each type is currently being carefully studied and analysed in terms of how it would fit into the airline's current operations, the newswire said.

Though no specific date for the launch of international flights has yet been announced, industry spectators have pointed to 2016 as a possibility given the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August of that year.