Varig economic difficulty. This purchase not only made Varig the largest airline in South America but also granted rights to other cities in Latin America, Miami, the West Coast of the United States and to Japan. European services started on . Varig had been lobbying for European concessions for more than ten years, but after the sudden shutdown of Panair do Brasil by the Brazilian military government Varig was granted rights previously held by Panair and was ordered to immediately operate all scheduled services, including Panair's flight scheduled to depart that very night from Rio de Janeiro-Galeão to Recife, Lisbon, Paris-Orly
Varig Flight 254 (270°). The Boeing 737 was not equipped with INS, using only automatic direction finders (ADF) and VOR. Months after the accident, the flight plan VARIG 254 used was shown to 21 pilots of major airlines in the world during a test conducted by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA). No fewer than 15 pilots committed the same mistake that the VARIG flight 254 crew had made. After the flight 254 accident, VARIG would install Omega navigation systems in their aircraft. Also, there were several contributing factors to the accident: the pilot did not realise he should be