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Top Secret Airline Watch: Neeleman Hard at Work in Brazil

David Neeleman is hard at work on his new Brazilian airline, which he hopes to have airborne by 2009. But he needs your help!

In a Branson-esque move, he wants you to pick the name for his new airline, which is temporarily called Você Escolhe (You Choose). All you gotta do is head to the airline's website and pick from names like Azul, Samba, Viva and Abraço. In exchange for voting, you're entered to win a lifetime pass for two on the new carrier.

Neeleman's not stopping with just the name. According to the site, they'll also be putting more stuff up for vote: possible routes, on-board amenities and even the uniforms.

One amenity you won't need to worry about, says O Estado de Sao Paulo, is live TV. The newspaper reports that it'll be part of the new airline, and that in-flight cell phone service may be in the works, too--though it's currently forbidden in Brazil.

Related Stories:
· Você Escolhe [Official Site, in Portuguese]
· Airline Passengers Can Already Make Cell Phone Calls [O Estado, in Portuguese]
· New Airlines coverage [Jaunted]