By Gabriel Araujo (Reuters) -Brazilian airline Azul on Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, it said in a securities filing, after months of trying to restructure mostly pandemic-era debt.

Azul SA filed for bankruptcy, the latest major Brazilian airline to seek protection from creditors after struggling for more than a year with higher expenses and the lingering impact of the pandemic on the aviation sector.

Airlines filing for bankruptcy has been common lately, especially in the years of the pandemic, when multiple international airlines filed for bankruptcy protection. Now, one major airline has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States.