In April the direct route to Santiago begins – Quito from LATAM

In April the direct route begins Santiago – Quito of LATAM Chile to operateá 4 times per week on Airbus A320 Neo aircraft.

Starting the 1 april 2019, resumeá the direct flight between the capitals of Chile and Ecuador, what to allowá shorter flight times and better connectivity between both países.

a connectionón what is thereíhas been suspended in the mid-nineties, resumes and this time without any restrictionsón, thanks to the best facilities and track 4.090 metro of Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport and new planes with better performance, modern engines and sharklets that improve autonomyía and greater fuel savings.

this flight, who see itíwe have been anticipating since LATAM Airlines Chile solicitó the route to alsoén operate it in cóI say shared with Qantas, be concretizedá finally, like a connectionówhat they look likeíanticipating tooén with Sky Airline, but let the great LATAM group winá the first game.

Itinerary

These 4 weekly flights operateán the días lunes, miércoles, friday and sunday initially, with the projectionón to operate as a daily flightún what was requested from the air authoritiesáair travelínea.

Frequencies operateán at the following time and núflight grouper:

Santiago – Quito

Lu 18	Ma 19	Me 20	Ju 21	We 22	To 23	Do 24	Flight	Avión	Route	Departure	Arrival	operated by	scales	Durationón
							LA548	Airbus 320	SCL – UIO	06:00	09:00	Latam Airlines Group	0	5:00

The flight takes offá from Santiago at 6:00 am and landá in Quito at 9:00 am, 5 hours laterés.

Quito – Santiago

Lu 18	Ma 19	Me 20	Ju 21	We 22	To 23	Do 24	Flight	Avión	Route	Departure	Arrival	operated by	scales	Durationón
							LA549	Airbus 320	UIO – SCL	09:55	16:55	Latam Airlines Group	0	5:00

On the way back the flight will take offá from Quito at 09:55 am and landá back in Santiago at 16:55 pm.

Cost

These direct flights will haveán a promotional value from the $430 round trip including taxes and respective fees.

Tickets can now be purchased on the airline's websiteínea.

Airbus A320 NEO

with this flight, LATAM Chile, returns to operate in Ecuador and beá the única aerolínea that does it regularly with the más modern Airbus of the A320 family, the NEO (New Engine Option).

It's avión what a startó commercial operations 20 of January of 2016, between its changesás notorious, Eastán new engines with greater power and efficiency, as wellén they offer a 15% lower fuel consumption, operating costs 8% lower, 50% reductionón of polluting emissions and reductionópollutionón andústic.

Equipped with sharklets that improve efficiency and load capacity, capacity to transport 44 thousand pounds, a speed máxima de 876 kilómeters per hour, service ceiling 39 thousand feet and a range 3.500 miles náuticas and más modifications in its structure, they do it the avión perfect to operate without restrictions on this flight of 5 hours from the height of Quito.

The A320 NEO of LATAM Airlines isán equipped with two engines Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100 JM and have a capacity to transport 174 passengers in a single class, although it is to be expected that the same concept of Premium Economy will be applied to the rest of the fleet.

Currently, the airínea has 4 aircraft of this model in its fleet with plans to incorporate in the prówe cry months 6 additional equipment.

Chile – Ecuador

A route with very high demand, but that until the beginning of this route, operated úonly in form  direct from Guayaquil to Santiago, what implies from Quito, Come in 7 u 9 flight hours and equal núgroup of hours víto Lima.

With this new flight, the durationón of the flight is reduced to 5 hours directly, what was a flight máIt's necessary and expected between both of usíses.

It is important to indicate, that flights from Santiago, direct to Quito already operated between 2013 and 2014 by LATAM Ecuador triangulating with Guayaquil, but it was suspended to resume the normal direct flight to Guayaquil a few months later.és.