the airínea LATAM Airlines rebootó flights to Melbourne from Santiago de Chile y Adamás announces new direct flights from Lima a Aruba.
This week two of the subsidiaries of LATAM Airlines Group They presented news on their routes, from Chile flights to Melbourne restarted in Australia, while since Perú it is announcedó a new route to Caribe with frequencies at Aruba.
LATAM Perú volará a Aruba
The aerolínea peruana LATAM Perú announcementó what, from 2 from December to 2023, beginá to operate a new route between Lima, the capital of Perú, and Aruba, a dutch territoryés located in the Caribbean Sea.
This new route will beá the fourth that LATAM Perú operate between Lima and a Caribbean destination, after Delún (México), Punta Cana (RepúDominican War) and San José (Costa Rica).
Flights between Lima and Aruba will beán operated on Thursdays, sáSaturdays and Sundays, with a durationóapproximate n of 5 hours and 20 minutes. The aircraft used wereán Airbus A319 O A320, with capacity for 12 passengers in Premium Economy cabin and 126 O 162 passengers in Economy, respectively.
The announcement of LATAM Airlines occurs at a time when the Caribe recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2022, this regionón receivedó a más de 30 million tourists, which represents an increase of más of the 60% with respect to 2021.
Direct flights with Ocean are backía
The early morning of 1 of September, LATAM retomó the direct flights from Santiago de Chile to Melbourne, Australia, reactivando así what to beá the main gateway of Sudamérica a Oceanía, without scales. Until now, the úonly route offered by the group towards said countryís (with destiny to Sydney), includes a scale Auckland, New Zealand.
This service hasíhas been suspended in April 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And after its resumptionón, the compañíis planned to transport about 80.000 passengers between both continents at técompletion of his first yearñabout de operationón. The Santiago-Melbourne route is the longest.ógroup number, surpassing the 11.000 kilómeters away.
Flights from the Chilean capital to Melbourne countán with three frequencies, taking off every monday, miércolles and fridays at 00:55 (local time), and arriving at the destination at 05:30 (local time) of díto next. From Melbourne departures areán every tuesday, thursday and sábad at 12:25 (local time), arriving in Santiago at 11:20 of the same día.
The flights will beán operated on aircraft Boeing 787-9, with capacity for 300 passengers distributed in Premium Business cabins, Economy+ y Economy. Previously, the group has alreadyíhas restarted its operations towards Australia in march 2022 with three weekly flights to Sydney, progressively increasing its operations until reaching a daily flight in December of the year.ñor past.
