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"We are evaluating different alternatives," Mr Aylwin told The Australian Financial Review of LAN's plans. "The additional frequencies is something we are looking very closely at."
While the additional flights will be to LAN's Santiago hub, LATAM, which also owns Brazilian carrier TAM, has not ruled out adding flights from Australasia to Brazil in the future. "It is definitely one of the things we are evaluating constantly," Mr Aylwin said. "New technologies allow us to do different things we have done in the past."
Inbound tourism from South America has been growing at a rapid pace, albeit from low levels when compared with other countries.
Tourism Australia classifies Brazil as a "fast emerging" key market. It ranks as Australia's 25th-largest inbound market. In the 12 months to September, arrivals grew by 21.7 per cent to 41,500. The next largest South American market is Chile, with 17,000 arrivals and then Argentina with 13,000. Total arrivals from the region grew by 8 per cent to 90,000 last year.
Tourism New Zealand is also increasingly targeting Brazil, Chile and Argentina as growth markets. In 2013, just under 25,000 Latin American travellers visited New Zealand.