Originally Posted by Oneworld Intranet
LATAM Airlines Group is to launch six new international routes – including the only service by a Latin American carrier between the region and Africa and a new link between the USA and Peru.
Its new South Atlantic flights – subject to regulatory approval - will be operated by TAM Airlines, between its Sao Paulo hub and Johannesburg, from next year.
Washington DC will be LAN Peru’s fifth destination in the USA, served non-stop from its Lima hub four times a week from the second half of next year.
LAN Peru will also launch service from its Lima hub to Montevideo five times a week from January and to Antofagasta three times weekly from December.
While TAM is to suspend flights between Belo Horizonte and Miami from March, it will double frequencies between Brasilia and Orlando to six a week, and LAN Peru will add three more frequencies between Miami and Lima, giving a total of 17 a week.
Frequencies on a number of other routes between the USA and Latin America will also be adjusted.
As previously announced, LAN Airlines will next month take over TAM’s service to Milan Malpensa from Sao Paulo, originating now in Santiago.
In December, the group will open two new routes from Punta Cana, with LAN Colombia flying from Bogota and TAM from Brasilia, with four round trips a week in both markets.