Between April and mid-October, Eastern Airlines has made many repatriation flights to Asuncion, capital city of Paraguay, from Miami International Airport. This special flights were made on their Boeing 767-200 and Boeing 767-300, with a capacity of 218 and 244 passengers respectively.
Eastern Airlines announced that they will start another route from Miami in November. After 5 years without a non-stop connection with United States, Asunción will have flights to Miami in the next few weeks.
The last airline that made non-stop flights between Miami and Asuncion was American Airlines, but the company stopped flying to Paraguay in March, 2015.
Eastern Airlines will start Asunción´s route by November 8th, 2020. Firstly, the company will have one weekly flight between United States and Paraguay. From December 15th, Eastern will operate twice a week on their Boeing 767-200 and Boeing 767-300 planes.
Schedule
| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| 2D 162 | Miami (MIA) | 01:00 | Asuncion (ASU) | 11:00 |
| 2D 161 | Asuncion (ASU) | 23:30 | Miami (MIA) | 05:30 +1 |
- From December 15th, 2020:
| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| 2D 162 | Miami (MIA) | 10:00 | Asuncion (ASU) | 20:00 |
- From December 16th, 2020:
| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| 2D 161 | Asuncion (ASU) | 09:00 | Miami (MIA) | 15:00 |
Frequencies from December 15th, 2020:
| Flight | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 2D 162 | X | X | |||||
| 2D 161 | X | X |
Including Asuncion´s new route from November, Eastern will have three destinations from Miami:
- Asuncion, Paraguay (from November 8, 2020).
- Georgetown, Guyana (2 weekly flights).
- Guayaquil, Ecuador (2 weekly flights).
Eastern Airlines plans to launch Miami – Buenos Aires Ezeiza route from December 12th, 2020. Flights have not been published on Eastern´s reservation system yet, but are expected to do so shortly.
Cover picture: Adam Moreira – Flickr.
