Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) approved the extension of codeshares for Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines.
According to Resolution 431/2021, LATAM Airlines Peru S.A. and Delta Air Lines requested joint marketing on destinations departing from Jorge Chávez International Airport, which serves Lima, to destinations in Argentina: Buenos Aires/Ezeiza (EZE), Córdoba (COR), Mendoza (MDZ), Rosario (ROS), Salta (SLA) and San Miguel de Tucumán (TUC).
The Argentine authority resolved to approve the code-share mode on the routes from Lima (LIM) to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza (EZE) and Cordoba (COR); the operating company being LATAM AIRLINES PERU S.A. and the marketing company DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
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The resolution explains that, within the bilateral framework applied by the Republic of Peru and Argentina, the designated airlines of each of the parties may agree on the commercialization of tickets through different operational modalities such as code-sharing, blocking of space, joint operation, etc., although code-sharing operations will be limited to the number of frequencies authorized to the designated airlines.
Currently, there are three airlines operating between the two countries:
- Aerolineas Argentinas: Buenos Aires/Aeroparque (AEP) to Lima; with seven weekly flights on Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
- LATAM: Buenos Aires/Aeroparque/Ezeiza (AEP/EZE) to Lima; with 14 weekly flights in Airbus A320/A321 aircraft.
- LATAM: Cordoba (COR) to Lima; with three weekly flights on Airbus A320 aircraft.
- SKY Airline Peru: Buenos Aires/Ezeiza (EZE) to Lima; with four weekly flights in Airbus A320neo aircraft.
On the other hand, Delta Air Lines operates in Peru from Atlanta (ATL) with one daily flight on Boeing 767-400ER aircraft.
