As the pandemic recedes, LATAM group is showing strong numbers of recovery within the region. Te holding projects a passenger operation of up to 70% for April (measured in available seat kilometers – ASK) compared to the same month in 2019, representing an increase of 2,1 percentage points from March, and the highest figure so far this year.
This month will also see the restart of operations from Lima (Peru) to Cartagena (Colombia) and Rio de Janeiro/Galeão (Brazil), as well as a new route between Quito (Ecuador) and Bogotá (Colombia).
April projections
LATAM plans to operate approximately 1,059 daily national and international flights during April, connecting 132 destinations in twenty countries. The group’s cargo business has almost 1,360 cargo freighter flights, with the delivery of a new converted freighter bringing the operating fleet to a total of thirteen freighters.
In March 2022, passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger-kilometers – RPK) was 66,5% in relation to the same period in 2019, based on an operation measured in ASK (available seat kilometers) of 67,9% compared to March 2019. As a result, the load factor decreased 1,7 percentage points, reaching 81,1%.
Cargo’s continuous growth
Regarding cargo operations, the load factor was 60,6%, which corresponds to an increase of 2,6 percentage points compared to March 2019.
LATAM Group Operational Estimate – April 2022
(Passenger operations measured in ASK / Cargo operations measured in ATK)
| Brazil | ● 74% projected operation (versus April 2019). March 2021 projection reference: 74%
● 97% domestic and 53% international ● Total April destinations: 49 domestic (equivalent to 503 daily flights on average) and 18 international o Updates: ▪ International: introduction of the Río de Janeiro/Galeão-Lima route (3 flights/week) |
| Chile | ● 59% projected operation (versus April 2019). March 2021 projection reference: 55%
o 73% domestic and 52% international ● Total April destinations: 15 domestic (equivalent to 115 daily flights on average) and 22 international |
| Colombia | ● 107% projected operation (versus April 2019). March 2021 projection reference: 109%
o 164% domestic and 58% international ● Total April destinations: 17 domestic (equivalent to 177 daily flights on average) and 5 international o Updates: ▪ International: introduction of Bogotá-Quito (5 flights/week) and Cartagena-Lima (3 flights/week) routes |
| Ecuador | ● 41% projected operation (versus April 2019). March 2021 projection reference: 34%
● 120% domestic and 19% international ● Total April destinations: 8 domestic (equivalent to 39 daily flights on average) and 3 international o Updates: ▪ International: introduction Quito-Bogotá route (5 flights/week) |
| Peru | ● 67% projected operation (versus April 2019). March 2021 projection reference: 63%
● 88% domestic and 60% international ● Total April destinations: 19 domestic (equivalent to 146 daily flights on average) and 22 international o Update: ▪ International: introduction of the Lima-Río de Janeiro/Galeão (3 flights/week) and Lima-Cartagena (5 flights/week) routes |
| Cargo | ● 94% projected operation (versus April 2019). March 2021 projection reference: 100%
o 77% domestic belly and 61% international belly* o 146% dedicated freighter |
Operational Estimate by Segment vs. 2019 – April 2022
(Measured in ASK)
| Domestic Spanish-speaking countries | 84% |
| Domestic Brazil | 97% |
| International | 52% |
| Consolidated Total | 70% |
LATAM recovery projections are subject to the evolution of the pandemic in the countries where the group operates.
