Progressively, South American airlines continue to recover links to meet the pent-up demand after two years of restrictions. LATAM, the region’s leading airline group, will recover sixteen domestic and international routes in less than a week.
LATAM’s Brazilian subsidiary will recover three international and three domestic routes; in Chile, two international and two domestic routes; in Colombia, one international route; in Ecuador it will reopen two international routes; and the Peruvian subsidiary will recover two international routes and one international route.
According to data obtained by Aviacionline through the Cirium aeronautical intelligence platform, LATAM will reach a recovery of 84.4% (measured in available seat kilometers – ASK) for November compared to the same month of 2019. In seats offered the recovery will reach 93%, while in operations it will reach 93.5%.
LATAM expects to operate approximately 1,363 daily domestic and international flights during the month, connecting 145 destinations in twenty-two countries.
The Group has accumulated 45,313,000 passengers transported between January and September, 16.5% lower than the same period in 2019, when it mobilized 54,243,000 travelers.
The domestic market continues to show a more positive outlook by mobilizing 39,366,000 passengers and a recovery of 88.5%. In international, it recovered 47.8% of travelers by transporting 5,947,000 people.
LATAM Group reported that it expects to end this year with the recovery of more than 85% of the operating levels recorded in 2019.
Brazil
Brazil is the group’s most important country, accounting for 53% of its capacity (measured in ASK). It will also be where it will recover the most routes:
LATAM Brazil focused much of its recovery on the domestic market in the last twelve months, adding twelve new destinations compared to 2019: Cascavel (CAC), Caxias do Sul (CXJ), Chapeco (XAP), Jericoacoara (JJD), Juazeiro do Norte (JDO), Juiz de Fora (IZA), Maringa (MGF), Monte Claros (MOC), Petrolina (PNZ), Presidente Prudente (PPB), Sinop (OPS) and Vitoria da Conquista (VDC).
The company transported 20,658,000 passengers on domestic flights between January and September, making it the second largest airline in Brazil.
In the international segment, LATAM continues to progressively add destinations, reaching a recovery of 78.4% (ASK) in flights to and from Brazil. Missing routes include:
- Miami (MIA) to Belem (BEL), Manaus (MAO), Recife (REC) and Salvador (SSA).
- Buenos Aires (EZE) to Salvador (SSA) and Recife (REC).
- São Paulo (GRU) to Johannesburg (JNB), Córdoba (COR), Mount Pleasant (MPN), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (VVI) and Tel Aviv (TLV).
- Santiago (SCL) to Porto Alegre (POA) and Brasilia (BSB).
- Foz do Iguacu (IGU) to Lima (LIM).
Except for South Africa, which is scheduled to return in July 2023, the rest of the links have no resumption date.
Chile
The Group’s second most important country, which represents 22% of its capacity, will resume four routes:
Between January and August 2022, LATAM carried 5,104,673 passengers in the domestic market, recovering 85.74% of the values of the same period of 2019. But, in the international segment, the recovery was 48.24% by mobilizing 1,523,778 passengers.
Among the missing routes are (with no return date):
- Santiago (SCL) to Brasilia (BSB), Quito (UIO), Melbourne (MEL), French Polynesia (PPT) and Porto Alegre (POA).
- Non-stop from Santiago (SCL) to Sydney (SYD), currently with a stopover in Auckland (AKL).
- Lima (LIM) to Calama (CJC) and Concepción (CCP).
- Iquique (IQQ) to Salta (SLA).
Peru
The group’s third most important country is Peru, with 17% of capacity, where it will recover these routes in the next seven days:
However, last October 28 it stopped operating between Lima and Orlando due to low performance. In addition, eleven routes (with no return date) remain to be recovered:
- Lima (LIMA) to Barcelona (BCN), Brasilia (BSB), Calama (CJC), Concepción (CCP), Foz do Iguacu (IGU), Havana (HAV), Montego Bay (MBJ), Rosario (ROS), Salta (SLA) and Tucumán (TUC).
- Cusco (CUZ) to La Paz (LPB).
Colombia and Ecuador
Both countries showed the highest resilience of the group by registering in November a growth in seat supply of 385.4% in Ecuador and 23.3% in Colombia compared to 2019.
During the following days LATAM Ecuador will add two routes:
Quito (UIO) to Miami (MIA) from October 30, will have a daily flight.
Guayaquil (GYE) to Buenos Aires/Ezeiza (EZE) from October 30, where it will have a daily flight after a stopover in Lima (LIM).
The subsidiary added two more destinations during 2022 by landing in Coca (OCC) and Loja (LOH) and added a connection between Quito (UIO) and Bogota (BOG).
On the other hand, on the link between Miami (MIA) and Bogota (BOG), LATAM Colombia added a second daily flight that will be operated for the first time by the local subsidiary. However, it will stop operating three domestic routes: Cali (CLO) to Montería (MTR) and Barranquilla (BAQ); and Cartagena (CTG) to Pereira (PEI).
