One more step towards resumed in Brazil, LATAM announces that it should fly from September with a new aircraft model in the country's fleet, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Thereby, the company will be the first airline in Brazil to operate this plane in national territory, after completion of the certification process with ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency).
In all, there will be 4 aircraft from the LATAM Group fleet in Chile destined for operations in Brazil, the first of which is already in Guarulhos, where it awaits the finalization of the procedures for the nationalization of the model – today with Chilean registration – according to regulations of the Civil Aviation Agency. This aircraft belongs to the LATAM Group, which currently has 23 units in its fleet.
The flight with the first aircraft is scheduled for september 27th on a domestic route from São Paulo/Guarulhos to Manaus as part of the model's certification process in the country.
LATAM has scheduled for the second half of December the first international Boeing 787 flight with engers on the São Paulo/Guarulhos-Madrid route.
The new aircraft models will be used with priority for long-haul international flights, especially to Europe, in destinations still being studied in accordance with the company's strategy and in accordance with the opening of borders with the advancement of vaccination against Covid-19.
“The decision to put into operation in Brazil a model that was already used by the Group comes to generate more efficiency for international operations, which will now have a single fleet – the Boeing family, with the 767, 777 and 787. the most competitive company for the return of this market”, Explain Jerome Cadier, CEO of LATAM Brazil.
The efficiency pointed out by Jerome also results in the use of personnel. With a unique fleet of Boeing wide-bodies, the company will be able to take advantage of 200 technical and 900 Boeing 777 cabin crew to operate the 787 Dreamliner.
As the models are equivalent, these professionals only need to carry out a short and specific training for qualification. And for maintenance, the company already has 60 mechanics qualified for this model.
“We will have a 50% reduction in the cost of recurring training for pilots and flight attendants and also for backup crews, compared to models that require different qualifications. The movement is also linked to the operational improvement for contingencies, in case of aircraft exchange, for example, and also in the company’s operational indices, such as OTP (on-time performance)”, complements Harley Meneses, Director of Operations for LATAM Brazil.
LATAM has already carried out simulator training for pilots in Chile, at CAE Santiago (outsourced training center). Thus, these crew are already able to fly the Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner in the country.
Currently, more than 200 professionals have been trained and around 80 flight attendants will undergo training each month.
LATAM Brasil will be able to fly this model in the country thanks to the agreement between ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency) of Brazil and DGAC (Dirección General de Aviación Civil) of Chile, where it is possible to exchange aircraft from the same group, as long as that are operated in territory with national pilots from that locality.
For that, LATAM will only need to have one aircraft of the model ed in Brazil, which will be the first aircraft to be found in Guarulhos.
Today, LATAM Brasil has 149 aircraft in its fleet. see the details here
Datasheet – Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Name: Boeing 787-9
Manufacturer: Boeing
Capacity: 313 engers
Length: 62.82 meters
Width: 5.49 meters
Wingspan: 60.17 meters
Height: 16.8 meters
Maximum takeoff weight: 252.7 tons
Engines: 2x Rolls-Royce Trent 1000J2
Name: Boeing 787-8
Manufacturer: Boeing
Capacity: 250 engers
Length: 57 meters
Width: 5.74 meters
Wingspan: 60 meters
Height: 17 meters
Maximum takeoff weight: 227.9 tons
Engines: 2x Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
