LATAM Brasil resumes this month the Rio de Janeiro/Santos Dumont-Florianópolis and Rio de Janeiro/Galeão-Foz do Iguaçu sections, with four weekly flights each.
This process, together with the inclusion of new routes and expansion of the air network, are part of the company's strategy to recover its network, after the Covid-19 pandemic, and the consequent return to domestic and international travel.
De Florianópolis protocols for Rio de Janeiro / Santos Dumont flights are always on Saturdays and Sundays, at 13:15 pm and 17:10 pm, with a duration of 1 hour and 25 minutes. In the opposite direction, flights always take place at 11:15 and 15:10, with a duration of 1h30. This segment is operated with the Airbus A319 aircraft, which has 140 seats (8 Economy and 132 Economy).
In the excerpt from Rio de Janeiro/Galeao to Foz do Iguacu, flights are always on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 11:55 am, with a duration of 2:15 am. In the opposite direction, the flights are at 14:50, with duration of 1h55. The route is operated with the Airbus A321 aircraft, with capacity for 216 engers (8 Economy and 208 Economy).
“We are always looking to expand the connection options on domestic flights, allowing our customers more options among all LATAM Brazil destinations, in addition to opening up more possibilities for access to international destinations operated from São Paulo/Guarulhos and Rio de Janeiro/ Galleon", Explain Aline Mafra, Director of Sales and Marketing at LATAM Brazil.
LATAM Brazil flight network
In addition to the resumption of these two routes, the company also expands its air network in April: Porto Seguro-São Paulo/Congonhas (from 8 to 14 weekly flights), Brasília-São Paulo/Congonhas (from 46 to 55 weekly flights), Brasília -Rio de Janeiro/Santos Dumont (from 36 to 44 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Campo Grande (from 8 to 14 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Belo Horizonte/Confins (from 27 to 50 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Curitiba (from 34 to 43 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Florianópolis (from 30 to 38 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Goiânia (from 25 to 37 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas- Navegantes (from 24 to 36 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Porto Alegre (from 40 to 58 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Rio de Janeiro/Santos Dumont (from 90 to 126 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas -Salvador (from 26 to 35 weekly flights), São Paulo/Congonhas-Vitória (from 19 to 29 weekly flights) and Curitiba-São Paulo/Guarulhos (from 33 to 44 weekly flights).
For April 2022, it is planned to recovery of 97% of the domestic supply of seats (in ASK*), compared to the same month of 2019 (before the Covid-19 pandemic). In Brazil, the company scheduled for this month an average of 503 domestic flights per day to 49 national destinations (before the pandemic there were 44).
On international routes, the company has already re-established flights to 18 destinations from Brazil: Asunción, Barcelona, Bogotá, Buenos Aires/Aeroparque, Mexico City, Frankfurt, Lima, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mendoza, Miami, Milan, Montevideo, New York, Orlando, Paris and Santiago.
