Latin America route updates - March 2024
Highlights
Aerolíneas Argentinas
As of June 22nd, due to the beginning of the high season, Aerolíneas Argentinas will increase to two daily flights on the Buenos Aires – Miami route. The company will resume this schedule after many years, since it had operated between 8 and 13 times per week.
Aerolíneas Argentinas performs these services with Airbus A330-200s seating 265 passengers.
Daily
In addition to Miami, in the United States, the airline operates three weekly to New York from Buenos Aires.
On March 1st, following a year and a half, Aerolíneas Argentinas made its last flight from Cuba. The company offered this route with Cancún, once a week.
The services were Buenos Aires – Cancún – Havana – Buenos Aires every Friday using Airbus A330 jets.
Prior to this route schedule, between June?2022 and July 2023, Aerolíneas Argentinas operated to Cuba with Boeing 737 MAX 8s making a stopover in Punta Cana in both segments.
Aerolíneas Argentinas leaves the Cuban capital for the second time in the last 8 years.
Air Europa
The Spanish airline, which has been operating to Salvador for 20 years, announced an increase in its weekly operations from/to Madrid effective June 17th. At present, Air Europa has two flights per week on Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft with 296/298 seats.
Wednesday and Saturday
The carrier will add a new flight on Mondays.
Air Europa in South America
Argentina
?Bolivia
? Brazil
? Colombia
? Ecuador
? Paraguay
? Perú
? Venezuela
Air Europa is the leading airline in the Europe – South America market based on number of connections.
American Airlines
In November, American will launch two routes to Barbados from the United States.
JFK and Philadelphia will be American’s new Bridgetown connections, joining Charlotte and Miami, its current destinations.
New York · November 5th
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Philadelphia · November 9th
Saturday
Arajet
The Dominican company will boost services to Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo starting in June. According to its website, Arajet will reach a daily flight on both routes, which will be operated from/to “Las Americas Airport” in Santo Domingo.
Buenos Aires
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
New flight (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
Sao Paulo
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
New flight (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
Avianca
The carrier took delivery of a new Airbus A320neo, which left the factory on February 23rd. Based on our database, the aircraft departed Toulouse for Guatemala City via Goose Bay, Canada.
Since then, the A320neo has been at the airport, awaiting the commencement of regular operations.
The Avianca fleet
Avior
The airline resumed service between Caracas and Bogotá last March 5th. Operations have been suspended for the past four years as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic and restrictions in Venezuela.
In accordance with its website, Avior will offer two flights a week on Boeing 737-400 planes.
Tuesday
Friday
Azul
Last week, the first photo of a new Azul Airbus A320neo linked to Disney was released. The aircraft, which will be registered PR-YSR in the near future, has the Goofy scheme, or Pateta, as it is called in Brazil.
This is Azul’s fifth Disney-related jet:?
The new Airbus A320neo will arrive in Brazil shortly. ?
Braspress
Braspress, a new Brazilian cargo airline, incorporated its first Boeing 737-400(F). The jet, registered PS-BPB, landed in S?o José dos Campos from Liege, making stopovers in Faro, Espargos and Natal. This Boeing 737, for now, does not have the company’s livery. However, its second aircraft, which is still in Liege, already has the Braspress Air Cargo scheme (OE-IAP future PS-BPA).
Conviasa
On March 6th, Conviasa began operations between Santo Domingo (STD) and Maturín. This domestic route will be carried out once weekly with the Venezuelan airline’s Embraer 190, configured for 104 passengers.
Wednesday
Conviasa’s routes to/from Maturín
Conviasa’s routes from/to Santo Domingo
Discover Airlines
Tulum airport, which began regular operations three months ago, will have its first connection with Europe by the end of 2024.
Discover Airlines, part of the Lufthansa Group, will commence flights between Frankfurt and the Mexican city on December 12th. The airline will offer two services per week with 368-seat Airbus A330-300s.
Thursday
Friday
Sunday
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Emirates
One of the main announcements in the Latin American market.
The airline confirmed the start of its operations to Bogotá, Colombia, as of June 7th. According to the press release, it will perform a daily flight with 356-seat Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft.
Emirates will offer the Dubai – Miami – Bogota route and vice versa, with traffic allowed on all segments. Services between Miami and Bogotá are already on sale, as well as those to/from Dubai.
The Colombian capital will be Emirates’ fourth destination in South America. Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are the current connections in the region.
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Emirates' footprint in Latin America
Flybondi
The Argentine low cost carrier plans to increase its flights between Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo effective April 1st. In line with its website, Flybondi will recover the seven services a week on this route (it currently operates three).
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Florianópolis and Rio de Janeiro are Flybondi’s other connections in Brazil.
GOL
Beginning July 2nd, GOL Linhas Aéreas will start flights between S?o José dos Campos and Salvador (SSA). The company will be the only one with services on this route, operated during the high season.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
GOL will once again offer flights from/to Sao José dos Campos on March 27th, with the following route:
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
Monday, Thursday and Saturday
JetSMART
Last March 6th, JetSMART inaugurated its flights to Ecuador, with operations to/from Lima. The company will perform four weekly services on 186-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Friday and Sunday
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Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Perú and Uruguay are the markets in which JetSMART operates flights. In the region, the low cost carrier does not offer routes to Bolivia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.
Furthermore, the low cost resumed operations between Santiago de Chile and Mendoza, Argentina, on March 4th. Flights had last been conducted in March 2019.
JetSMART will have the following schedule:
Monday, Friday and Sunday
Saturday
KLM
The airline, which had planned to increase its services on the Amsterdam – Sint Maarten – Port of Spain – Amsterdam route in December, confirmed that the new frequency will be removed, leaving the current schedule.
KLM will continue with the four flights a week with Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A330-300.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
LATAM
Effective May 1st, LATAM will boost its flights between Sao Paulo and Madrid, a route it currently serves seven weekly.
Operations will be performed with Boeing 777-300(ER) and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. ?
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday · new
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Barcelona, Frankfurt, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Rome are LATAM’s European destinations from/to Guarulhos.
On the other hand, LATAM schedules the following increases to the Caribbean from Lima starting July 1st:
?Paranair
The Paraguayan carrier inaugurated its services between Asunción and Córdoba on Wednesday, March 6th. Paranair will fly three times per week using CRJ-200s with a capacity for 50 passengers in single class.
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
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After 5 years, the airline once again offers two destinations in Argentina. The last time had been in March 2019, when in addition to Buenos Aires, it operated to Salta.
Paranair’s routes to/from Asunción ?
Argentina
? Bolivia
? Paraguay
? Uruguay
SKY
Beginning July 1st, SKY Airline will expand flights between Santiago de Chile and Mendoza. The low cost will increase from seven to nine weekly, which will be available until the end of September.
Daily
New flight
Friday
Sunday
Southwest
Southwest Airlines inaugurated operations between Baltimore and Belize City on March 9th. The company will offer one flight per week with Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
Saturday
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Southwest’s routes from/to Belize City
United
The company confirmed the launch of its second destination to Colombia.
As of October 27th, United will begin services to José María Córdova International Airport, in Medellín. Flights will be operated to/from Houston with 166-seat Boeing 737-800 jets.
United Airlines in Colombia (currently)
Bogotá
Volaris
Cancún – McAllen, Volaris’ new route between Mexico and the United States.
The carrier will inaugurate operations effective June 5th. In accordance with its booking site, Volaris will have two weekly flights on the 168-seat Airbus A320neo.
Tuesday and Saturday
Currently, Guatemala City and San Jose, Costa Rica are Volaris’ international connections from Cancún.
With respect to new aircraft, some Latin American airlines added brand new aircraft from the Airbus and Boeing factories.
Avianca, GOL and Volaris all brought new jets to their fleets during February and early March.
GOL’s Boeing 737 MAX 8 still has the livery of China’s Donghai Airlines, as it was scheduled to join that carrier.
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