The Chilean multinational airline LATAM Cargo Group will increase its services by adding two weekly flights to its current schedule from Europe to South America and vice versa, starting October 1, 2024. These two flights will increase the total frequencies from 10 to 12, improving connectivity and capacity between the two continents.
This expansion will enable the airline to offer over 600 tonnes capacity on cargo planes weekly between Europe and South America, in addition to the existing 1,100 tonnes through LATAM group’s passenger planes. In total, the airline group will offer more than 1,700 tonnes distributed among eight points in South America and 10 in Europe.
“As the leading cargo operator in South America, our focus is on providing our customers with increased and improved connectivity. With this new growth, we will offer 140% more capacity to and from Europe and double the cargo destinations in South America compared to 2019. This significant increase in capacity also applies to our offerings for Ecuadorian flowers,” said Matías Cortina, VP Commercial for Europe at LATAM Cargo Group, in an official statement.
The official statement mentions that the operation from Europe is tentatively planned from Brussels with two new weekly frequencies. This will allow the company to increase capacity to destinations such as Viracopos, Brazil, and Santiago, Chile. The focus will be on connecting general cargo and pharmaceutical products. Furthermore, from South America, the additional frequencies will provide more capacity for perishable cargo customers from Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia, connecting them with Europe.
“The strengthening of our cargo network, complemented by an extensive belly network, has allowed LATAM to significantly expand capacity to Europe. Currently, we operate ten weekly cargo frequencies to Europe, and from October, we will increase to 12 frequencies. This capacity increase will not only expand our points of origin in South America but also offer our perishable cargo customers more options and greater flexibility in transporting their products,” added Claudio Torres, Commercial SVP for South America at LATAM Cargo Group.
With a fleet of Boeing 767, 777, 787 aircraft and Airbus A321, A320, A320neo and A319, LATAM has steadily strengthened its international operations. Since 2019, the airline has improved its position between Europe and South America. In 2020, the Chilean multinational airline group increased its weekly frequencies from five to seven and then from seven to ten by 2023. During the same year, the airline added three new destinations, Curitiba and Florianópolis in Brazil and Montevideo in Uruguay, and its existing destinations: São Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Santiago de Chile.
According to the statement, the LATAM group experienced remarkable growth in its cargo operations to Europe in 2023, with expansion from Santiago, Chile, and Quito, Ecuador. This progress has established LATAM as the leading operator in flower transportation between South America and Europe, particularly emphasizing the export of Ecuadorian flowers to the European continent.
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