Royal Air Maroc will resume flights to South America after four and a half years of suspension.
Operations will be carried out between Casablanca and Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil, starting December 7th. According to its website, the airline will offer three services a week on this route with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft configured for 274 passengers.
Monday, Thursday and Saturday
Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
It will be the fifth non-stop connection in Africa from Sao Paulo, and the first in Morocco.
Aeromexico presented its new route between Mexico and South Korea to the press and guests at an important hotel in Mexico City. Flights will begin on August 1st, and will be operated on 274-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.
The Mexico City – Monterrey – Seoul – Mexico City route will have a daily frequency, with a technical stop in Monterrey.
Daily
Following a four-year hiatus, Azul Linhas Aéreas resumed services to Argentina.
On June 30th, the first flight departed Campinas at 10:01 local time for Bariloche, a city located in the Argentine Patagonia.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
Wednesday and Friday
Azul’s last operations between Brazil and Argentina had been in March 2020, prior to the pandemic.
At that time, the company flew to Buenos Aires from Belo Horizonte, Campinas and Recife. A few weeks before the cancellation, Azul Linhas Aéreas also had flights to Córdoba and Rosario, other cities in the country.
We review other highlights of the Latin American market:
Aerolíneas Argentinas started many routes for winter season.
Aerolíneas SOSA incorporated its third Saab 340.
Alaska Airlines confirms more operations to Mexico.
avianca began flying to Paris, its fourth connection in Europe.
Boliviana de Aviación commenced services between La Paz and Lima.
JetSMART launched its international operations from Pereira.
LATAM reached 17 domestic routes in Perú from Lima.
Mexicana de Aviación plans to add more international routes.
Paranair and its new summer connections.
Rutaca added two McDonnell Douglas MD-82.
SKY started flying to Bariloche, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia and Salvador.
Tulum and Florianópolis, new Copa destinations.
VivaAerobus inaugurated operations between Monterrey and Miami.
Volaris Costa Rica to add another route in the Costa Rica – Mexico market.
Winair expands flight frequency between Sint Maarten and Willemstad (Curaçao).
The airline began several new domestic and international routes for 2024 South American winter season. Operations will be carried out by Embraer 190, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8, with the following schedule:
Domestic
International
In addition, Aerolíneas Argentinas increased to two daily frequencies its flights to Madrid and Miami from Buenos Aires, the company’s main international destinations.
The Honduran carrier incorporated another Saab 340.
Last June 25th, the aircraft, with registration HR-SES, arrived at La Ceiba airport (LCE) from Miami Opa Locka. The plane is 27 years old, and had previously operated for Silver Airways under registry N328AG.
Aerolíneas SOSA reaches 3 aircraft in its fleet, averaging 30 years old. All of them are Saab 340s.
As well as the announcement regarding the resumption of flights to South Korea, being the only Latin American airline with operations to the country, Aeromexico inaugurated three new routes to the United States as of July 1st.
The services will be to/from Mexico City
Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco and Seattle are its other U.S. destinations at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez Airport.
La Paz, Mexico, will join Alaska Airlines’ regular schedule.
These operations will start on November 20th, and will be conducted from Los Angeles with Skywest’s Embraer 175s:
Wednesday and Saturday
Alaska will commence services between Los Angeles and Monterrey beginning February 13th, 2025, which will also use Skywest Airlines’ E175s:
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Its destinations in Mexico are Cancún, Guadalajara, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Loreto, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta and San José del Cabo.
The company inaugurated regular operations between Bogotá and Paris Charles de Gaulle on Wednesday, July 3rd. Avianca currently has three weekly frequencies with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets.
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
Monday, Thursday and Saturday
As of July 15th, the airline will expand from three to five services per week (new flights departing from Bogotá on Mondays and Thursdays, and Tuesdays and Fridays from CDG).
avianca routes from/to Europe
Barcelona
Bogotá (BOG): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Madrid
Bogotá (BOG): 25 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Cali (CLO): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Medellín (MDE): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
San Salvador (SAL): 4 weekly · Airbus A330-300
London
Bogotá (BOG): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Paris
Bogotá (BOG): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
We review Azul Linhas Aéreas’ international network.
Belém
Belo Horizonte
Campinas
Curitiba
Manaus
Recife
Sao Paulo
At 20:06 local time on July 3rd, the first Boliviana de Aviación flight from La Paz arrived at Lima airport.
The country’s state-owned carrier will offer three weekly flights on this route using Boeing 737-700 and Boeing 737-800, with capacity for 138 and 168 passengers respectively.
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
La Paz becomes the third city in Bolivia with Boliviana de Aviación’s international operations. The airline also serves from Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba.
Florianópolis and Tulum, Copa’s new destinations in Latin America, which began on June 26th.
Both routes will be operated to/from Panama City on Boeing 737-800s.
Florianópolis
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Tulum
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
Destinations by country
Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Florianópolis, Manaus, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
Mexico: Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City (MEX/NLU), Monterrey and Tulum
The company previously had flights between Panama and Porto Alegre, but these have been suspended since April due to flooding in the Brazilian city.
Delta Air Lines plans to add another destination to Tulum, the new Mexican airport that started operations in late 2023.
The company is scheduled to launch flights from Minneapolis beginning December 21st by Boeing 737-800 aircraft, once a week.
Saturday
At the time of publication, Tulum has connection with Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and New York, in terms of cities in the United States.
The low cost carrier inaugurated its services to Pereira from Lima on July 4th, which will be operated with 186-seat Airbus A320neo airplanes.
In accordance with our database, JetSMART will offer two weekly flights between both cities (372 seats per week on each leg).
Thursday and Sunday
Cartagena, Medellín and Pereira are the airline’s destinations in Colombia from the Peruvian capital.
Pereira has international operations to Panama City, Lima, Miami and New York, but American’s flights from Miami will end effective October 27th.
Last July 1st, LATAM Airlines launched a new domestic route in Perú. Services will be performed on Airbus A319-100 aircraft with capacity for 144 passengers.
Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
LATAM reaches 17 destinations in Perú, all of them offered from/to Lima.
Its current routes are Anta (Huaraz), Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Cusco, Iquitos, Jauja, Juliaca, Piura, Pucallpa, Puerto Maldonado, Tacna, Talara, Tarapoto, Trujillo and Tumbes.
The Mexican state-owned airline intends to add new routes in Latin America, in addition to the new connections announced to Canada and the United States, as we published in this report.
These would be Mexicana’s future incorporations, as stated by the country’s government during a press conference:
Mexico City (NLU)
Tulum
Currently, Acapulco, Campeche, Chetumal, Ciudad Victoria, Guadalajara, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Ixtepec, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexico City (NLU), Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Palenque, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Tijuana, Tulum, Uruapan and Villahermosa are its destinations in México.
For 2024/25 summer season, Paranair confirmed its three seasonal destinations, which will commence in December.
Operations will be to/from Silvio Pettirossi airport, in the Paraguayan capital.
These new connections will join Buenos Aires, Ciudad del Este, Córdoba, Montevideo and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, which are part of Paranair’s regular schedule.
The Venezuelan company has recently acquired two McDonnell Douglas MD-82s.
In both cases, as can be seen through our database, the MDs landed at Simon Bolivar airport in Caracas on June 19th from Sofia, Bulgaria, having previously operated for European Air Charter.
At publication time, the MD-82s, with registrations YV15ES and YV16ES, are in Caracas awaiting the start of operations.
Fleet
Boeing 737-300: 3
McDonnell Douglas MD-82: 2
McDonnell Douglas MD-83: 2
McDonnell Douglas MD-88: 2
Rutaca Airlines’ fleet averages 32 years of age.
Angola
TAAG Angola Airlines
Luanda (LAD): 5 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines
South Africa
LATAM
South African Airways
Brazil is the only South American country with non-stop flights to Africa.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) has operations to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), via Sao Paulo.
The Chilean low cost carrier launched four routes between June and July for winter season. These operations, according to our database, will be conducted from Santiago de Chile with 186-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Argentina
Brazil
SKY reaches, from Chile, three and six routes to Argentina and Brazil, respectively.
San Francisco, United’s new destination in Belize City.
The services are scheduled to start on December 21st, and will be performed during high season.
Saturday
Currently, flights will run until January 5th, 2025.
VivaAerobus’ inaugural flight from Monterrey to Miami departed at 09:20 local time on July 1st. The Mexican airline will offer three services per week on this route, which will be operated by Airbus A321neo aircraft with a capacity for 240 passengers.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Flights between Mexico and the United States – VivaAerobus
Cancún
Guadalajara
Guanajuato
Chicago (ORD): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
Dallas (DFW): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
Houston (IAH): 4 weekly · Airbus A320
San Antonio (SAT): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
Mérida
Miami (MIA): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
Mexico City
Monterrey
Austin (AUS): 4 weekly · A320/A321
Chicago (ORD): 4 weekly · A320/A321
Dallas (DFW): 7 weekly · A320/A321
Denver (DEN): 2 weekly · A320/A321
Houston (IAH): 14 weekly · Airbus A321
Las Vegas (LAS): 7 weekly · Airbus A321
Miami (MIA): 3 weekly · Airbus A321
Oakland (OAK): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
Orlando (MCO): 3 weekly · Airbus A321
San Antonio (SAT): 12 weekly · A320/A321
Morelia
Chicago (ORD): 3 weekly · Airbus A320
Querétaro
Torreón
Effective October 29th, Volaris’ Costa Rican subsidiary plans to begin operations between San José and Guadalajara. Services will have two weekly frequencies on Airbus A319s.
Tuesday and Saturday
Cancún, Guatemala City and Mexico City are its destinations from/to the capital of Costa Rica.
Winair intends to expand its flights on the Sint Maarten – Willemstad (Curaçao) route as of July 11th, from 7 to 11 services a week.
The airline will operate with ATR 42-500 planes, configured for 48 passengers in single class.
Sint Maarten (SXM) – Willemstad (CUR) – Sint Maarten (SXM) · new schedule
WM 805/806: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
WM 803/804: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
WM 809/810: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
We review Winair’s Caribbean routes from SXM
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua (ANU): 9 weekly · ATR 42-500 and Twin Otter
Aruba
Curaçao
Willemstad (CUR): 11 weekly · ATR 42-500 and Twin Otter
Dominica
Guadeloupe
St. Jean (SBH): 141 weekly · Twin Otter
Martinique
Netherlands
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre (SKB): 13 weekly · ATR 42-500 and Twin Otter
Nevis (NEV): 3 weekly · Twin Otter
Virgin Islands British
8 new aircraft were incorporated between different Latin American airlines.
AircraftAirlineRegistrationFerry flightDate
MD-82RutacaYV15ESSOF-NTE-KEF
KEF-YQX
YQX-CCSJune 17th
June 18th
June 19th
MD-82RutacaYV16ESSOF-NTE-KEF
KEF-YQX
YQX-CCSJune 17th
June 18th
June 19th
Airbus A320-271NJetSMARTCC-DIOTLS-KEF-BGR
BGR-PTY-SCLJune 19th
June 20th
Airbus A321-271NXVolarisXA-VUKXFW-KEF-YQX-MEXJune 19th
ATR 72-600AzulPR-YXDTLS-ACE-SID
SID-NAT
NAT-CNFJune 24th
June 25th
June 26th
Boeing 737 MAX 8GOLPS-GREBFI-PUJ
PUJ-CNFJune 26th
June 27th
Airbus A321-271NXLATAMPS-LBNXFW-SID
SID-FOR-QSCJune 27th
June 28th
Airbus A321-271NXVolarisXA-VULXFW-KEF-YQX-MEXJune 28th
Airbus A321-271NXLATAMPS-LBKXFW-SID-FOR
FOR-QSCJune 29th
July 1st
Boeing 737 MAX 8CopaHP-9801CMPBFI-PTYJuly 3rd
It’s Copa Airlines’ first Boeing 737 MAX 8.
Aerolíneas Argentinas’ new Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration LV-KIU, with a hybrid scheme between Aerolíneas Argentinas and Ukraine International Airlines. The jet will receive the current Argentine company’s livery in September, after winter season.
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Cover photo: Isaac Tuzze – JetPhotos (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
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