Abstract
- LATAM Airways Brasil has up to date its route map and schedule for Rio de Janeiro’s airports, Santos Dumont and Galeao Worldwide, in response to a deliberate restriction on Santos Dumont’s routes.
- Regardless of the restriction being overturned, LATAM will preserve a number of routes from Santos Dumont, together with flights to São Paulo Congonhas, Brasília Worldwide, Vitória Worldwide, and São Paulo Guarulhos.
- LATAM Brasil is increasing its seat providing in Rio de Janeiro by 5% in comparison with the primary quarter of 2023, with elevated flights to numerous locations from Santos Dumont and Galeao Worldwide airports.
LATAM Airways Brasil has up to date the route map and schedule it would function from Rio de Janeiro’s two airports, Santos Dumont (SDU) and Galeao Worldwide (GIG), throughout the first quarter of 2024. Not too long ago, Brazilian authorities overturned the restriction on Santos Dumont, which deliberate to restrict the routes out there to a most distance of 400 kilometers (248.5 miles), which might have impacted the connectivity of the airport closely and decreased the variety of routes out there to solely a handful.
LATAM won’t scrap sure routes
On November 22, LATAM Brasil introduced the brand new changes to its air community in Río de Janeiro. The corporate is seeking to preserve a number of routes from Santos Dumont, together with the flights to São Paulo Congonhas Airport (CGH), Brasília Worldwide (BSB), Vitória Worldwide (VIT), and São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU).
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General, LATAM Brasil expects to function 134 weekly flights to São Paulo Congonhas from Santos Dumont (there might be zero flights to this airport from Galeão), 28 weekly flights to São Paulo Guarulhos (plus 42 weekly from Galeão), 36 weekly flights to Brasília (plus 14 from Galeão), and 19 weekly to Vitória (zero from Galeão).
What in regards to the connectivity from Galeão?
When the plans to limit the connectivity from Santos Dumont have been made public, LATAM Brasil rushed to redefine its connectivity community from the Rio de Janeiro area, altering a number of the flights out there.
Now, LATAM is seeking to preserve the changes at Galeao beginning in January 2024. It’ll additionally inaugurate some new routes serving Manaus, Recife, and Natal from Galeao. Internationally, LATAM Brasil will preserve its flights to Buenos Aires, Lima, and Santiago, along with the contributions of its three way partnership with Delta Air Strains. The US provider will function the seasonal route Galeao-New York from December 2023 to March 2024, in addition to making the Galeao-Atlanta route common beginning subsequent month, it mentioned in an announcement.
Ultimately, LATAM Brasil is increasing by 5% of its complete seat supply in Rio de Janeiro in comparison with its operation within the first quarter of 2023. That is how LATAM Brasil’s schedule will appear to be subsequent quarter in Rio de Janeiro:
| Locations | Santos Dumont Airport | Galeão Worldwide Airport |
| São Paulo/Congonhas | 134 weekly flights | – |
| São Paulo/Guarulhos | 28 weekly flights | 42 weekly flights |
| Brasília | 36 weekly flights | 14 weekly flights |
| Vitória | 19 weekly flights | – |
| Belo Horizonte/Confins | – | 14 weekly flights |
| Fortaleza | – | 14 weekly flights |
| Porto Seguro | – | Seven weekly flights |
| Foz do Iguaçu | – | Seven weekly flights |
| Manaus | – | Two weekly flights |
| Natal | – | Three weekly flights |
| Porto Alegre | – | 14 weekly flights |
| Recife | – | Seven weekly flights |
| Salvador | – | 14 weekly flights |
| Santiago/Chile | – | 21 weekly flights |
| Aeroparque/Buenos Aires | – | Seven weekly flights |
| Lima/Peru | – | Seven weekly flights |
What’s the plan of the Brazilian authorities now?
Initially, the Brazilian authorities deliberate to restrict the routes out there from Santos Dumont to a most distance of 400 kilometers.
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However earlier this month, the Brazilian Civil Aviation Council overturned this determination. As an alternative, beginning in January 2024, Santos Dumont Airport will now have a cap of 6.5 million passengers yearly “to make sure the most effective stage of service to the inhabitants in accordance with the airport’s operational capability.”
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