On October 29, LATAM Airlines Group reached an important milestone through the inauguration of its flights between Lima (LIM)Peru, and Atlanta (ATL), USA. This new service represents the sixth airline destination in the United Statesinitially started with three weekly flights and increased to a daily flight in the second quarter of 2024.
This success comes from joint venture between Delta and LATAM that started last year and has provided six new routes, more than 15,000 flights, and the transportation of more than 3 million passengers.
To improve the connection between South America and the United States, LATAM Group announced four new routes for the northern winter season. One of the main routes is the connection between Lima, one of the main hubs of LATAM, and Atlanta, the main hub of Delta.
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Flight schedule between Lima and Atlanta
Flights between Lima and Atlanta will be operated by airplanes Boeing 767-300 (ER) with capacity for 221 passengers divided into two classes, offering a total of 1,326 seats per week.
- Lima – Atlanta Flight LA ​​2482 LIM 12:00 – ATL 19:00 Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
- Atlanta – Lima Flight LA​​​​​​​2383 ATL 22:45 – LIM 05:40+1 Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
From April 1stflight frequency increase to one per daywhich provides a general 3,094 seats per week, which represents an increase of 42% in the weekly seat offer. In addition, this route will be extended to the daily flights offered by Delta between Lima and Atlantaoperated by Airbus A350-900 aircraft.
Sixth destination in the United States for LATAM
Atlanta is the sixth destination of the LATAM in the United States afterwards Boston (BOS), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK) y Orlando (MCO).
These operations usually start from Santiago (SCL), Lima (LIM)y Sao Paulo/Guarulhos (GRU)but non-stop flights are also added from the group’s secondary bases such as Quito (UIO), Bogotá (BOG), MedellÃn/Rionegro (MDE)y Fortaleza (FOR)and even a weekly route from Punta Cana (PUJ).
According to the Cirium platform, next summer in 2024, the LATAM Group will offer a total 135 weekly flights in the United Statesequal to 20 flights per day per trip. This results in more than 33,000 weekly seatsrepresents a market share of 19.4%.
Despite its great growth, LATAM ranks as the second most important airline in terms of seat offering and frequencies between South America and the United States, with American Airlines in first position with 43,000 seats per week to South America.
Routes and frequencies between South America and the United States in LATAM
- from São Paulo/Guarulhos:
- Boston (BOS), 3 weekly Boeing 787-9 flights.
- Los Angeles (LAX), 3 weekly Boeing 787-9 flights.
- Miami (MIA), 14 weekly Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 777-300 (ER) flights.
- New York (JFK), 7 weekly Boeing 787-9 flights
- Orlando (MCO), 4 weekly Boeing 787-9 flights.
- from Five:
- Atlanta (ATL), 7 weekly Boeing 767-300 (ER) flights.
- Los Angeles (LAX), 12 weekly flights on Boeing 767-300 (ER) and Boeing 787-8.
- Miami (MIA), 18 weekly Boeing 767-300 (ER) flights.
- New York (JFK), 10 weekly Boeing 767-300 (ER) flights.
- from James:
- Los Angeles (LAX), 6 weekly Boeing 787-9 flights.
- Miami (MIA), 12 weekly flights on Boeing 787-8 and -9.
- New York (JFK), 7 weekly flights on Boeing 787-8 and -9.
- from Quito:
- Miami (MIA), 7 weekly Airbus A320ceo flights.
- from MedellÃn/Rionegro:
- Miami (MIA), 7 weekly Airbus A320ceo flights.
- from Bogota:
- Miami (MIA), between 10 and 14 weekly flights on Airbus A320ceo and Boeing 787-8.
- Orlando (MCO), 7 weekly Airbus A320ceo flights.
- from Fortaleza:
- Miami (MIA), 3 weekly Boeing 787-9 flights.
- from Punta Cana:
- Miami (MIA), 1 weekly flight with Boeing 787-9.
