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LATAM Airlines Group plans to launch Lima, Peru-London Heathrow flights before the end of the year following British Airway’s exit from the market.

This year’s edition of the global route development forum will see the return of the industry’s most prestigious accolades.

The Caribbean carrier plans to serve 12 countries in the Americas, including Mexico, Colombia and Peru.

The Indigo Partners-backed startup will initially operate two aircraft but hopes to scale up to nine during 2023.

Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic has been added to SKY Airline’s international network.

The Peruvian market leader is currently LATAM Airlines Peru.

The airline is converting 767 passenger aircraft into freighters for new all-cargo service.

CEO Felix Antelo tells Routes Reconnected the Colombian ULCC plans to increase its international network using its recently created Medellín hub.

Airline looks to match pent-up demand.

The ULCC is expanding frequencies on two existing Chile-Colombia routes and moving into an unserved market.

The country’s aviation authority is considering route proposals from Volaris and Viva Aerobus among others.

The Irelandia Aviation-owned ULCC is planning to enter the Colombia-Mexico market for the first time in its latest expansion.

Thirteen destinations are being dropped from British Airways’ long-haul network, with a further three routes suspended for the upcoming summer season.

The Chilean carrier is planning further international expansion from Peru’s capital Lima, including its inaugural routes to the US.

The lifting of restrictions will see more international flights return to LIM.

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One of the world’s most stringent COVID-19 travel bans looks to be nearing an end.

Ultra-low-cost carrier Sky Airline has applied to fly to US as part of its network expansion from Peru.

Chilean ultra-low-cost carrier JetSMART is setting up an airline in Peru, filling a gap left by Avianca and Peruvian Airlines.

The US Department of Transportation has approved plans by Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group to codeshare on US-Chile routes, while at the same the two carriers have formally requested antitrust immunity for their long-awaited joint venture.

Ecuador’s president has revealed that loss-making national carrier TAME is to be liquidated, but essential routes that do not have a private sector operator will continue.

This week: China Southern adds direct Wuhan service to US East Coast, flynas steps into Jet Airways route, and Viva Air Peru joins Cartagena market.

LATAM Airlines is resurrecting the former LAN Peru link between Cartagena and Lima from January 2017, initially operating with four weekly frequencies using Airbus A320 equipment. This marks a significant growth in capacity versus when it was flown under the LAN Airlines guise between April 2009 and June 2011 when there were just two weekly rotations using a smaller A319 airliner.

The carrier, an affiliate of the LATAM Airlines Group, plans to introduce a daily non-stop link between its base at Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport and Orlando International Airport from June 20, 2015, subject to government approval.

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