Tag: LATAM Airlines

• Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas and LATAM sign game-changing agreement

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas and LATAM Airlines signed a key agreement for codeshare flights and reciprocity within their fidelity programs, thus resulting in arguably the largest alliance in South America. The understanding allows the sale of tickets on domestic and regional routes between both companies in addition to the accrual and redemption of miles, thus benefiting 48 million LATAM Pass members and more than 4 million Aerolíneas Plus members.

• Friday, May 5th 2023 - 17:35 UTC

  Latam: no turning back on higher air fares to Punta Arenas, “ample competition”

  

  Chile's National Economic Prosecution threw out a request to begin an investigation into the hike of air travel to Punta Arenas, decided by Latam Airlines. “It is highly unlikely to verify a conduct of excessive prices taking into account the many verification standards of such an incompetitiveness crime”, points out the resolution.

• Friday, November 18th 2022 - 23:58 UTC

  A Latam Airlines plane collided with a fire truck in Lima: two firefighters are death

  

  A Latam Airlines plane collided with a fire truck while taking off from one of the runways of Jorge Chávez Airport in Lima, Peru. Two firefighters, who were in the car, died as a result of the impact, local media reported.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  LATAM pilots' strike avoided at last minute; airline activity rapidly picking up

  

  Minutes before deadline officials from the Chilean/Brazilian carrier Latam and the Pilots Union reached over the weekend an agreement which deactivated what seemed an unavoidable strike. The reason for the strike dates back to 2020, when Latam fired 240 pilots and cut the remaining professionals salaries by 30%.

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil/Falklands commercial air link needs “more time for restart”

  

  While the Falkland Islands Brazil commercial airlink is not yet resuming, Director of the Department of Development and Commercial Services (DCS), Becky Clark has confirmed this isn’t a complete cancellation of the LATAM flight.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 08:59 UTC

  Update on Falklands commercial air-link with Brazil

  

  Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that commercial air links with Brazil will continue to remain suspended until 2023.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  LATAM restructuring plan to be tested 17 May in New York; junior creditors dissent

  

  LATAM Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in the United States in 2020 after being hit by the coronavirus-related travel downturn, said around 65% of its low-ranking creditors had backed the restructuring plan, which it said was “fair and considered all stakeholders.”

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 22:59 UTC

  Argentina asks for the resumption of flights to the Falklands with stopover in Rio Gallegos

  

  Argentina has requested the resumption of flights between the mainland and the Falkland Islands twice a month after the service carried out by LATAM Airlines was halted amid COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Falklands and LATAM confirm there is no date for resumption of flights

  

  The Falkland Islands Government and LATAM Airlines Group have denied that a date for the resumption of passenger flights to South America has been agreed upon. Recently international media reports had suggested LATAM Brazil had requested regular flights connecting Mount Pleasant airport and São Paulo to resume by the start of February.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine leaders condemn Johnson's speech, but insist on humanitarian flights

  

  Argentine authorities have condemned over the weekend an announcement by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding next year's 40th anniversary years of the Falklands War.