Tag: Sky Airlines

• Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

  Improved air connectivity heralds busy summer season in Brazil

  

  Brazil's tourism authorities expect a record-breaking summer season thanks to a recent boost in air connectivity, particularly with direct flights between Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, July 8th 2024 - 10:38 UTC

  Chilean budget carrier interested in domestic flights within Argentina

  

  Chilean budget carrier SKY has expressed its interest in operating domestic routes within Argentina given President Javier Milei's shift to “open skies” policies, as recent agreements with Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Canada and Panama would corroborate.

• Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:17 UTC

  Sky Airlines announces return to Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera welcomed the return of budget carrier Sky Airlines to the country, connecting Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport with Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru), Salvador, and Florianópolis (Brazil) with direct services, starting in 2024.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 19:54 UTC

  Chilean carriers bound for River Plate skies

  

  LATAM Airlines is to resume services to the Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este, in addition to increasing its services between Montevideo and Santiago, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Latam will resume Santiago/Punta Arenas flights on November 2nd

  

  LATAM and Jetsmar will be resuming their flights to Punta Arenas from Santiago on November 2 and 4 respectively. The announcement by Magallanes Region officials followed the arrival of Sky airlines to Puerto Natales and the confirmation of two weekly flights, Tuesday and Thursdays until the end of the year.

• Friday, August 31st 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Chile reduces air boarding taxes by 20%, effective September first

  

  Chilean Minister of Finance Jose Ramon Valente, via its official Twitter account, announced a “20% reduction in the boarding taxes, which will reduce air fares” in the country, both for international and domestic flights. He added “traveling overseas no longer is a privilege for the well off”.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 07:50 UTC

  Punta Arenas low-cost fares competition between Lan and Sky Airlines

  

  Following on Chilean low cost carrier, Sky Airlines, announcement of twelve destinations with cheap flight tickets, including the Santiago/Punta Arenas leg, Lan Chile made a similar presentation on Tuesday of a new set of promotions.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 06:10 UTC

  Sky Airlines begins operating in Chile as a low-cost carrier

  

  As of next Friday, Chile's Sky Airlines becomes a budget or low cost airline with no food served on board, and at the most a soft drink. This is part of the changes to be implemented during the next 12 months by Holger Paulmann CEO and owner of the airline which was started by his father Jürgen Paulmann.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Number of Chileans travelling abroad by air in summer doubled in ten years

  

  The number of Chileans choosing to travel abroad by air in the summer months has increased by 17% from last year, and is double the number who travelled in 2001.