LATAM increases flights at São Paulo, Brazil airports

Dergam Mousa

1 year ago

LATAM Airlines announced that it will increase the number of flights at São Paulo’s Congonhas and Guarulhos airports by 5%, from operating 1,712 weekly flights in the first quarter of the year to 1,801 in the second quarter.

The increase of 89 weekly flights in São Paulo starting in April covers 19 destinations, including the new Congonhas-Caxias do Sul route, which will be inaugurated in the same month with five weekly frequencies.

“We connect all of Brazil in São Paulo and the expansion of our flights at Congonhas and Guarulhos further reinforces our commitment to democratizing aviation among Brazilians. We are taking delivery of new aircraft from the factory and investing sustainably because we aim to expand our domestic operations in the country by 7% to 9% this year compared to 2023,” explained Aline Mafra, LATAM Brazil’s Sales and Marketing Director.

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The routes with the highest increases in Guarulhos are Fortaleza (from 35 to 42 weekly flights), Vitória (from 28 to 37), Belo Horizonte/Confins (from 35 to 42), Foz do Iguaçu (from 21 to 28), Londrina (from 21 to 28), Recife (from 35 to 42), Florianópolis (from 28 to 35), Río de Janeiro/Galeão (from 42 to 48), Goiânia (from 28 to 33), Maringá (from 14 to 17), Montes Claros (from 7 to 11), Navegantes (from 28 to 35) and Sinop (from 4 to 7).

The routes with the biggest increases at Congonhas are from/to Río de Janeiro/Santos Dumont (from 127 to 141 weekly flights), Porto Seguro (from 7 to 14), Brasilia (from 80 to 87), Cuiabá (from 7 to 14), Uberlândia (from 7 to 12), Fortaleza (from 14 to 18), Foz do Iguaçu (from 11 to 14), Recife (from 7 to 9), as well as the new route to Caxias do Sul (5).

In addition to increasing its own flights in São Paulo, LATAM is also offering tickets for new frequencies through its codeshare with Voepass, including new routes from Guarulhos to Rio Verde, Caxias do Sul, Presidente Prudente and Juiz de Fora/Zona da Mata, and from Congonhas to Cascavel and Maringá.