14 Jul 2022
Tags: LATAM AIRLINES, Lima, Santiago, Cusco, São Paulo, Rome
Santiago (Chile), 13 July 2022 - With the resumption of 14 routes, LATAM Airlines projects a passenger operation of 80% for July (measured in available seat kilometers - ASK) compared to the same period in 2019 (in a pre-pandemic scenario). Among the flights to be resumed are international flights between Lima and San José (Costa Rica), Santiago (Chile) and Cusco (Peru), and São Paulo/Guarulhos and Rome/Fiumicino.
LATAM plans to operate approximately 1,261 daily domestic and international flights during July, connecting 139 destinations in 22 countries.
The group's cargo business has scheduled more than 1,280 flights on cargo freighters. These projections are subject to the evolution of the pandemic in the countries where the group operates.
In June 2022, passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger-kilometers - RPK) was 70.7% in relation to the same period in 2019, based on an operation of 73.5% compared to June 2019 (measured in ASK - available seat kilometers). As a result, the load factor decreased 3.1 percentage points, reaching 80.0%.
The load factor of cargo operations was 56.8%, which corresponds to an increase of 1.7 percentage points compared to June 2019.
LATAM Group Operational Estimate – July 2022
(Passenger operations measured in ASK / Cargo operations measured in ATK)
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Brazil |
● 88% projected operation (versus July 2019). June 2022 projection reference: 80% ● 106% domestic and 68% international ● Total July destinations: 54 domestic (equivalent to 627 daily flights on average) and 20 international ● Updates: ● Domestic: New São Paulo/Guarulhos-Juiz de Fora (7 flights/week), São Paulo/Guarulhos-Caxias do Sul (7 flights/week), São Paulo/Guarulhos-Montes Claros (7 flights/week) y São Paulo/Guarulhos-Cascavel (7 flights/week) routes. ● International: Restart Lima-Porto Alegre (3 flights/week), São Paulo/Guarulhos-Rome/Fiumicino (3 flights/week) and Fortaleza-Miami (1 flight/week) routes. |
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Chile |
● 67% projected operation (versus July 2019). June 2022 projection reference: 59% ● 73% domestic and 64% international ● Total July destinations: 15 domestic (equivalent to 130 daily flights on average) and 25 international. ● Updates: ● International: Restart Santiago de Chile - Cusco (3 flights/week) and Punta Arenas - Mount Pleasant (1 flight/week) routes. |
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Colombia |
● 107% projected operation (versus July 2019). June 2022 projection reference: 104% ● 122% domestic and 89% international ● Total July destinations: 17 domestic (equivalent to 179 daily flights on average) and 5 international ● Updates: ● International: Restart Lima-Medellín (3 flights/week) y Lima-Cali (3 flights/week) routes. |
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Ecuador |
● 50% projected operation (versus July 2019). June 2022 projection reference: 44% ● 133% domestic and 28% international ● Total July destinations: 8 domestic (equivalent to 43 daily flights on average) and 3 international ● Updates: ● Domestic: Restart Guayaquil-Cuenca (3 flights/week) route. |
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Peru |
● 76% projected operation (versus July 2019). June 2022 projection reference: 70% ● 92% domestic and 70% international ● Total July destinations: 18 domestic (equivalent to 171 daily flights on average) and 26 international ● Updates: ● Domestic: Restart Juliaca-Cusco (4 flights/week) route ● International: Restart Lima-San José, Costa Rica (3 flights/week), Lima-Porto Alegre (3 flights/week), Lima-Medellín (3 flights/week s), Lima-Cali (3 flights/week) and Cusco-Santiago, Chile (3 flights/week) routes |
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Cargo |
● 96% projected operation (versus July 2019). June 2022 projection reference: 94% ● 70% domestic belly and 78% international belly* ● 158% dedicated freighter |
*Belly: merchandise transported in the cargo hold (lower deck) of the aircraft.
Operational Estimate by Segment vs. 2019 – July 2022
(Measured in ASK)
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Domestic Spanish-speaking countries |
76% |
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Domestic Brazil |
106% |
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Internacional |
64% |
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Consolidated Total |
80% |
Note: While Argentina's domestic operations are considered in the 2019 operational statistics above, LATAM announced the indefinite cessation of its domestic passenger and cargo operations in Argentina on June 17, 2020.
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LATAM is the leading airline group in Latin America present in five domestic markets in the region: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in addition to international operations inside Latin America and between it and Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand.
The group has a fleet of Boeing 767, 777, 787, Airbus A321, A320, A320neo and A319 aircraft.
LATAM Cargo Chile, LATAM Cargo Colombia, and LATAM Cargo Brazil are the LATAM Airlines freight subsidiaries. In addition to having access to the passenger cargo holds of LATAM Airlines Group, they have a fleet of 11 freighters, which will gradually increase to a total of up to 21 freighters by 2023.
They operate on the LATAM Group network as well as international routes that are solely used for shipping. They offer modern Infrastructure, a wide variety of services and protection options to meet all customer needs.
