TAM, part of LATAM Airlines
group, plans to launch flights
between São Paulo, Brazil,
and Johannesburg, pending
approval from regulatory
authorities.
“This represents an
important milestone for the
group. Currently, there are
no other Latin American
airlines that connect
Latin America to Africa,”
said Enrique Cueto, ceo
of LATAM. SAA currently
operates 11 weekly
flights to São Paulo from
Johannesburg and has a
codeshare with LATAM.
“The codeshare will remain
in place until April 2016,
as LATAM has joined a
competing network alliance
– oneworld,” says SAA
spokesperson, Tlali Tlali.
The new service forms
part of LATAM’s plans
to introduce six new
international routes in
the last quarter of 2015
between Latin America
and North America, the
Caribbean, Europe and
Africa. Some of these new
routes include LAN Peru’s
(also part of LATAM) firstever
non-stop flight between
Washington DC and Lima.
LAN Peru will operate four
weekly flights, starting in the
second half of 2016.
Latin American carrier to launch Jo’burg route
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