Royal Air Maroc will resume flights to South America after four and a half years of suspension.

Operations will be carried out between Casablanca and Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil, starting December 7th. According to its website, the airline will offer three services a week on this route with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft configured for 274 passengers.

Monday, Thursday and Saturday

• AT 215  Casablanca CMN 16:40 · 22:20 GRU Sao Paulo

Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

• AT 216  Sao Paulo GRU 00:20 · 13:15 CMN Casablanca

It will be the fifth non-stop connection in Africa from Sao Paulo, and the first in Morocco.

Aeromexico presented its new route between Mexico and South Korea to the press and guests at an important hotel in Mexico City. Flights will begin on August 1st, and will be operated on 274-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.

The Mexico City – Monterrey – Seoul – Mexico City route will have a daily frequency, with a technical stop in Monterrey.

Daily

• AM 90  Mexico City MEX 20:35 · 22:25 MTY Monterrey
• AM 90  Monterrey MTY 23:55 · 06:00+2 ICN Seoul
• AM 91  Seoul ICN 11:40 · 10:40 MEX Mexico City

Following a four-year hiatus, Azul Linhas Aéreas resumed services to Argentina.

On June 30th, the first flight departed Campinas at 10:01 local time for Bariloche, a city located in the Argentine Patagonia.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

• AD 8768  Campinas VCP 10:00 · 14:30 BRC Bariloche
• AD 8769  Bariloche BRC 15:50 · 20:15 VCP Campinas

Wednesday and Friday

• AD 8768  Campinas VCP 10:35 · 15:05 BRC Bariloche
• AD 8769  Bariloche BRC 16:05 · 20:30 VCP Campinas

Azul’s last operations between Brazil and Argentina had been in March 2020, prior to the pandemic.

At that time, the company flew to Buenos Aires from Belo Horizonte, Campinas and Recife. A few weeks before the cancellation, Azul Linhas Aéreas also had flights to Córdoba and Rosario, other cities in the country.

We review other highlights of the Latin American market:

• Aerolíneas Argentinas started many routes for winter season.

• Aerolíneas SOSA incorporated its third Saab 340.

• Alaska Airlines confirms more operations to Mexico.

• avianca began flying to Paris, its fourth connection in Europe.

• Boliviana de Aviación commenced services between La Paz and Lima.

• JetSMART launched its international operations from Pereira.

• LATAM reached 17 domestic routes in Perú from Lima.

• Mexicana de Aviación plans to add more international routes.

• Paranair and its new summer connections.

• Rutaca added two McDonnell Douglas MD-82.

• SKY started flying to Bariloche, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia and Salvador.

• Tulum and Florianópolis, new Copa destinations.

• VivaAerobus inaugurated operations between Monterrey and Miami.

• Volaris Costa Rica to add another route in the Costa Rica – Mexico market.

• Winair expands flight frequency between Sint Maarten and Willemstad (Curaçao).

Aerolíneas Argentinas

The airline began several new domestic and international routes for 2024 South American winter season. Operations will be carried out by Embraer 190, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8, with the following schedule:

Domestic

• Córdoba (COR) – San Martín de los Andes (CPC): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Iguazú (IGR) – Jujuy (JUJ): 2 weekly · Embraer 190
• Iguazú (IGR) – Tucumán (TUC): 1 weekly · Embraer 190
• Mar del Plata (MDQ) – Bariloche (BRC): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Mendoza (MDZ) – Jujuy (JUJ): 2 weekly · Embraer 190
• Mendoza (MDZ) – Tucumán (TUC): 2 weekly · Embraer 190
• Rosario (ROS) – San Martín de los Andes (CPC): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800

International

• Bariloche (BRC) – Sao Paulo (GRU): 7 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8
• Buenos Aires (AEP) – Porto Seguro (BPS): 2 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8
• Córdoba (COR) – Rio de Janeiro (GIG): 2 weekly · 738/7M8
• Salta (SLA) – Sao Paulo (GRU): 1 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8
• Ushuaia (USH) – Sao Paulo (GRU) via AEP: 2 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8

In addition, Aerolíneas Argentinas increased to two daily frequencies its flights to Madrid and Miami from Buenos Aires, the company’s main international destinations.

Aerolíneas SOSA

The Honduran carrier incorporated another Saab 340.

Last June 25th, the aircraft, with registration HR-SES, arrived at La Ceiba airport (LCE) from Miami Opa Locka. The plane is 27 years old, and had previously operated for Silver Airways under registry N328AG.

Aerolíneas SOSA reaches 3 aircraft in its fleet, averaging 30 years old. All of them are Saab 340s.

Aeromexico

As well as the announcement regarding the resumption of flights to South Korea, being the only Latin American airline with operations to the country, Aeromexico inaugurated three new routes to the United States as of July 1st.

The services will be to/from Mexico City

• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 7 weekly · Embraer 190
• Tampa (TPA): 7 weekly · Embraer 190
• Washington DC (IAD): 7 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8

Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco and Seattle are its other U.S. destinations at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez Airport.

Alaska Airlines

La Paz, Mexico, will join Alaska Airlines’ regular schedule.

These operations will start on November 20th, and will be conducted from Los Angeles with Skywest’s Embraer 175s:

Wednesday and Saturday

• AS 3437  Los Angeles LAX 10:45 · 13:12 LAP La Paz
• AS 3437  La Paz LAP 15:02 · 16:41 LAX Los Angeles

Alaska will commence services between Los Angeles and Monterrey beginning February 13th, 2025, which will also use Skywest Airlines’ E175s:

Daily

• AS 3451  Los Angeles LAX 10:40 · 15:37 MTY Monterrey
• AS 3451  Monterrey MTY 16:27 · 18:01 LAX Los Angeles

Its destinations in Mexico are Cancún, Guadalajara, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Loreto, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Puerto Vallarta and San José del Cabo.

avianca

The company inaugurated regular operations between Bogotá and Paris Charles de Gaulle on Wednesday, July 3rd. Avianca currently has three weekly frequencies with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets.

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• AV 228  Bogotá BOG 13:25 · 06:40+1 CDG Paris

Monday, Thursday and Saturday

• AV 229  Paris CDG 08:40 · 12:40 BOG Bogotá

As of July 15th, the airline will expand from three to five services per week (new flights departing from Bogotá on Mondays and Thursdays, and Tuesdays and Fridays from CDG).

avianca routes from/to Europe

Barcelona

• Bogotá (BOG): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Madrid

• Bogotá (BOG): 25 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
• Cali (CLO): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
• Medellín (MDE): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
• San Salvador (SAL): 4 weekly · Airbus A330-300

London

• Bogotá (BOG): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Paris

• Bogotá (BOG): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Azul

We review Azul Linhas Aéreas’ international network.

Belém

• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 7 weekly · Airbus A320neo

Belo Horizonte

• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 2 weekly · Airbus A330-200
• Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · Airbus A330neo
• Willemstad (CUR): 2 weekly · Airbus A320neo

Campinas

• Bariloche (BRC): 6 weekly · Airbus A320neo
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 8 weekly · A332/A339
• Lisbon (LIS): 12 weekly · A332/A339
• Orlando (MCO): 6 weekly · A332/A339
• Paris (ORY): 7 weekly · Airbus A330neo

Curitiba

• Montevideo (MVD): 2 weekly · Embraer E-2

Manaus

• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 1 weekly · Airbus A320neo

Recife

• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 1 weekly · Airbus A330neo
• Montevideo (MVD): 2 weekly · Airbus A320neo
• Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · Airbus A330neo

Sao Paulo

• Punta del Este (PDP): 2 weekly · Airbus A320neo

Boliviana de Aviación

At 20:06 local time on July 3rd, the first Boliviana de Aviación flight from La Paz arrived at Lima airport.

The country’s state-owned carrier will offer three weekly flights on this route using Boeing 737-700 and Boeing 737-800, with capacity for 138 and 168 passengers respectively.

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• OB 741  Lima LIM 01:15 · 03:50 LPB La Paz
• OB 746  La Paz LPB 19:00 · 19:40 LIM Lima

La Paz becomes the third city in Bolivia with Boliviana de Aviación’s international operations. The airline also serves from Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba.

Copa Airlines

Florianópolis and Tulum, Copa’s new destinations in Latin America, which began on June 26th.

Both routes will be operated to/from Panama City on Boeing 737-800s.

Florianópolis 

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

• CM 423  Panama City PTY 15:21 · 00:10+1 FLN Florianópolis

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

• CM 424  Florianópolis FLN 01:55 · 06:31 PTY Panama City

Tulum

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• CM 488  Panama City PTY 07:45 · 10:18 TQO Tulum
• CM 499  Tulum TQO 11:24 · 17:17 PTY Panama City

Destinations by country

• Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Florianópolis, Manaus, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
• Mexico: Cancún, Guadalajara, Mexico City (MEX/NLU), Monterrey and Tulum

The company previously had flights between Panama and Porto Alegre, but these have been suspended since April due to flooding in the Brazilian city.

Delta

Delta Air Lines plans to add another destination to Tulum, the new Mexican airport that started operations in late 2023.

The company is scheduled to launch flights from Minneapolis beginning December 21st by Boeing 737-800 aircraft, once a week.

Saturday

• DL 1892  Minneapolis MSP 08:55 · 13:55 TQO Tulum
• DL 1874  Tulum TQO 15:15 · 18:30 MSP Minneapolis

At the time of publication, Tulum has connection with Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and New York, in terms of cities in the United States.

JetSMART

The low cost carrier inaugurated its services to Pereira from Lima on July 4th, which will be operated with 186-seat Airbus A320neo airplanes.

In accordance with our database, JetSMART will offer two weekly flights between both cities (372 seats per week on each leg).

Thursday and Sunday

• JA 7810  Lima LIM 18:00 · 21:14 PEI Pereira
• JA 7811  Pereira PEI 22:05 · 01:25+1 LIM Lima

Cartagena, Medellín and Pereira are the airline’s destinations in Colombia from the Peruvian capital.

Pereira has international operations to Panama City, Lima, Miami and New York, but American’s flights from Miami will end effective October 27th.

LATAM

Last July 1st, LATAM Airlines launched a new domestic route in Perú. Services will be performed on Airbus A319-100 aircraft with capacity for 144 passengers.

Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday

• LA 2059  Lima LIM 07:05/07:10 · 08:15/08:20 ATA Huaraz
• LA 2060  Huaraz ATA 08:50/08:55 · 09:40 LIM Lima

LATAM reaches 17 destinations in Perú, all of them offered from/to Lima.

Its current routes are Anta (Huaraz), Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Cusco, Iquitos, Jauja, Juliaca, Piura, Pucallpa, Puerto Maldonado, Tacna, Talara, Tarapoto, Trujillo and Tumbes.

Mexicana de Aviación

The Mexican state-owned airline intends to add new routes in Latin America, in addition to the new connections announced to Canada and the United States, as we published in this report.

These would be Mexicana’s future incorporations, as stated by the country’s government during a press conference:

Mexico City (NLU)

• Bogotá (BOG)
• Havana (HAV)

Tulum

• Caracas (CCS)
• Lima (LIM)
• Punta Cana (PUJ)

Currently, Acapulco, Campeche, Chetumal, Ciudad Victoria, Guadalajara, Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Ixtepec, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexico City (NLU), Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Palenque, Puerto Vallarta, San José del Cabo, Tijuana, Tulum, Uruapan and Villahermosa are its destinations in México.

Paranair

For 2024/25 summer season, Paranair confirmed its three seasonal destinations, which will commence in December.

Operations will be to/from Silvio Pettirossi airport, in the Paraguayan capital.

• Punta del Este (PDP): 4 weekly · December 25th
• Florianópolis (FLN): 3 weekly · December 26th
• Rio de Janeiro (GIG): 3 weekly · December 28th

These new connections will join Buenos Aires, Ciudad del Este, Córdoba, Montevideo and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, which are part of Paranair’s regular schedule.

Rutaca

The Venezuelan company has recently acquired two McDonnell Douglas MD-82s.

In both cases, as can be seen through our database, the MDs landed at Simon Bolivar airport in Caracas on June 19th from Sofia, Bulgaria, having previously operated for European Air Charter.

At publication time, the MD-82s, with registrations YV15ES and YV16ES, are in Caracas awaiting the start of operations.

Fleet

• Boeing 737-300: 3
• McDonnell Douglas MD-82: 2
• McDonnell Douglas MD-83: 2
• McDonnell Douglas MD-88: 2

Rutaca Airlines’ fleet averages 32 years of age.

Sao Paulo – Africa routes

Angola

TAAG Angola Airlines

• Luanda (LAD): 5 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Airlines

• Addis Ababa (ADD): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900

South Africa

LATAM

• Johannesburg (JNB): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

South African Airways

• Cape Town (CPT): 2 weekly · Airbus A330-300
• Johannesburg (JNB): 2 weekly · Airbus A330-300

Brazil is the only South American country with non-stop flights to Africa.

Buenos Aires (Argentina) has operations to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), via Sao Paulo.

SKY

The Chilean low cost carrier launched four routes between June and July for winter season. These operations, according to our database, will be conducted from Santiago de Chile with 186-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Argentina

• Bariloche (BRC): 4 weekly

Brazil

• Belo Horizonte (CNF): 3 weekly
• Brasilia (BSB): 3 weekly
• Salvador (SSA): 2 weekly

SKY reaches, from Chile, three and six routes to Argentina and Brazil, respectively.

United Airlines

San Francisco, United’s new destination in Belize City.

The services are scheduled to start on December 21st, and will be performed during high season.

Saturday

• UA 2851  San Francisco SFO 00:30 · 07:54 BZE Belize City
• UA 2850  Belize City BZE 10:15 · 14:24 SFO San Francisco

Currently, flights will run until January 5th, 2025.

VivaAerobus

VivaAerobus’ inaugural flight from Monterrey to Miami departed at 09:20 local time on July 1st. The Mexican airline will offer three services per week on this route, which will be operated by Airbus A321neo aircraft with a capacity for 240 passengers.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

• VB 730  Monterrey MTY 08:45 · 13:55 MIA Miami
• VB 731  Miami MIA 15:25 · 17:00 MTY Monterrey

Flights between Mexico and the United States – VivaAerobus

Cancún

• Charlotte (CLT): 1 weekly · Airbus A320
• Cincinnati (CVG): 1 weekly · Airbus A320

Guadalajara

• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Airbus A320
• Houston (IAH): 5 weekly · Airbus A320
• Los Angeles (LAX): 14 weekly · Airbus A320

Guanajuato

• Chicago (ORD): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
• Dallas (DFW): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
• Houston (IAH): 4 weekly · Airbus A320
• San Antonio (SAT): 2 weekly · Airbus A320

Mérida

• Miami (MIA): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
• Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · Airbus A320

Mexico City

• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Airbus A321
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · A320/A321
• Las Vegas (LAS): 7 weekly · A320/A321
• New York (JFK): 7 weekly · Airbus A320
• San Antonio (SAT): 7 weekly · A320/A321

Monterrey

• Austin (AUS): 4 weekly · A320/A321
• Chicago (ORD): 4 weekly · A320/A321
• Dallas (DFW): 7 weekly · A320/A321
• Denver (DEN): 2 weekly · A320/A321
• Houston (IAH): 14 weekly · Airbus A321
• Las Vegas (LAS): 7 weekly · Airbus A321
• Miami (MIA): 3 weekly · Airbus A321
• Oakland (OAK): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
• Orlando (MCO): 3 weekly · Airbus A321
• San Antonio (SAT): 12 weekly · A320/A321

Morelia

• Chicago (ORD): 3 weekly · Airbus A320

Querétaro

• Houston (IAH): 3 weekly · Airbus A320
• San Antonio (SAT): 3 weekly · Airbus A320

Torreón

• San Antonio (SAT): 2 weekly · Airbus A320

Volaris Costa Rica

Effective October 29th, Volaris’ Costa Rican subsidiary plans to begin operations between San José and Guadalajara. Services will have two weekly frequencies on Airbus A319s.

Tuesday and Saturday

• Q6 4058  San José SJO 15:32 · 18:47 GDL Guadalajara
• Q6 4059  Guadalajara GDL 19:37 · 22:52 SJO San José

Cancún, Guatemala City and Mexico City are its destinations from/to the capital of Costa Rica.

Winair

Winair intends to expand its flights on the Sint Maarten – Willemstad (Curaçao) route as of July 11th, from 7 to 11 services a week.

The airline will operate with ATR 42-500 planes, configured for 48 passengers in single class.

Sint Maarten (SXM) – Willemstad (CUR) – Sint Maarten (SXM) · new schedule

• WM 805/806: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
• WM 803/804: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
• WM 809/810: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday

We review Winair’s Caribbean routes from SXM

Antigua and Barbuda

• Antigua (ANU): 9 weekly · ATR 42-500 and Twin Otter

Aruba

• Oranjestad (AUA) via CUR: 4 weekly · ATR 42-500

Curaçao

• Willemstad (CUR): 11 weekly · ATR 42-500 and Twin Otter

Dominica

• Dominica (DOM): 4 weekly · ATR 42-500

Guadeloupe

• St. Jean (SBH): 141 weekly · Twin Otter

Martinique

• Fort-de-France (FDF): 2 weekly · ATR 42-500

Netherlands

• Bonaire (BON) via CUR: 3 weekly · ATR 42-500
• Saba (SAB): 28 weekly · Twin Otter
• Saint Eustatius (EUX): 28 weekly · Twin Otter

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Basseterre (SKB): 13 weekly · ATR 42-500 and Twin Otter
• Nevis (NEV): 3 weekly · Twin Otter

Virgin Islands British

• Beef Island (EIS): 10 weekly · Twin Otter

8 new aircraft were incorporated between different Latin American airlines.

• Azul Linhas Aéreas

• Copa Airlines

• GOL Linhas Aéreas

• JetSMART

• LATAM Airlines (x2)

• Volaris (x2)

It’s Copa Airlines’ first Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Aerolíneas Argentinas’ new Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration LV-KIU, with a hybrid scheme between Aerolíneas Argentinas and Ukraine International Airlines. The jet will receive the current Argentine company’s livery in September, after winter season.

Other reports we have published:

• Europe
• Asia and Oceania
• Africa and Middle East
• United States and Canada
• Lufthansa sending the A380 to Washington
• Holidaymaker express: Delta starting London-Orlando flights

Cover photo: Isaac Tuzze – JetPhotos (Sao Paulo, Brazil).