In April the direct route to Santiago begins – Quito from LATAM

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In April the direct route begins Santiago – Quito of LATAM Chile that will operate 4 times per week on Airbus A320 Neo aircraft.

Starting the 1 april 2019, The direct flight between the capitals of Chile and Ecuador will be resumed, which will allow shorter flight times and better connectivity between both countries.

A connection that had been discontinued in the mid nineties, resume and this time without any restrictions, thanks to the best facilities and track 4.090 metro of Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport and new planes with better performance, modern engines and sharklets that improve autonomy and greater fuel economy.

this flight, that we have been anticipating since LATAM Airlines Chile requested the route to also operate it in shared code with Qantas, will be finalized, as a connection that had been anticipated also with Sky Airline, but that the great LATAM group will win the first game.

Itinerary

These 4 weekly flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesday, friday and sunday initially, with the projection of operating as a daily flight as requested by the airline before the aeronautical authorities.

The frequencies will operate in the following schedule and flight number:

Santiago – Quito

Lu 18	Ma 19	Me 20	Ju 21	We 22	To 23	Do 24	Flight	Airplane	Route	Departure	Arrival	operated by	scales	Duration
							LA548	Airbus 320	SCL – UIO	06:00	09:00	Latam Airlines Group	0	5:00

The flight will take off from Santiago at 6:00 am and will land in Quito at 9:00 am, 5 hours later.

Quito – Santiago

Lu 18	Ma 19	Me 20	Ju 21	We 22	To 23	Do 24	Flight	Airplane	Route	Departure	Arrival	operated by	scales	Duration
							LA549	Airbus 320	UIO – SCL	09:55	16:55	Latam Airlines Group	0	5:00

On the way back, the flight will take off from Quito at 09:55 am and will land back in Santiago at 16:55 pm.

Cost

These direct flights will have a promotional value from $430 round trip including taxes and respective fees.

Tickets can now be purchased on the airline's website.

Airbus A320 NEO

with this flight, LATAM Chile, returns to operate in Ecuador and will be the only airline that does so regularly with the most modern Airbus of the A320 family, the NEO (New Engine Option).

This aircraft, which began commercial operations on 20 of January of 2016, Among its most noticeable changes, are the new engines with greater power and efficiency, as well as offer a 15% lower fuel consumption, operating costs 8% lower, 50% reduction of polluting emissions and reduction of noise pollution.

Equipped with sharklets that improve efficiency and load capacity, capacity to transport 44 thousand pounds, a maximum speed of 876 kilometers per hour, service ceiling 39 thousand feet and a range 3.500 nautical miles and more modifications in its structure, make it the perfect aircraft to operate without restrictions on this flight of 5 hours from the height of Quito.

LATAM Airlines' A320 NEOs are equipped with two Pratt engines & Whitney Pure Power PW1100 JM and have a capacity to transport 174 passengers in a single class, although it is to be expected that the same concept of Premium Economy will be applied to the rest of the fleet.

Currently, the airline has 4 aircraft of this model in its fleet with plans to incorporate in the coming months 6 additional equipment.

Chile – Ecuador

A route with very high demand, but that until the beginning of this route, operated only directly from Guayaquil to Santiago, what implies from Quito, Come in 7 u 9 flight hours and the same number of hours via Lima.

With this new flight, the duration of the flight is reduced to 5 hours directly, what was a more than necessary and expected flight between both countries.

It is important to indicate, that flights from Santiago, direct to Quito already operated between 2013 and 2014 by LATAM Ecuador triangulating with Guayaquil, but it was suspended to resume the normal direct flight to Guayaquil a few months later.

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