Following a tourism gross sales mission in South America, LATAM, the biggest airline in Latin America, introduced the reinstatement of nonstop flights from Lima, Peru to Montego Bay, Jamaica, beginning December 1 this 12 months.
This transfer follows profitable efforts by Jamaican tourism authorities, together with Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett and officers from the Jamaica Vacationer Board (JTB).
An important growth in regional tourism
The brand new route by LATAM Airways is about to considerably bolster tourism in Jamaica, offering direct entry to and from Lima with three weekly flights.
The operation will make the most of Airbus A319 and A320 plane, which might accommodate 144 and 174 passengers respectively.
These flights are strategically scheduled to attach seamlessly at Sangster Worldwide Airport in Montego Bay with Jorge Chávez Worldwide Airport in Lima.
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Moreover, this service facilitates handy onward connections inside Peru and to different main South American locations comparable to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Resuming providers post-pandemic interruptions
This initiative marks a resurgence of the airline’s operations with Jamaica, which beforehand noticed a number of weeks of service spanning December 2019 to February 2020 earlier than disruptions attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.
