Condor will commence flights between Frankfurt and Panama City as of June 11th. The German airline will operate twice a week to the Panamanian capital with Airbus A330-900neo aircraft, configured for 310 passengers in three classes (30 Business, 64 Premium Economy and 216 Economy).
Panama City will become Condor’s 11th destination in Latin America, including the Caribbean (at the time of launch). According to our database, it serves mainly from Frankfurt airport, as well as some operations to/from Düsseldorf. The company will fly to Panama for the first time.
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Regarding other Condor news on the continent, some routes to the United States and Canada will be suspended next summer (Baltimore, Edmonton, Halifax, Minneapolis, Phoenix and San Antonio), and it will stop services to Cuba in late April.
As reported by Condor, the suspension between Germany and Cuba (Havana, Holguín and Varadero) is due to a significant drop in demand. The airline has been operating continuously to the Caribbean country since 1990.
Condor has an important network of destinations in the Caribbean. Antigua, Bridgetown, Cancún, Havana, Holguín, La Romana, Martinique, Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Scarborough and Varadero are part of the schedule.
Antigua and Barbuda/Dominican Republic
Barbados
- DUS – Bridgetown (BGI) – DUS: 1 weekly · Airbus A330neo
- FRA – Bridgetown (BGI) – FRA: 4 weekly · Airbus A330neo
Cuba
- FRA – Havana (HAV) – FRA: 2 weekly · Airbus A330neo
- FRA – Holguín (HOG) – FRA: 2 weekly · Airbus A330neo
- FRA – Varadero (VRA) – FRA: 3 weekly · Airbus A330neo
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
- DUS – Montego Bay (MBJ) – DUS: 1 flight per fortnight · Airbus A330neo
- FRA – Montego Bay (MBJ) – FRA: 4 weekly · Airbus A330neo
Martinique
Mexico
- FRA – Cancún (CUN) – FRA: 9 weekly · Airbus A330neo
- FRA – San José del Cabo (SJD) – FRA: 2 weekly · Airbus A330neo
Trinidad and Tobago/Barbados
- FRA – Scarborough (TAB) – BGI – FRA: 1 weekly · Airbus A330neo
Turkish Airlines begins services to Chile
At 09:31 on December 19th, Turkish Airlines’ inaugural flight from Istanbul via Sao Paulo Guarulhos landed in Santiago de Chile. The airline will perform four operations per week using 327-seat Airbus A350-900 aircraft, although the first service was carried out on the Boeing 777-300(ER) with registration TC-LJE.
Santiago is Turkish’s ninth Latin American destination, joining Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Cancún, Caracas, Havana, Mexico City, Panama City and Sao Paulo.
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Turkish routes to Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
- Sao Paulo (GRU): 11 weekly · Airbus A350-900
Chile
- Santiago (SCL) via GRU: 4 weekly · Airbus A350-900
Colombia/Panama
Cuba/Venezuela
- IST – Havana (HAV) – Caracas (CCS) – IST: 5 weekly · Boeing 787-9
Mexico
Panama
Venezuela
- Caracas (CCS): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9
Turkish Airlines has commented that it plans to start flights to Lima (Peru) in 2025.
Azul leases a Boeing 777 from EuroAtlantic
Between mid-December and mid-January, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras will operate with a Boeing 777-200(ER), which belongs to the Portuguese airline EuroAtlantic. The flights will be conducted by EuroAtlantic crew, with Campinas – Lisbon – Campinas being its only route.
The 777 with registry CS-TSX, will replace, on some weekly frequencies, Azul’s Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A330-900neo, aircraft that normally serve between the two cities.
Lisbon and Paris are Azul Linhas Aéreas’ destinations in Europe, performed from Campinas Viracopos airport. In accordance with our database, LIS has 13 weekly flights, while the French capital is operated seven times a week on A330s.
Schedule with EuroAtlantic’s 777
On January 6th, 7th and 8th, the Boeing 777 CS-TSX was replaced by the Boeing 767 CS-TSU, also from EuroAtlantic, due to a technical issue.
We review other highlights of the Latin American market
For the South American summer season, Aerolíneas Argentinas began several domestic and international routes in early January, as well as increasing frequencies and seats offered on current services.
The company will operate with Airbus A330-200, Embraer 190, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, most of them until March.
Year-round services: Rosario – Punta Cana and Tucumán – Punta Cana.
Rosario – Punta Cana is the longest route with narrow-body aircraft in the Aerolíneas Argentinas network, reaching 8 hours.
In addition, since Argentine airplanes cannot pass through Venezuela due to the Venezuelan government’s ban, the route must be diverted and fly over Colombia or Trinidad and Tobago.
Starting in July, Air Europa will separate the Madrid – Quito – Guayaquil – Madrid route, which it currently provides four weekly times on Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
According to its website, the airline will perform three non-stop services a week to both Ecuadorian cities from the Spanish capital, offering the following schedule.
Guayaquil · July 2nd
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Quito · July 1st
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The company will add a new route between the United States and Mexico effective March 6th. As per its website, American Airlines will serve to Tampico from Dallas Fort Worth using Envoy Air’s Embraer 170 aircraft, configured for 66 passengers.
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American will once again provide the DFW-TAM route after 15 years.
Andes Líneas Aéreas, an Argentine charter airline, commenced charter flights between Argentina and Cuba on January 3rd. These operations, carried out on a weekly basis, will be marketed by Argentine travel agencies.
Buenos Aires – Pisco (technical stopover) – Cayo Largo del Sur will be the route, performed by Boeing 737-800s with capacity for 185 passengers in single class.
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Thus, flights between both countries returned following a nine-month hiatus. Cubana de Aviación had services to Buenos Aires from Havana, but they had to be suspended because it was unable to refuel in Argentina, due to bans that Cuban airlines have.
During 2023 and until the suspension, the Cuban state-owned carrier operated with Plus Ultra Airbus A340-300, a Spanish company.
As announced in our US and Canada report, Avelo Airlines will open three new routes to the Caribbean beginning in February. The company will operate Boeing 737-700 and Boeing 737-800 jets.
Raleigh-Durham – Montego Bay · February 12th
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Windsor Locks (Hartford) – Punta Cana · February 21st
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Raleigh-Durham – Punta Cana · February 22nd
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After four and a half years, avianca returned to Cuba on December 16th.
The Colombian airline will serve seven times per week between Bogotá and Havana with 180-seat Airbus A320-200 and Airbus A320neo aircraft. Cuba becomes avianca’s 22nd Latin American market.
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Bogotá, Caracas, Georgetown, Lima, Paramaribo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Valencia (Venezuela) are the Cuban capital’s connections with South America.
On December 9th at 19:22 local time, Azul’s inaugural flight from Willemstad, Curaçao arrived in Fort Lauderdale. The carrier will offer four weekly operations by Airbus A320neo jets for 174 passengers.
Azul will perform the Belo Horizonte – Willemstad – Fort Lauderdale route and vice versa under the Fifth Freedom Of The Air. This is Azul Linhas Aéreas’ first service to the United States from a different country than Brazil.
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The Bolivian state-owned airline announced the addition of a Boeing 737-700 to its fleet, which operated until November 2024 for Aerolíneas Argentinas.
At the time of publication, the 737, formerly Argentine-registered LV-BZA, is parked at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires awaiting its ferry flight to Bolivia. The Bolivian registration of the aircraft is unknown for the moment.
In December, the Boeing 737 received the Boliviana de Aviación scheme at the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), located in Córdoba (Argentina). With Aerolíneas Argentinas, this 737-700 had the SkyTeam livery, leaving the airline with only one aircraft with the alliance scheme.
BoA’s fleet
- Airbus A330-200: 3
- Boeing 737-300: 4
- Boeing 737-700: 4
- Boeing 737-800: 8
- CRJ-200: 2
Boliviana de Aviación retired its last Boeing 767-300(ER) on December 20th. The 767 registry CP-2881 conducted the Santa Cruz de la Sierra – Miami Opa Locka ferry flight.
Caribbean Airlines will increase its services between Kingston and Fort Lauderdale starting March 9th, as commented in our U.S./Canada report.
In addition, effective March 7th, Caribbean Airlines will inaugurate flights to Fort Lauderdale from Montego Bay, which will provide seven times a week on Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes.
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Montego Bay will become Caribbean’s second destination between Jamaica and Fort Lauderdale, and the third in the US city (it also serves Port of Spain).
On December 19th, the same day that international flights were again available at Porto Alegre airport following the floods, Copa Airlines resumed services from Panama City.
The Panamanian airline will operate four times weekly by Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft.
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Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Florianopolis, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are Copa Airlines’ destinations in Brazil, all from/to PTY.
The Argentine low cost carrier adds a new destination in the country, expanding its operations in the Argentine Patagonia.
Effective February 2nd, Flybondi will begin services between Buenos Aires and Río Gallegos, to be offered with Boeing 737-800s for 189 passengers in single class, as well as by leased aircraft from Avion Express and AlbaStar (Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800, respectively).
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Aerolineas Argentinas, LADE and LATAM operate at Río Gallegos airport.
GOL Linhas Aéreas continues to grow outside South America, with the launch of flights to Aruba.
The Brazilian airline inaugurated its services from Sao Paulo Guarulhos on December 19th, which will conduct three times per week on Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. It will be the only operator in the Brazil – Aruba market.
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Oranjestad joins San José (Costa Rica), another international route recently commenced by GOL.
By summer 2025, GOL will boost frequencies to Brazil from other South American countries, mainly Argentina.
jetBlue Airways will start services between Fort Lauderdale and the Caribbean using Airbus A220-300 planes.
Currently, all of these routes are operated on Airbus A320-200s, which have 162 seats.
Schedule
At 10:19 local time on January 8th, JetSMART’s first flight to Comodoro Rivadavia departed from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires. The Argentine low cost company resumes this route after nearly a year and a half of suspension.
AEP – CRD
CRD – AEP
JetSMART Argentina intends to incorporate its first Airbus A320neo in late January.
The airline restarts its international operations from Porto Alegre following an eight-month hiatus. Like Copa Airlines, it had to cancel flights due to the floods.
On January 3rd, the first service from Santiago de Chile landed at Salgado Filho airport, and from Lima on January 4th. Both routes, which will only be carried out by LATAM, will have three weekly frequencies.
Lima (A319)
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Santiago (A320/A321)
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Mexico’s state-owned airline, re-launched by the Mexican government in December 2023, has been struggling financially.
Mexicana will suspend eight destinations from its network, reducing its service to 10 Mexican cities. At publication time, their last flight will be during early January.
Routes to be suspended, from/to Mexico City (NLU)
The Mexicana fleet consists of seven aircraft (3 Boeing 737-800 and 4 Embraer 145). In 2024, the Mexican government had announced the incorporation of 18 new Embraer E195-E2s, a plan that is apparently still in place.
At the end of December, the Paraguayan carrier commenced three seasonal routes from Asunción, the country’s capital and hub. These services, to Brazil and Uruguay, will run until early February for the South American summer 2025.
With green color, its current regular routes.
SKY Airline continues to expand its operations in Peru by the introduction of three new routes, two of them without passing through the Peruvian capital. The new services will be conducted on 186-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft, and will commence in March and April.
Cusco – Arequipa · March 10th
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Lima – Tacna · March 10th
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Cusco – Puerto Maldonado · April 1st
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In addition to Copa and LATAM, TAP Air Portugal will resume service to Porto Alegre.
Beginning April 1st, the airline will fly three times a week from Lisbon by Airbus A330-900neo aircraft with 298 seats in two classes. TAP will be the only company to operate between Europe and the Brazilian city.
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Belém, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo are its destinations in Brazil.
As of May 22nd, United will inaugurate flights between San Francisco and Panama City, offering one daily frequency on 166-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes.
San Francisco will become United’s third destination in the Panamanian capital, after Houston and Newark.
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Copa Airlines operates this route 11 times weekly with 737-800s and 737 MAX 9s.
New aircraft incorporated by Latin American airlines
| Aircraft | Airline | Registration | Ferry flight | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-214 | Avion Express Brasil | 9H-MLD | CDT-KEF-YUL-MIA-TRU-SJK | November 18th |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | Copa | HP-9803CMP | PAE-SJO | December 17th |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | GOL | PS-GRD | BFI-PUJ-CNF | December 17th |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | GOL | PS-GRH | BFI-PUJ-CNF | December 17th |
| Airbus A321-271NX | JetSMART | CC-DIQ | XFW-KEF-BGR-PTY-SCL | December 21st |
| Airbus A320-251N | SKY | CC-DBP | TLS-KEF-MIA-SCL | December 22nd |
| Airbus A320-271N | LATAM | PR-XBT | BFM-FOR-QSC | December 24th |
| Airbus A320-271N | LATAM | PS-LHD | TLS-FOR-QSC | December 29th |
| Airbus A320-271N | LATAM | PR-XBU | TLS-FOR-QSC | January 2nd |
| Airbus A320-251N | SKY | CC-DBO | TLS-KEF-MIA-SCL | January 2nd |
This is Avion Express Brasil’s first aircraft, which is not new from the factory (9H-MLD to be registered as PR-MLD).
Plane crashes in Argentina
On December 18th, the Bombardier Challenger 300, registration LV-GOK, crashed at San Fernando airport.
The aircraft had taken off that same day at 12:44 local time from Punta del Este’s Capitán Curbelo airport for Buenos Aires with two pilots on board. Previously, the pilots had performed a Buenos Aires – Punta del Este flight with passengers, and were returning to the Argentine capital after this service.
As can be seen through our database, the jet landed in San Fernando, an airport located in northern Buenos Aires, at 13:18 local time. The Challenger overran the runway and crashed into a house. Both pilots died.
Plane crashes in Brazil
The Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS, registration PR-NDN, crashed in Canela (Brazil) on December 22nd.
At 09:08 local time it departed Canela airport for Jundiaí (Brazil) with 10 passengers. The pilot, owner of the aircraft, his wife, three children, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law and two nephews were on board.
Minutes after takeoff, the aircraft turned right and impacted the chimney of a house before losing control and coming down to the ground. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were adverse, according to reports.
All 10 passengers died and 17 people on the ground were injured.
Other reports we have published
Cover photo: Ari-Peter-Spotter – JetPhotos (Frankfurt Rhein-Main Int’l Airport – EDDF – Germany)
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