LAN Airlines has nnounced that it is increasing its services to daily flights between Sydney and Santiago, Chile, commencing Thursday, 20 December, with the new flights available for sale from today.
The introduction of a seventh weekly service will add much-needed capacity to the Australia/South America market, which is achieving significant growth in both business and leisure bookings.
Rodrigo Contreras, General Manager Australia, New Zealand and Asia for LAN said, “South America continues to evolve as a major destination for business and holiday travellers, and we have been steadily building our presence in this market to accommodate the strong demand.”
He added, “With the arrival of additional long haul aircraft into our fleet, we are now able to add a seventh service from Sydney to Santiago, via Auckland, New Zealand, departing Australia every Thursday morning, and following the existing schedule.”
“As well as providing additional seats and increased choice for consumers, we are also providing increased certainty for travellers, who can now be sure that from 20 December they can fly to or from South America on any day of the week.”
LAN operates tri-class Airbus 340-300 aircraft on the Sydney – Auckland – Santiago route, with Flight LA 800 departing Sydney at 10.45am, arriving in Auckland at 3.55pm, then departing Auckland at 5.25pm, crossing the international dateline and arriving in Santiago at 12.45pm the same day.
The return service, LA 801, leaves Santiago at 11.05pm, crossing the international dateline and arriving in Auckland at 4.15am (+2 days), with the flight continuing from Auckland at 5.45am and arriving in Sydney at 7.20am.
LAN’s 12.45pm arrival into Santiago enables passengers from Sydney and Auckland to make same day connections to onward services throughout South and Central America, where LAN and its partners serve more than 50 destinations, while the departure time of 11.05pm from Santiago to Auckland and Sydney gives passengers a full day to connect from destinations throughout South and Central America.
For more information visit www.lan.com
Report by The Mole
