Jamaica Welcomes Inaugural LATAM Airlines Flight from Peru

• LATAM Airlines has successfully resumed flights between Lima, Peru and Montego Bay, Jamaica, marking a significant milestone in Caribbean-Latin American air connectivity.
• The first flight, which arrived at full capacity at Sangster International Airport on Sunday, December 1, 2024, represents a major step in Jamaica’s strategic expansion into the Latin American market.
• Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who was present for the flight’s arrival, alongside a delegation of government officials and tourism executives, said that this is just the beginning of Jamaica being richly rewarded for its ambitious expansion into the South American market.
• He added that the Ministry fully expects that the current three-times-per-week arrangement to Sangster will be transformed into daily flights by next winter.
• The Minister argued that the introduction of three weekly LATAM flights from Peru is a testament to the effective strategies employed by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) to tap into new markets, complementing Jamaica’s traditional source markets in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.
• LATAM Airlines Group S.A. is a Chile-based airline holding company formed by the business combination of LAN Airlines S.A. of Chile and TAM S.A. of Brazil in June 2012. LATAM is currently the largest passenger airline group in South America and is also one of the largest airline groups in the world in terms of network connections.

(Sources: JIS, Eturbo News & NCBCM Research)