LATAM Predicts 25% Growth in the Number of Passengers in Brazil in 2023

LATAM Predicts 25% Growth in the Number of Passengers in Brazil in 2023

 

Increasingly strengthened, efficient and competitive, LATAM forecasts a 25% growth in its number of passengers in Brazil in 2023 due to the launch of new flights in the country. In all, the company is expected to transport almost 40 million people on domestic and international flights in Brazil this year, surpassing the 32 million registered in 2022. In addition to new routes and an expansion in the number of seats, growth will be mainly driven by new destinations. LATAM's Brazilian operation opening this year: Passo Fundo (RS), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Los Angeles (USA). The new operation from Brazil to California, by the way, is the first effective delivery in the Brazilian market of the Joint Venture between LATAM and Delta, definitively approved in 2022.

 

According to Aline Mafra, Director of Sales and Marketing at LATAM Brasil, “every year we have destinations that are considered our national or international bets. We classify them this way because they are markets in which we promote some type of investment, whether by increasing the offer of more frequent seats or changing aircraft, or by launching a new route or destination on our network. The commitment is always the same: to connect Brazilians in Brazil and with the world in the most efficient, quick and simple way possible.”

 

LATAM Bets in Brazil in 2023

 

In Brazil, LATAM considers at least 12 domestic destinations on its airline network as bets for 2023. All are markets where the company promoted recent increases or simply decided to debut this year. They are: Joinville, Petrolina, Chapecó, Uberlândia, Palmas, Maringá, Aracaju, Vitória, Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont and Galeão airports), São Luís, Florianópolis and Passo Fundo. Together, these 12 destinations are expected to handle more than 11.6 million LATAM passengers on nearly 90,000 flights in 2023, surpassing the 8.2 million transported in 2022 on board 67,000 flights.

LATAM Bets on International from Brazil in 2023

 

Between Brazil and other countries, LATAM is betting on six international destinations in 2023. They are: Buenos Aires (Aeroparque and Ezeiza airports), Lima, Santiago, Montevideo, Johannesburg and Los Angeles (the latter two will be inaugurated in the second half of this year). Together, these six destinations should move more than 2.6 million passengers on 16,000 flights to/from Brazil in 2023, surpassing the volume of 1.4 million people transported in 2022 on board 9,000 flights.

More Efficient, Strengthened and Competitive Company

 

Increasingly stronger and more efficient, LATAM has promoted the sustainable growth of its operations in Brazil. As a result, the company led the Brazilian airline industry in the last two years (2021 and 2022), according to ANAC. Currently, LATAM flies in Brazil to its record 55 domestic destinations and comfortably occupies the position of the company that most connects the country with the world, with direct flights to 21 international destinations and connecting flights to another 67 destinations in all continents other than Asia.

 

In addition, LATAM recorded a 16.3% growth in passenger demand in Brazil (measured in RPK*) in March of this year, compared to the same month of 2022. In all, 2.6 million passengers were transported on the company's domestic flights in the country, surpassing the 2.1 million transported in March 2022. In Brazil, LATAM also increased its domestic offer of seats (ASK**) by 21.4% in March this year compared to the same month of 2022.

 

*RPK stands for Revenue Passenger‐Kilometers

**ASK stands for Available Seat‐Kilometers.

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