LATAM announced today that they intend to add 3x weekly flights to Tel Aviv by the end of 2018. Subject to regulatory approval, the airline plans to operate the flight from Santiago to Sao Paulo to Tel Aviv. Presumably the airline will use a 787 to operate the route. The flight will cover a distance…
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You write in paragraph 1 they plan to do Santiago- Buenos Aires- Tel Aviv, then in subsequent paragraphs and the map you write that São Paulo is the stop. Which is it?
I enjoy reading this blog for the information but the editing is atrocious. Full of spelling errors, bad grammar and contradictions - really does give a poor impression.
The Latam flight connects in GRU.
EL AL has a codeshare with Aerolíneas Argentinas on flight from MAD and BCn to EZE.
i disagree. there's nothing wrong with Ben's grammar and contradictions and its far from atrocious. I for one and many others appreciate Ben's quick up-to-date news. Sometimes there's not enough time to get all the news out fast enough. So what if there is a small typo once in a while. The quality of his reports and pictures is second to none. Stop nitpicking.
As to LATAM'S t TLV flight launch ? What a great idea.
The routing over Africa is problematic since flights to Israel are banned to fly over Libya or Sudan. The route should be longer, such as flying twords Spain and then over the Mediterranean sea.
^ I was gonna say something about that. It should be interesting how the routing over Africa works for this flight.
@nathan I likewise appreciate the news and content topics - I am not disputing the ideas for posts. But I am sometimes dismayed at the quality of the editing, it's just poor form. It's not just Ben's posts, as has been noted by other commenters Daniels posts are quite bad too. It's just some constructive feedback, just be nice to see some care taken and checking before putting posts up.
Can't wait to start this ticket in SYD or AKL
what an exotic routing That would be to get from Oceania to Israel.
The flight path is not the one to be used. Flights to ot from Israel can not fly over arab countries, including those in north africa. Therefore flight will be way longer and will be operated over Spain. Still, great news
A while ago - it was mentioned that EL-AL was contemplating a direct route to Buenos Aires using their new 787s. I read no additional info since then.
As someone who travels frequently on the TLV - SCL route this is GREAT news! Yay! Thx Latam!
First South American Carrier to fly to Asia since Varig dropped the Sao Paulo-L.A.-Tokyo route in 2006, that's awesome!! I only wish that it could be operated by LATAM Brasil, given it is operated by LATAM Chile because LATAM BR does not have the correct airplane to do so (767 do not have range and the A350/77W are too big for a starting route) and the flight is too long for Brazilian crews to operate - given the new Brazilian legislation. So nice to see the return of Brazil-Israel flights!!
About the arab country ban on Israel flights, i think the ban only applies to Israeli aircraft, am I correct? Ethiopian overflies Sudan on its ADD-TLV flights.
I am a trabel agent in Brazil and this route is planned to start only in december 2018.
Great news! When I travelled from GRU to TLV more than a decade ago we flew Iberia to Madrid and then onto TLV. This is a great route now to have.
Any chance they could deploy one of TAM's GRU-based A350s on the route instead of a LAN 787?
Makes sense, there is a rather large jewish community in Latin America. Arguably also in Argentina and Uruguay, but I guess Latam will make sure they can connect via GRU.