{"id":216935,"date":"2023-08-08T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.visit-latin-america.com\/?p=216935"},"modified":"2024-12-17T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:53:00","slug":"cuzco-and-santiago-reconnected-by-latam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/cuzco-and-santiago-reconnected-by-latam\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuzco and Santiago reconnected by LATAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LATAM, South America&#8217;s leading airline, has unveiled plans to revitalise the route between Cuzco, <a href=\"https:\/\/test.visit-latin-america.com\/peru\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peru<\/a>&#8216;s jewel, and the bustling metropolis of Santiago de Chile. The resumption of service, <strong>scheduled for October 1<\/strong>, comes after a hiatus initiated last February and marks a promising turning point for the region&#8217;s tourism sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be<strong> three flights a week<\/strong> between the two destinations, operated by Airbus A320s. The route will operate on <strong>Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Flight schedule:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight LP 2367: <strong>Cuzco<\/strong> (08:10) to <strong>Santiago<\/strong> (13:35)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight LP 2366: <strong>Santiago<\/strong> (15:50) to <strong>Cuzco<\/strong> (17:25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cuzco: a gateway to world heritage<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuzco currently has no direct international air links. The city, which serves as the gateway to the famous Machu Picchu, is a popular destination for travellers from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Santiago de Chile: South American crossroads<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Santiago, as the beating heart of <a href=\"https:\/\/test.visit-latin-america.com\/chile\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chile<\/a>, plays a central role in the region&#8217;s commercial and cultural exchanges. The resumption of this route will reinforce its status as a continental hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the announcement a few days ago of the launch of the<a href=\"https:\/\/test.visit-latin-america.com\/avianca-flies-to-new-destinations-cuzco-and-tegucigalpa\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Bogota-Cuzco route by Avianca from 30 October<\/a>, this takeover reinforces the interconnectivity of major Latin American destinations with one of Peru&#8217;s most emblematic tourist sites, the imperial city of the Incas: Cuzco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LATAM resumes direct flights between Cuzco and Santiago, connecting travelers to the cultural treasures of Peru and Chile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16783,8183],"tags":[9758,9759,9691,19564,8626,9760,9761,9762,8628,9763,9764,9696,9765,15960,9766,8173,8186,15959,9767,9768,8619,9769,7556,9770,9771,8772,17215,8909,9772,8524,9773,9774,9775,9776,9777,19961,8891,9669,9778,9671,8893,20667,26474,7584],"class_list":["post-216935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-latam-news-en","tag-airconnectivity","tag-airlineroutes","tag-airtravel","tag-latin-america-en","tag-ameriquelatine","tag-andeanadventures","tag-chileperuconnection","tag-chiletourism","tag-compagnieaerienne","tag-continentalhub","tag-culturalexchange","tag-cuzco-2","tag-cuzcoairport","tag-destinations-2-2","tag-directflights","tag-experience","tag-experience-2","tag-exploration-2-2","tag-exploresouthamerica","tag-flightannouncement","tag-groupes","tag-incacity","tag-latam-2","tag-latamflights","tag-latinamericatravel","tag-machupicchu-2","tag-peru-en","tag-perutravel","tag-postpandemictravel","tag-rencontres","tag-santiagoairport","tag-santiagodechile","tag-southamericaflights","tag-southamericajourney","tag-tourismboost","tag-tourism-en","tag-traveldestinations","tag-travelnews","tag-travelrevival","tag-travelupdates","tag-unescoheritage","tag-travel-en","tag-voyages-en-2","tag-voyages-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216935"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231875,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216935\/revisions\/231875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}