{"id":233691,"date":"2025-03-18T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T19:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/?p=233691"},"modified":"2025-03-18T21:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T19:44:11","slug":"air-france-klm-announces-expansion-towards-south-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/air-france-klm-announces-expansion-towards-south-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Air France-KLM Announces Expansion Towards South America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airfranceklm.com\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.airfranceklm.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Air France-KLM group<\/mark><\/a> has announced a major expansion of its network for the spring\/summer seasons, increasing flight frequencies to certain destinations between March 30 and October 25, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Routes, New Destinations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of its strategy to strengthen connectivity between Europe and Latin America, the airline group has expanded its operations in key markets. In Peru, passengers traveling between Europe and <strong>Lima <\/strong>will now have more options, thanks to daily non-stop flights from the hubs of Amsterdam-Schiphol and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">KLM flights between Amsterdam and Lima (daily):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Flight KL0743: AMS 09:55 \u2013 LIM 15:25 (+1)<br>\u2022 Flight KL0744: LIM 17:30 \u2013 AMS 12:50 (+1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air France flights between Paris and Lima (daily):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Flight AF0500: CDG 10:25 \u2013 LIM 16:05 (+1)<br>\u2022 Flight AF0501: LIM 18:20 \u2013 CDG 13:35 (+1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Our article: <a href=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/the-best-cities-to-eat-and-drink-mexico-city-and-lima-top-the-food-wine-rankings\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/the-best-cities-to-eat-and-drink-mexico-city-and-lima-top-the-food-wine-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Best Cities to Eat and Drink: Mexico and Lima Top the Food &amp; Wine Ranking<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The group has significantly expanded its presence in <strong>Brazil <\/strong>in recent months, surpassing pre-pandemic flight frequencies. In 2024, new routes were introduced between Paris and <a href=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/salvador-de-bahia-brazils-vibrant-mosaic\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/salvador-de-bahia-brazils-vibrant-mosaic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Salvador de Bahia<\/strong><\/a>, while flights to <strong>Rio de Janeiro<\/strong> and <strong>Fortaleza <\/strong>were increased, bringing the total number of weekly connections to the country to 47.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air France flights between Paris and Rio de Janeiro (daily):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Flight AF0442: CDG 13:20 \u2013 GIG 19:40<br>\u2022 Flight AF0485: GIG 20:40 \u2013 CDG 11:50 (+1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air France flights between Paris and Salvador de Bahia (Monday, Thursday, and Saturday):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Flight AF0476: CDG 10:25 \u2013 SSA 16:40<br>\u2022 Flight AF0465: SSA 18:50 \u2013 CDG 08:20 (+1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air France flights between Paris and Fortaleza (Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Flight AF0546: CDG 10:55 \u2013 FOR 06:00 (+1)<br>\u2022 Flight AF0415: FOR 19:35 \u2013 CDG 09:20 (+1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding Chile, starting September 1, two additional weekly flights will be added between Paris and <strong>Santiago<\/strong>, increasing the total frequency to nine per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air France flights between Paris and Santiago de Chile (Monday and Wednesday):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Flight AF0528: CDG 10:15 \u2013 SCL 19:40 (+1)<br>\u2022 Flight AF0531: SCL 21:00 \u2013 CDG 16:45 (+1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Our article: <a href=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/santiago-de-chile-the-capital-of-a-thousand-faces\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/santiago-de-chile-the-capital-of-a-thousand-faces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santiago de Chile: The Capital of a Thousand Faces<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strong Performance in 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airfranceklm.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-03\/20250305-fy-2024-afklm-press-release-english.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.airfranceklm.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-03\/20250305-fy-2024-afklm-press-release-english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">the 2024 annual report<\/mark><\/a>, Air France-KLM ended the year having <strong>transported 97.9 million passengers<\/strong>, with an operating margin of 5.1%. Latin America played a key role in this growth, particularly Brazil, which stood out with <strong>an occupancy rate of 91.6% between January and November<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">The publication of our 2024 financial results today is an opportunity to look back on a year full of achievements and challenges for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AirFranceKLM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AirFranceKLM<\/a> Group: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oAnA9D29eS\">pic.twitter.com\/oAnA9D29eS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Groupe Air France-KLM (@AirFranceKLM) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AirFranceKLM\/status\/1897687551701299295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With increased frequency, Air France-KLM reaffirms its commitment to Latin America to meet growing demand, particularly in key markets such as Brazil, Peru, and Chile. As competition among airlines intensifies on these routes, it remains to be seen how Air France-KLM will continue to innovate to attract more travelers and strengthen its position in the transatlantic market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Photo: Air France<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air France-KLM expands its network for summer 2025, adding new routes and increasing flights between Europe and Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16783],"tags":[9600,20166,20149,20153,11412,20145,20142,11473,20159,15762,20167,20154,9854,20156,20141,20161,20143,15813,20162,20160,20148,12513,9869,20155,20147,15325,20144,11485,20163,20146,20158,20157,20151,20164,19834,20165,20150,20152],"class_list":["post-233691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-air-france-klm-2","tag-airline-connectivity","tag-airline-expansion","tag-airline-growth","tag-airline-industry","tag-airport-hubs","tag-amsterdam-flights","tag-amsterdam-schiphol-2","tag-aviation-news","tag-aviation-recovery","tag-aviation-trends-2","tag-brazil-flights-2","tag-business-travel","tag-ecuador-flights","tag-europe-to-latin-america","tag-european-airlines","tag-flight-expansion","tag-flight-frequencies","tag-flight-options","tag-flight-schedules","tag-global-travel","tag-international-flights","tag-leisure-travel","tag-lima-flights","tag-long-haul-flights","tag-new-routes","tag-paris-flights","tag-paris-charles-de-gaulle-2","tag-passenger-growth","tag-quito-flights","tag-santiago-flights","tag-south-america-flights","tag-summer-2025-flights","tag-top-airlines","tag-travel-flexibility","tag-travel-network","tag-travel-planning","tag-travel-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233691","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=233691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233694,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233691\/revisions\/233694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit-latin-america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}