Ultra-low-cost carrier JetSMART Peru has filed a request to operate 21 new international routes to 17 destinations across Seven South American countries, mainly in Brazil.
New routes for JetSMART Peru
As reported earlier this week by Aero Magazine, JetSMART Peru is looking to increase its international reach in the coming months heavily. The carrier, which began operating commercial services last year, requested the Peruvian civil aviation authority to operate 21 new international routes to Brazil, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, and Ecuador from six airports, including Lima International (LIM). For all routes, the airline requested up to seven weekly flights.
The ultra-low-cost airline plans to offer eleven routes to ten destinations in Brazil. The cities requested were São Paulo (GRU), Rio de Janeiro (GIG), Brasília (BSB), Belo Horizonte (CNF), Manaus (MAO), Salvador (SSA), Florianópolis (FLN), Porto Alegre (POA), Curitiba (CWB), and Foz do Iguaçu (IGU). All these cities would be served from Lima, plus JetSMART Peru requested to operate the route Iquitos-Manaus, connecting two significant cities in the Amazon region.
Additionally, the carrier requested to serve Buenos Aires (Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Asunción (Paraguay) from Lima. JetSMART Peru also requested to operate two additional routes to Chile, serving Santiago from Trujillo (TRU) and Cusco (CUZ). To Ecuador, the airline requested authorization to fly the routes Piura-Guayaquil, Lima-Cuenca, Talara-Cuenca, and Piura-Cuenca. Finally, the airline requested to fly between Lima and Punta Cana (PUJ) in the Dominican Republic.
This is a map of the requested routes:
These requested routes are added to the 12 international services to Colombia requested by the company last month.
JetSMART Peru’s connectivity
The Peruvian branch of JetSMART began commercial services last year. It became the third domestic airline opened by JetSMART, a Chilean company backed by IndiGo Partners and American Airlines. In the future, it could also open a new operator in Colombia.
The airline currently operates only one international route flying between Lima and Santiago de Chile five times weekly. Domestically, it runs about 177 weekly flights on 25 routes. Nonetheless, the airline is looking to expand its operations this year. JetSMART Peru’s general manager Francesca Luna told Correo, a Peruvian newspaper,
“We will create better travel opportunities and bring aviation closer to all people. (...) We seek to increase connectivity within South America. By 2023 we plan to operate more international routes from Peru as part of our growth plan. We have taken the first step by launching the Lima-Santiago route, which is served by a Peruvian crew. We aim to increase the flow of 82,000 passengers per year between these destinations.”
JetSMART currently has a fleet of 24 aircraft and expects to receive 100 in the next few years. It has one of the largest unfilled orders with Airbus in the Latin American region. The Peruvian branch currently operates with a fleet of three Airbus A320neos.
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JetSMART is one of the fastest-growing airlines in Latin America. The company is looking to open a branch in Colombia and is reviewing the possibility of acquiring Ultra Air. JetSMART also has a strong partnership with American Airlines which will strengthen their connectivity in the Americas.
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Source: Aero Magazine.