LATAM Airlines Group will significantly boost its Australian operations with the launch of daily non-stop services to Santiago, Chile from both Sydney and Melbourne later this year.

LATAM Airlines will reintroduction direct flights from Sydney to Santiago four times per week, commencing on 28 October 2024, offering travellers daily direct routes between Australia and Latin America.

LATAM Airlines has resumed flights to Melbourne, Australia, following a pause of almost three and a half years due to the pandemic. Yesterday (Sunday 3 September), at 5:30 am, flight LA805 landed at Melbourne Airport with 292 passengers on board — the start of thrice weekly flights from Santiago.

SERNATUR, Chile’s National Tourism Service, is waiving the visa requirement for Australian tourists entering the country, effective immediately, through to 9 May, 2020. During this period, Australian passport holders will not be required to hold a visa when entering Chile.

LATAM Airlines Group officially launched its new Sydney to Santiago direct route when the first flight departed at 10am on Monday 28 October, 2019.

LATAM Airlines Group has unveiled plans to operate three non-stop flights per week from Santiago to Sydney by the end of 2019. More details including the start date, itinerary and ticket availability will be communicated in the coming weeks.

Responding to growing demand from passengers flying between Australia and South America, Latin American airline LATAM Airlines Group has announced it will increase the number of non-stop flights between Melbourne and Santiago, Chile from the current three-weekly to five.