On November 30 , 2020 , a memorable escape for LATAM Group began its journey . For the first time , one of the Group ’s aircraft , operated by LATAM Airlines Brazil , landed in Doha , Qatar , transport spoilable from LATAM Cargo customers in South America to Asia and come back to Latin America with electronic products .
“ set ashore in Qatar for the first time is a clear demonstration of our consignment to meet our cargo customers ’ need . With our subsidiary ’ bread and butter , we cope to successfully align and apply a route that allow us to reduce transportation time to our client ’ relevant food market , while supporting South America ’s export and significance market place , ” stated Kamal Hadad , LATAM Cargo ’s web and Alliances VP .
The 2d escape deviate on December 07 towards Doha . In amount , these operations made it possible for LATAM Cargo to transport over 95 scads of sweet fruit , which connected with its interline pardner , Qatar Airways , to continue their journey towards Shanghai . They also allowed for more than 60 tons of electronics to be channelize into Brazilian and Chilean markets , just in time to meet the high Christmas season requirement .
LATAM Cargo maintained its strategy and used passenger aircraft solely for freight transportation . By doing so during the pandemic , the company has been capable to palliate the belly content reduction cause by international unsympathetic - border policies . Particularly , this B777 - 300 departed from Guarulhos airport in Brazil towards Santiago , Chile , with a technical stop in Recife , Brazil , before go along its journey to Doha , Qatar . The return flying ended in Guarulhos , Brazil .
More than 50 people from dissimilar departments were responsible for this cognitive process ’s execution and logistics , which add 18 flight hour from its root in Brazil until its last destination in Doha .
“ While this route is temporary and responsive to the high fruit time of year in Chile and the peachy need for electronics during Christmas , we will cover to adapt our cognitive process to satisfy our clients ’ indigence and hold South American product to the earthly concern , ” stated Mr. Hadad .
Other measures adopted by LATAM CargoDuring the pandemic , LATAM Cargo Group has modify its itinerary and operation in several ways for extenuate the electronegative force that belly capacity confinement may have on customer . similarly , the company is constantly evaluating its operation for satisfy its client ’ needs .
One of the foreground measures includes the utilisation of passenger aircraft exclusively for cargo transportation on a regular base . This occurs both in international and domesticated routes using dissimilar aircraft , let in B777 , B787 , B767 , A320 and A321 . In some compositor’s case , rear containers have been used to optimise lading transportation capacity in passenger aircraft . Through this strategy , LATAM Cargo complements the electrical capacity offered by its single merchantman fleet , consisting of 11 B767Fs .
Regarding routes and relative frequency , the company has adopted measures to see capability towards key markets . For instance , the load capacity between Santiago ( Chile ) and Miami ( USA ) was multiplied by five , going from 6 to 31 weekly absolute frequency so as to offer Salmon River exporters — one of Chile ’s principal industries — a full-bodied solution . Frequencies between Bogota and Miami were also increased by 28 % , going from 14 to 18 frequency . In increase to the 5 frequencies originating in Medellin , the fellowship offer a total of 22 frequencies between Colombia and the United States for support flower exporters .
LATAM Cargo also increased connectivity between Miami and South America and from Europe to South America . Finally , during this full point , the Group has launched lineal path to profit different industrial sector in the nation where it operate . These admit the route between North America and Brazil , or the new consignment destinations , Los Angeles and Mexico .
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