The Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera, stressed that the arrival of the company “expands the offer in connectivity.”
Chilean airline sky will return to Uruguay in 2024 with the aim of connecting the country with the rest of the region, as confirmed by the Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera, who valued that the arrival of the company “expands the offer in connectivity”.
The company is expected to take 4 international routes that will connect with direct flights to Montevideo with the cities of Brazil, Salvador de Bahia and Florianópolis, Santiago de Chili and lime (Peru). According to estimates, next year SKY will transport more than 100,000 passengers between entering and leaving the country.
saw announced the return of the firm, with 22 years of history and presence in 8 countries in America, during an event in the Arredondo room of the Ministry of Tourism. There he considered that the arrival of the airline “expands the offer in the connectivity of Uruguay with the region and the world.
“It is essential for the development of tourism and the country,” said the hierarch together with the general director of Air Transport of the Transport and Public Works portfolio, Daniel Olmedo; and the commercial director of SKY Airlines, Carmen Serrat.
80% of the pre-pandemic frequencies were recovered
On the other hand, the minister highlighted that the country recovered 80% of the frequencies that operated in 2019 and had decreased during the pandemic of Covid-19. In this regard, he stressed that the arrival of the Chilean firm “is very good, because it is a company that will provide very good service at low costs.”
While, sky formalized, as part of its regional expansion strategy, the intention to strengthen its permanence in Latin America. In that search, he considered the country as a key destination in the connectivity network.
The company specified that the new connections will make it possible to expand the possibility of attracting Chilean tourists, an important market because “their vacation habits are strong in February, which is when the number of visitors decreases in Uruguay”.
Source: Ambito
