An agreement between Latam and Delta expands its offer to more than 20 routes in America

Latam adds eight new international routes operated by Delta between South America and the US and 11 domestic destinations in the US, from Atlanta.

The Latam and Delta airlines announced on Monday the expansion of their shared codes, which will allow their customers to access more than 20 international routes between the United States and South America, along with connections to domestic destinations and within the continent.

With this agreement, Latam, the largest airline in Latin America, adds to its offer eight new international routes operated by Delta between South America and the United States and 11 domestic destinations in the United States, from Atlanta.

The American Delta, on the other hand, adds 12 international routes operated by the LATAM group between South America and the United States, connecting from Miami and Orlando, New York and Los Angeles, as well as 7 interregional routes in South America and four new domestic destinations in Chile.

Through a statement, companies indicated that this agreement will benefit customers with more connections between both regions, with more than 40 destinations in South America, including domestic routes in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador and Peru; Routes between South America and the United States and more than 70 domestic routes within the United States.

Additionally, they announced that in the coming months they will complement their code network with new routes to Delta's destinations in the United States and between the United States and Canada.

Delta, based in Atlanta, threw in the first six months of 2021 negative results of 525 million, well below the losses of 6,251 million of the same period of last year, after its activity was reduced by about 95 % during the toughest moments of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Latam, born in 2012 from the merger between the Chilean Lan and the Brazilian Tam, registered a net loss of 691.9 million dollars during the third quarter of this year due to the maintenance costs and the expenses of the restructuring that carries out for the pandemic.

Due to the health crisis, Latam reduced its operation by up to 95 % and concluded 2020 with a drop in its operational income of 58.4 %.

The company was hosted in May last year to Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Law, which allows a company that cannot pay its debts to restructure without the pressure of the creditors.