South American carrier LATAM Airlines is to launch a recent route between Lisbon and Fortaleza in northern Brazil this summer.
LATAM will operate the route once per week from 7 April to twenty October – it should be the carrier’s first direct flight between northeast Brazil and Europe since 2009.
The airline plans to operate Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on the route, which might be fitted with three cabins: economy (213 seats), premium economy (57 seats) and business class (30 seats).
LATAM will compete with TAP Air Portugal on the Lisbon-Fortaleza route, with the Portuguese carrier already offering a each day service.
“We are all the time looking out for opportunities to expand the provision of seats and flights in a sustainable way, to spice up tourism and the economy of the northeast,” said Eduardo Macedo, head of public affairs at LATAM Brazil.
LATAM’s flights between Lisbon and Fortaleza will operate on Mondays and take around seven and a half hours in each direction.
