I-LATAM Airlines yafika kwa-Israyeli okokuqala ngoDisemba, kulandela ukuvulwa kwendlela ethe ngqo esuka eSantiago ngeSão Paulo / Guarulhos. Le kuphela kwendlela ethe ngqo phakathi kweLatin America ne-Israel, kwaye izakusebenza kathathu ngeveki ngooLwezibini, ngooLwezine nangeeCawa.
Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho kwa-Israeli u-Yariv Levin uthe, “Emva kweminyaka yokwahlukana nangenxa yesantya esingathethekiyo kwezotyelelo kwa-Israyeli, namhlanje simisa inqwelomoya yokuqala evela ngqo eMzantsi Melika. Ukufika kwa-Israyeli kwi-LATAM Airlines, yenye yezona zikhulu eMzantsi Melika, linyathelo eliqhakamshelanayo kunxibelelwano lwenqwelomoya phakathi kuka-Israyeli neBrazil kunye nokubonisa ukuzithemba kumandla okhenketho akwa-Israyeli- kwaye oku kukhokelela kukwanda okukhulu kukhenketho olungenayo oluvela eLatin America . ”
I-LATAM Airlines ithe izakusebenzisa indlela kunye neenqwelo moya zeBoeing 787 Dreamliner, ibonelela ngezihlalo ezingama-217 kwiklasi yezoQoqosho kunye nama-30 kwiShishini lePrimiyamu. Uhambo ngenqwelomoya eSao Paulo-Tel Aviv ziiyure ezili-13 ubude, kwaye uhambo lokubuya luthatha iiyure ezili-15.
Ukuvulwa kwendlela entsha esuka eMzantsi Melika ukuya kwa-Israyeli sisiphumo sentsebenziswano phakathi koMphathiswa Wezokhenketho kunye neLATAM. Iinqwelomoya ezintsha zeLATAM ziya konyusa inani labakhenkethi abavela eLatin America. Ukusukela ekuqaleni konyaka kude kube ngu-Novemba, kwafika i-146,000 yabakhenkethi kwa-Israyeli bevela eLatin America, malunga nama-32,500 babevela eArgentina kwaye abangama-58,000 bevela eBrazil. Oku kunyuka ngama-62% kwinani labakhenkethi abavela eLatin America, xa kuthelekiswa nelo xesha linye ngo-2016. EBrazil, ukonyuka kwaba ngama-87% kwangelo xesha linye ngo-2016.
