The Chilean "ultra low cost" allows JetSmart to fly to Argentina – 07/10/2018

The Chilean JetSmart joins the supply of "low cost" airlines, which continues to grow in our country. He will be able to operate scheduled flights between Argentina and Chile as authorized by the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) in a resolution published Tuesday in the Official Journal.

"Authorizes the Chilean transport company JetSmart Airlines SPA, whimsical name JetSmart, to operate scheduled international air pbadenger services between the Republic of Chile and the Argentine Republic ", indicates Resolution No. 499 / 2018. And he adds that he will" using large aircraft in accordance with bilaterally agreed traffic rights. "

The leader of the ANAC, Tomás Insausti, had announced that the company would fly from El Palomar Airport and Iguazú to Santiago de Chile. He detailed that he will do so from November

"JetSmart requested a series of routes to operate from Santiago de Chile to various cities in the interior of the country, including El Palomar, for which they set a date from November "said Insausti at the agency Telam.

With these new operations, El Palomar it will become an international airport . To this end, has already begun work to enlarge . They are making a new 302 square meter terminal that will add two more boarding gates to accommodate more flights.

In addition, Insausti confirmed that Iguazú is also among the requested routes. "A destination that with the Minister of Transport, Guillermo Dietrich, we are working to make it international and although we do not have a date yet, we know that JetSmart will have a direct flight between Santiago de Chile and Iguazú "said the head of the ANAC.

JetSmart in a new company, which began operating in Chile in July 2017 . It belongs to IndigoGroup, one of the largest aeronautical conglomerates in the world, which also includes Frontier Airlines (United States), Volaris (Mexico) and Wizz Air (Hungary). He is American capital and his owner is William "Bill" Franke, founder of the Newbridge Investment Fund.

IndigoGroup landed in Argentina buying Alas del Sur Líneas Aéreas an airline without planes, but who owns the flight permits granted by the government during the public hearing held at the end of 2016 , where they also granted routes to Flybondi, Avianca and Andes. The price of the operation would have hovered around $ 700,000.

JetSmart is defined as an "ultra low cost". As stated on his website, he offers tickets from Santiago de Chile to Punta Arenas in the south, or to Arica in the north, from 14,000 Chilean pesos (600 Argentine pesos) per segment + taxes. The only international flight that it offers, for the moment, is in Lima, Peru. From Santiago, it costs 25,000 Chilean pesos (1,000 Argentine pesos) per installment + taxes.

As his policy is to "pay only what you use", each additional has a price . Thus, it is possible to add a hand baggage or hand luggage, to receive a menu on board, to print the boarding card at the airport and to board a car. have a priority shipment. This is not even "free" the choice of a seat.

Aeronautical sources have confirmed to Telam that, from the national government, they are working to achieve this JetSmart becomes a cheap Argentine company which operates in the domestic market, hiring Argentinean employees. JetSmart would be the second low-cost airline to operate domestic cabotage flights, with Flybondi, while Norwegian was defined not as a low-cost airline, but as a low-cost airline.

As of August 15, these airlines will not have a minimum fare floor for their cabotage flights (that is to say, within the United States. country) for those who buy their ticket 30 days in advance. The traditional say that they will adapt and plan to make offers to compete.