Latam will operate from Brazil the second flight to Malvinas – 26/07/2018

The Malvinas government has just announced that it has chosen the airline Latam to provide its much-needed second flight to South America . According to a statement, the flight will leave São Paulo, Brazil, with a stop in an Argentine city . However, islanders, who refuse to make this stop in Buenos Aires, claimed that they are still negotiating this intermediate destination.

Yesterday afternoon, there was still some confusion because the Argentine Foreign Ministry did not confirm the information, unlike the British and island part.

"The various proposals presented following the joint efforts of the Argentine and British governments to identify the airlines of Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay wishing to establish an additional regular frequency between the mainland and the Malvinas Islands, with stops at a continental Argentina airport, are still subject to badysis by the relevant Argentine authorities, "said a local statement. "Once all submitted proposals have been duly evaluated by the Government of Argentina in terms of their viability and relevance, the corresponding authorizations will be issued, if selected effectively, according to the Argentine legal system. and in the context of the applicable air service agreements. "

Latam is the same airline that is already flying from Punta Arenas in southern Chilean to Mount Pleasant every Saturday . This first flight was signed with the Anglo-Argentine agreements of 1999. It makes a stopover in Río Gallegos the second Saturday of each month, and another the third Saturday.

The press release published by the islands and to which it had access Clarín reads:

"The Falkland Islands Government has chosen Latam as the preferred operator for the second commercial flight between the Falkland Islands and South America (…)

(… ) proposed a mid-week flight between the Falkland Islands and Sao Paulo, Brazil Subsequent negotiations with Latam will include a stopover once a month in Argentina (…)

(… ) Government officials of the Falkland Islands will continue to discuss the proposals in the coming weeks (…)

(…) The flight proposals will be shared with the public before the final decision of the Executive Council (of the islands) ) in September 2018. "

Neither the Argentine government nor the in the United Kingdom, despite the fact that the flight policy was agreed bilaterally. In general, announcements are made first in the islands, to which London has granted a right to self-determination, which Argentina does not recognize.

This second flight was much sought after by the islanders. The current link is insufficient, if one takes into account that they have another weekly flight to the UK and that they have a lot of problems: no seat, as they also travel in the army, it is very expensive and has many problems. Climate The traditional stopover at the airport of Ascension Island has been repeatedly affected by lane problems.