The American airline American Airlines continues to increase the number of flights from its hub, Miami International Airport in south Florida. This week, another important connection to a Latin American capital where thousands of Cubans also live was reactivated. We’ll tell you.
This Monday, Carrasco Airport in Montevideo, Uruguay, received the first American Airlines flight of the season from Miami. According to a report in the trade magazine Aviacionline, the plane, a Boeing 787-8, left Miami International Airport around midnight on Sunday.
According to this information, due to high demand during the Christmas holidays, American Airlines will operate three flights per week between Miami and Montevideo with a daily frequency between December 20th and January 7th. American will depart Miami on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and arrive in Montevideo the next day. The return flight departs Carrasco at 10:00 p.m. local time on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
American flights through Miami
According to the above-mentioned media, the Boeing 787-8, which serves the route between Miami and Montevideo, has a capacity for 20 passengers in business class, 28 in premium economy and 186 in the cheapest class.
However, they warn that American Airlines will only fly to Montevideo during the southern hemisphere summer season. The last flight from Miami is scheduled for March 29th and the last flight from Montevideo is scheduled for March 30th.
During the off-season, American Airlines sells tickets to Montevideo with a connection in São Paulo, Brazil, under an agreement with GOL. Other options for traveling between Uruguay and the United States include the hubs of Copa Airlines in Panama, Avianca in Bogotá, LATAM in Lima and Santiago de Chile or Aerolíneas Argentinas in Ezeiza from Buenos Aires.
It was also announced that starting December 20, American Airlines will expand its flight offerings between Miami and the cosmopolitan city of São Paulo in Brazil, particularly to the main airport, São Paulo-Guarulhos.
