New nonstops between SFO and South America
July 2nd, 2010
A big wet welcome to LAN's new 767 flight from Lima this week at SFO. (Note the rainbow!)
This week LAN Airlines inaugurated their fourth US gateway at San Francisco International Airport with LAN Peru’s nonstop service to Lima, Peru. LAN Peru will offer four flights per week to Lima on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with continuing service to Sao Paulo, Brazil and additional connections available to over 50 destinations in South America.
LAN's new Premium Business class lie-flat seat
LAN will offer the ONLY nonstops between SFO and South America, which means no more stopovers in LAX, DFW or MIA on your way down or back. Nice!
San Francisco will join the existing US gateways of New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
LAN Peru will service the new route on Boeing 767-300s with long-haul reach and a capacity for 221 passengers. These aircraft offer a Premium Business Class cabin that includes full flat, 180 degree reclining seats with a completely horizontal sleeping option that only a select group of airlines in the world offer, in addition to a renovated Economy class. Both cabins feature a state of the art on demand entertainment system with personal high definition screens for every seat.
Flights arrive SFO at 7 a.m. and depart SFO at 1:30 p.m. Business class passengers will pay a premium for that non-stop flight….LAN fares over the next few months are in the $5000 range while one-stop roundtrip flights on other airlines are more like $2300. Coach fares are in the $1200-$1500 round trip range.
I am glad to hear that LAN is flying nonstop to Peru from SFO. This is so much better than going via LAX, DFW, MIA, JFK or whatever it took in the past.
I have vacationed in Peru 10 years ago and again last year. Recent trip to Lima & Cusco was wonderful. New airport in Lima is very modern, much improved infrastructure, country was very safe compared with my first visit, great food, wonderful history, and inexpensive.
Hi Chris – Hope you’re great. Flew in these LAN business class seats for my Peru trip in May. Fantastic service and super comfortable!! Lima airport is also pretty nice, so connecting there wouldn’t be a problem. Great news for SF!