Last week LAN Airlines launched nonstop flights between San Francisco International Airport and Lima, Peru-- the only nonstops between the Bay Area and South America.It takes just over nine hours to fly between SFO and Lima and the nonstop flight means no extra stopovers in LAX, DFW or MIA on your way down or back. Nice! Flights fly overnight from Lima, arriving at SFO at 7 a.m. and depart SFO at 1:15 p.m. arriving in Lima at the adverse hour of 12:20 a.m.
LAN Peru flies the route by long-haul Boeing 767-300s with room for 221 passengers. These aircraft offer a Premium Business Class cabin that comprises full flat, 180-degree reclining seats in addition to what LAN is calling a "renovated" Economy class. Both cabins feature a state of the art on demand entertainment system with personal elevated definition screens for each seat. LAN's fleet is young-- planes are just 5.1 years old on average.
Business class passengers will pay a premium for those non-stops...LAN fares over the next only some 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.
LAN Peru will present four flights per week to Lima on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with ongoing service to Sao Paulo, Brazil and plus connections to over 50 destinations in South America.
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