SKY and Air Canada Forge Agreement to Enhance Connectivity Between North and South America
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SKY has announced the signing of a new interline agreement with Air Canada. This strategic alliance, effective immediately, allows the North American airline's passengers to access more than 30 destinations operated by SKY in Chile, Peru, and other locations in the region.
Starting today, travelers can purchase tickets through Air Canada's sales channels that include combined itineraries. Passengers arriving on Air Canada flights at Santiago (SCL) and Lima (LIM) airports will be able to seamlessly connect to SKY's extensive route network.
In Chile, SKY's domestic network includes high-demand destinations such as Puerto Montt, Puerto Natales, Concepción, Calama, and Antofagasta. Similarly, from Lima, travelers can access key points in Peru like Cusco, Arequipa, Trujillo, and Iquitos.
The agreement also covers international destinations operated by the low-cost carrier from Santiago, including Mendoza and Bariloche in Argentina, and Montevideo in Uruguay.
What is an interline agreement?
An interline agreement allows two or more airlines to handle passengers and their baggage on a single ticket. For the traveler, this simplifies the purchasing process and ensures their checked baggage is automatically transferred from one flight to the next until the final destination, without the need to collect and re-check it at the connecting airport.
Julio Solar, SKY's Routes and Alliances Manager, stated that "together with Air Canada, we strengthen our purpose of making the sky available to everyone, uniting our region with North America, where our partners have a solid presence." Solar added that through its sales channels, "Air Canada will offer SKY's network, integrating different cities to combine two of the main airline networks on the continent."
This move is crucial for both companies. For Air Canada, a founding member of Star Alliance, it represents an expansion of its reach in the Southern Cone, offering its customers destinations it does not serve directly and competing more effectively with other airlines that have established domestic networks in the region.
For SKY, the agreement is essential for capturing long-haul traffic from North America, feeding its regional network with a steady stream of passengers. This alliance joins those SKY already maintains with other international airlines such as TAP, Air France, KLM, Air Europa, and Aerolíneas Argentinas, consolidating its business model as an independent carrier that collaborates with players from different global alliances.
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