LATAM Airlines Brasil unveiled, on 18 November 2025, two new long-haul routes that will connect its São Paulo/Guarulhos hub with Amsterdam (from April 2026) and Brussels (from June 2026). The services will operate three times per week with Boeing 787-9 aircraft configured with 30 business-class and 270 economy seats. For multinationals, the new links shorten travel time between Latin America’s largest economy and the political and commercial centres of the EU, eliminating the need for intermediate connections and facilitating same-day meetings.
According to LATAM’s head of Europe, Asia and Oceania, Thibaud Morand, the carrier is also lifting frequencies on existing European routes: Rome and Barcelona will become daily in June 2026, while Madrid rises to double-daily in July 2026. Once the build-out is complete, LATAM will operate 90 weekly flights to ten European gateways, offering one-stop access from Amsterdam and Brussels to more than 50 domestic Brazilian cities and key regional capitals such as Lima, Santiago and Buenos Aires.
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Travel-management companies (TMCs) say the announcement is timely for Brazilian exporters and tech firms chasing EU clients before the Mercosur-EU agreement comes into force. Corporate buyers can leverage LATAM’s joint-venture with IAG/Finnair to secure through-fares that combine the new routes with connections to secondary European cities, potentially reducing total travel budgets by up to 15 %, according to preliminary calculations from American Express GBT Brazil.
From an immigration-compliance perspective, mobility teams should note that Schengen short-stay rules (90/180 days) apply to passengers using the new flights. LATAM confirmed that its Brussels operation will offer through-check-in for onward rail itineraries under IATA’s “Train & Fly” initiative, easing multimodal journeys for assignees whose employers favour low-carbon travel.
According to LATAM’s head of Europe, Asia and Oceania, Thibaud Morand, the carrier is also lifting frequencies on existing European routes: Rome and Barcelona will become daily in June 2026, while Madrid rises to double-daily in July 2026. Once the build-out is complete, LATAM will operate 90 weekly flights to ten European gateways, offering one-stop access from Amsterdam and Brussels to more than 50 domestic Brazilian cities and key regional capitals such as Lima, Santiago and Buenos Aires.
Travel-management companies (TMCs) say the announcement is timely for Brazilian exporters and tech firms chasing EU clients before the Mercosur-EU agreement comes into force. Corporate buyers can leverage LATAM’s joint-venture with IAG/Finnair to secure through-fares that combine the new routes with connections to secondary European cities, potentially reducing total travel budgets by up to 15 %, according to preliminary calculations from American Express GBT Brazil.
From an immigration-compliance perspective, mobility teams should note that Schengen short-stay rules (90/180 days) apply to passengers using the new flights. LATAM confirmed that its Brussels operation will offer through-check-in for onward rail itineraries under IATA’s “Train & Fly” initiative, easing multimodal journeys for assignees whose employers favour low-carbon travel.
