Route-development filings show that LATAM Airlines Brasil intends to operate a four-times-weekly Airbus A320 service between São Paulo-Guarulhos (GRU) and Ushuaia (USH) from 1 July to 31 August 2026, subject to ANAC and Argentine regulatory approval. Flight LA8174 will depart GRU at 08:15, arriving at the world’s southernmost commercial airport at 14:00; the return sector departs at 15:00, landing in São Paulo at 20:30.
Although pitched as a winter-tourism route for Brazilians heading to Tierra del Fuego, the link also shortens travel times for offshore-oil engineers commuting between Petrobras headquarters and rigs serviced from Ushuaia’s port. Current routings require a change in Buenos Aires and add at least five hours door-to-door.
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For passengers who need quick confirmation of entry formalities, VisaHQ can streamline visa and travel-document checks for both Brazil and Argentina; its portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) centralises e-visa applications, vaccination updates and passport-validity alerts, saving corporate mobility teams valuable time.
For global-mobility teams managing rotational staff, the nonstop service could lower fatigue-management costs and reduce the immigration paperwork triggered by overnight layovers in Argentina’s capital. Ticket sales are expected to open once bilateral approvals are secured; advance filing hints at an ambition to extend the flight into the austral summer if demand holds.
Travel managers should flag the service in budgeting tools: as an international sector it will attract Argentina’s newly increased 20 percent ‘PAIS’ tax on foreign card charges, which employers often agree to reimburse.
Although pitched as a winter-tourism route for Brazilians heading to Tierra del Fuego, the link also shortens travel times for offshore-oil engineers commuting between Petrobras headquarters and rigs serviced from Ushuaia’s port. Current routings require a change in Buenos Aires and add at least five hours door-to-door.
For passengers who need quick confirmation of entry formalities, VisaHQ can streamline visa and travel-document checks for both Brazil and Argentina; its portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) centralises e-visa applications, vaccination updates and passport-validity alerts, saving corporate mobility teams valuable time.
For global-mobility teams managing rotational staff, the nonstop service could lower fatigue-management costs and reduce the immigration paperwork triggered by overnight layovers in Argentina’s capital. Ticket sales are expected to open once bilateral approvals are secured; advance filing hints at an ambition to extend the flight into the austral summer if demand holds.
Travel managers should flag the service in budgeting tools: as an international sector it will attract Argentina’s newly increased 20 percent ‘PAIS’ tax on foreign card charges, which employers often agree to reimburse.
