Overview
- The Subsecretaría de Transporte Aéreo issued Disposiciones 46 and 47/2025 in the Boletín Oficial on December 26, formally expanding LATAM's operating rights.
- The measures authorize regular and non‑regular passenger and cargo services with traffic rights from third through ninth freedom.
- The approvals permit domestic cabotage in Argentina without route or frequency limits using large aircraft.
- LATAM is cleared to operate combined passenger‑and‑cargo services on the Santiago–Río de Janeiro–Buenos Aires route in both directions under existing bilateral accords.
- Officials presented the step as part of a Cielos Abiertos agenda to boost connectivity and competition, a move that also positions LATAM to reenter Argentina's domestic market after its 2020 exit.