Chile’s JetSMART starts flights to three Argentine cities

SANTIAGO – JetSMART, an ultra low-cost Chilean airline created by U.S. investment fund Indigo Partners, has begun flights to Argentina after obtaining an operating certificate from the Argentinian government.

Having secured a certificate of exploitation of aero-commercial services, JetSMART began flying direct to Cordoba and Mendoza in Argentina from Santiago and La Serena in Chile. Flights to the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, followed.

Santiago-based JetSMART launches service in Chile

The Chilean airline operates nine Airbus A320-200 narrowbodies and expects to add two more aircraft by March 2019, with plans for a fleet of 100 by 2026.