Air Canada, Delta, American Resume Flights to Chile

March 10, 2010

Air Canada has resumed flights to Chile.

Air Canada, Delta Airlines and American Airlines have resumed flights to post-earthquake Santiago, Chile, and Santiago’s International Airport is now operating 80-per-cent of scheduled flights.

Moreover, the Radisson Hotel Santiago North has reported structural damage and has been closed. Guests have been transferred to the Radisson Plaza at the World Trade Center, in Santiago.

National carrier LAN Airlines is currently operating 65-per-cent of regularly scheduled flights in and out of Santiago, including domestic and international flights.

Domestic flight arrivals and departures are operating out of a makeshift terminal set up in tents located east of the airport’s old terminal.

International flight departures have temporarily moved to the domestic flights sector of the current terminal. International arriving passengers clear Chilean customs and immigration formalities in a makeshift facility set up in tents to the west of the current terminal.

On the hotel side, Regal Pacific Hotel has not suffered any structural damage and is accepting guests.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide reported that all of their properties, including Sheraton Santiago Hotel & Convention Center, San Cristóbal Tower, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Four Points by Sheraton Santiago, W Santiago, Sheraton Miramar Hotel & Convention Center and Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles, have not suffered any damages.