Starting October 31, LATAM Colombia will inaugurate operations between Bogota and Riohacha. Flights will be operated on Airbus A320-200s, with a capacity for 174 or 180 passengers. According to current information, the Group’s Colombian subsidiary will have four flights per week. With this schedule, LATAM Colombia will offer approximately 700 weekly seats between Bogota and Riohacha and vice versa. LATAM joins Avianca and Viva Air Colombia among the companies operating the route. Between them, they currently offer two daily operations to Riohacha from the Colombian capital.<br/>
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Qantas has released a new ad that promotes getting a Covid-19 vaccine, and it tugs at the heartstrings of Australians longing to travel again. The ad appeals to those who have been separated from loved ones overseas, with scenes of what the future might offer when vaccination rates are high enough. Set to the Tones and I song Fly Away, the spot is part of the airline’s “Be Rewarded” campaign, which offers discounts and incentives to vaccinated customers. Dr Nick Coatsworth, an infectious diseases physician and Australia’s former deputy chief health officer, who featured in one of the federal government’s original Covid-19 ads, applauded the Qantas campaign. “This is how you get people looking forward to what a vaccinated society looks like,” Coatsworth wrote as he shared the ad on Twitter. The move by Qantas is part of a growing trend of pro-vaccination advertising campaigns from organisations in the business and arts communities, such as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It comes after the Morrison government’s more gloomy offerings, including the “arm yourself” campaign, which was criticised for leaning into scare tactics and fear.<br/>
Qantas has taken an Airbus A380 out of storage in the USA and ferried it to Dresden in Germany. Dresden’s airport operator MFD tells Cirium that the aircraft (VH-OQB) arrived in the city from Los Angeles on 20 August. The airport is home to MRO and modification centre EFW, which has previously serviced A380s from Qantas and other operators. In 2019, EFW completed the first cabin refurbishment as part a mid-life upgrade for Qantas’s 12 A380s. Cirium fleets data shows that, so far, six aircraft have been retrofited with the upgraded cabin for 485 passengers. The new layout features more business and premium-economy seats, but fewer economy seats than the previous cabin configuration for 484 passengers.<br/>