So which airlines are flying and with what frequencies? We thank the international airport at Carrasco for their assistance and information on flights as of December 17 2021:
Europe
- Iberia flies direct 6 times a week to and from Madrid.
- Air Europa flies three a week to and from Madrid.
USA & Canada
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- American Airlines offers direct flights from Miami three times a week begin December 18 on the new BOEING 787 we’ve all been waiting for for so long.
- Copa flies into Montevideo 2-3 times a day (a whooping 17 times a week) with a connection in Panama.
- LATAM flies 1-4 times a day with connections in Peru, Chile or Brazil.
- Avianca flies into Montevideo via Colombia three times a week.
Latin America
- Paranair flies 1-2 times a day direct to Paraguay (50-seater plane)
- GOL Linhas Aéreas flies daily between Sao Pablo (Brazil) and Montevideo.
- Azul flies four times a week between Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Montevideo.
- Aerolineas Argentinas flies daily to Montevideo and Punta del Este.
- Jetsmart is a new low cost airline flying four times a week between Uruguay and Chile from January 2022.
Disclaimer & thanks: This information is provided as a public service. Guru’Guay is not responsible for its accuracy. We would like to thank the director of Passenger Care at Carrasco Airport for his assistance information about frequencies.
[This article was first published on October 24 2020 and last updated at the date above]
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A very nice article. Thank you. I see you don’t mention DELTA but apparently I am flying Delta all the way from Los Angeles to Miami to Rio and then on to Carrasco. Is there anything in particular you think I should know, either about this route or about Delta? Again, thanks for the informative article!
Hi Razz, I’m assuming it will be a Delta code-share. Enjoy your trip! — Karen
I intend to go to Uruguay in December ,I am from São Paulo in Brazil.
The cost of flights are so expensive!
I think it will be very difficult to spend vacations there.
Do you have any suggestion about finding cheaper flight tickets?
Thank you,
Tânia
Hi Tânia, I was also looking at flights from Brazil and you are right, they are expensive. I assume it is because there are limited flights compared to pre-pandemic, but flights between December 24 and January 10 are always typically much more expensive than the rest of the year as Uruguay is very popular with Brazilians. So sorry not to have better news. — Best, Karen
Hope we can realise our flights in Nov🙏🏽😘cu
Hi Uta, we’re hopeful too! — We’ll definitely be updating the site as soon as there is news — best, Karen
Both Eastern and American don’t have any information on flights in April 2022. Any clue what’s planned?
Hi Matt, I suspect the airlines are in a state of flux and it’s too far ahead for them to project dates. Best, Karen
any flights out of Cuba
Hi George, there are no direct flights to and from Cuba but you’ll find connections primarily via Panama, if I’m not mistaken (COPA). — all the best, Karen