London-Lima, Peru flights

[filthiestfis]

Why are there no direct flights from London to Lima, Peru?

[missmoore]

My guess would be the distance. It takes a good twelve hours to get to the east coast of South America, and Peru is on the west.

[filthiestfis]

ok but there are flights from Amsterdam and thats only about 50 minutes from the UK!

[dzug]

Insufficient demand to fill a large enough aircraft for the route.

[filthiestfis]

No I dont believe that there is insufficient demand to fill an aircraft. Not at all. I believe that there is a market for it but where is the airline to introduce it?

[dzug]

When they come to share your belief - and get the necessary licences/landing rights.

[filthiestfis]

LOL ok. I just cannot believe that there are no direct flights to Lima and other south american cities in this day and age! They could at least put several flights out a week if not one daily!

[filthiestfis]

Thats KLM by the way ;)
Theres not that many possibilities to get to Lima. It's either via Madrid with Iberia/ Air Comet, KLM via Amsterdam, AA via Miami or Delta Airlines via Atlanta.

[filthiestfis]

To The Prophet:

You mean that I should contact KLM and ask for a free flight from London-Amsterdam? LOL :)

[filthiestfis]

Yeah sure KLM flies from London-Amsterdam, but the point is that I shouldnt have to fly anywhere else to connect! I want a direct flight to Lima and such a thing is certainly capable of happening one day :) Its too expensive to fly out there, a return ticket costs from �650-you could go to Australia and back for less!!!!

[dzug]

Indirect flights are often cheaper than direct ones as an incentive to use them - so they probably ARE flying you to Amsterdam for free or nearly so.

But it's likely that direct flights will come - Latin America is growing as a holiday destination.

[JK2]

I flew to Quito, Ecuador, via Miami and it was pretty straightforward without long delays. It was good to stretch my legs after the 9 hours to Miami before going on to Quito - and you don't have to handle your luggage between flights, only identify it before the next leg..

[JonnoGenie]

Start your own airline, if it is so obvious that there should be such direct routes from England.

Alternatively, just connect via Miami like most people.

[filthiestfis]

yes Jonnogenie you can be the financial backer for this airline of mine called Filthiest Airways :)