The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted SKY Airline Perú (H8, Lima International) exemption to serve Fort Lauderdale International and Miami International from Peru, as well as other destinations in the United States on a charter basis.

The DOT said that although the carrier was controlled by its Chilean parent, SKY Airline (Chile) (H2, Santiago de Chile), and that its flight operations director/acting chief pilot is a citizen of Argentina, the liberalised air traffic agreements with the involved countries did not ban such an arrangement.

The low-cost carrier will now have two years to launch its proposed services to the United States. SKY Airline Perú signalled its intention to launch routes from Lima International to Florida in the first half of 2021 using its all-economy class A320-200Ns, initially operating daily flights.

SKY Airline (Chile) does not currently serve the United States.