After a two-year absence, New Zealand’s direct air connections with South America have been restored with the touchdown of LATAM at Auckland Airport this evening. Today’s arrival marks the start of the three times weekly service, building to five times a week from July, with each Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight touching down twice a day as it makes the round trip between Santiago, Chile and Sydney. Scott Tasker, General Manager of Aeronautical Commercial at Auckland Airport, said since the COVID outbreak…