Chilean airline LAN Friday announced the launch of flights beginning in December between Argentina's Rosario and the Peruvian capital city of Lima. 'With the opening of the route from Rosario we will continue consolidating our offer from inside Argentina, offering more passengers the possibility of traveling to international destinations without stopping in Buenos Aires,' Pablo Chiozza, LAN's commercial director said in Argentina. Chiozza said the new route will help promote tourism in the northeastern province of Santa Fe, where Rosario is located. At present, LAN already runs flights between Cordoba in central Argentina and Lima and Chile's Santiago, and between Mendoza in the west of the country and Santiago. The Rosario-Lima route will become operational on Dec. 1, operating flights five days a week. 