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LATAM Airlines

LATAM Airlines (formerly known as LAN Chile) is a Chilean multinational airline based in Santiago and one of the founders of the LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline holding company in Latin America. Its main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, with secondary hubs in São Paulo, Lima, Bogotá, Quito, Guayaquil and Asunción.[3]

LATAM Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
LA LAN LAN CHILE
FoundedMarch 5, 1929; 95 years ago (1929-03-05) (as Línea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica)
Commenced operations
  • 1932; 92 years ago (1932) (as Línea Aerea Nacional)
  • June 17, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-06-17) (as LAN Airlines)
  • May 5, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-05-05) (as LATAM Chile)
AOC #LANF474J[1]
HubsSantiago
Secondary hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programLATAM Pass
SubsidiariesLATAM Airlines Chile
Fleet size149
Destinations152[2]
Parent companyLATAM Airlines Group
HeadquartersLas Condes, Santiago, Chile
Key peopleRoberto Alvo (CEO)
FounderArturo Merino Benítez
Revenue US$5.7 billion (2011)
Net income US$320.2 million (2011)
Websitewww.latamairlines.com

LAN was the flag carrier of Chile until its privatization in the 1990s; it is the predominant airline in Chile, Ecuador and Peru, and the second-largest carrier in Colombia, through its local subsidiaries. LATAM is the largest airline in Latin America, serving Latin America, North America, the Caribbean, Oceania, Asia, and Europe. The carrier was a member of the Oneworld airline alliance from 2000 until 2020.[4]

LATAM Airlines Group was formed after the takeover by LAN of Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aéreas, which was completed on June 22, 2012. In August 2015, it was announced that both airlines would rebrand as LATAM, with one livery to be applied on all aircraft by 2018.[5][6][7] Currently, LATAM Chile and LATAM Brasil continue to work as separate companies, under LATAM Airlines Group acting as the parent company. LATAM Airlines Group is currently the largest airline corporation in Latin America.[8]

History edit

Early years edit

 
DH 60G Gipsy Moths in service with LAN Chile, 1933

The airline was founded by Chilean Air Force Commodore Arturo Merino Benítez (after whom Santiago International Airport is named), and began operations on March 5, 1929, as Línea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica (English: Postal Air Line Santiago-Arica), under the government of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. In 1932 It was rebranded as Línea Aérea Nacional de Chile (English: National Air Line of Chile), using the acronym LAN Chile as its commercial name. LAN Chile's first fleet consisted of de Havilland Moth planes.[9]

Merino Benitez was a strong defender of Chilean carriers exclusivity on domestic routes, differing from most Latin American countries which easily granted the authorization on domestic flights to US-based Panagra, influenced by the propaganda made by Charles Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing.[10] Also because of this reason, US-built airplanes became more difficult to incorporate to LAN's fleet until the beginning of WWII. In 1936, 2 French Potez 560 airplanes were purchased while in 1938, 4 German Junkers Ju 86Bs were incorporated into the fleet. During that same year, a cooperation agreement was established with Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano and the Peruvian carrier Faucett. Another agreement with Lufthansa was signed for flights to and from Europe and America's Atlantic coast.[10]

 
LAN-Chile Douglas DC-3, added to the fleet in 1945

In 1940, given the restrictions imposed during WWII on access to spare parts for the Junker's BMW engines, LAN Chile had to replace them with Lockheed Model 10A Electras, adding in 1941 further Lockheed Lodestar C-60 and Douglas DC-3 in 1945.

Post-war and international service expansion edit

On August 23, 1945, LAN Chile became a member of the newly formed IATA. In October 1946, it started international service to Buenos Aires at Morón Airport and in 1947 to Punta Arenas, Chile's most distant continental destination.[11]

In December 1954, LAN Chile made its first commercial flight to Lima, Perú. On December 22, 1956, a LAN Chile Douglas DC-6B made the world's first commercial flight over Antarctica. Since then, all of LAN's DC-6 fleet had painted on their fuselage Primeros sobre la Antártica ("The first over Antarctica"), using this same aircraft type for its first commercial service to Miami International Airport in 1958.[12]

LAN Chile entered the jet era in 1963, purchasing three French Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R, which initially flew to Miami, Guayaquil, Lima, Panama City and within Chile to Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt and Antofagasta.[13]

 
A LAN-Chile Boeing 707-320 at Paris-Orly Airport in 1981

In 1966, LAN Chile purchased its first Boeing 707 from Lufthansa, in exchange for flying rights in the Lima-Santiago route. With this aircraft model, the company developed new long haul routes to the US, Oceania and Europe. LAN-Chile started on April 15, 1967, the route Santiago-John F. Kennedy International Airport and Santiago-Easter Island on April 8. In October 1967 a LAN Chile Sud Aviation Caravelle made the first ILS landing in South America at Lima's Jorge Chávez International Airport.[14] On January 16, 1968, the Santiago-Easter Island flight was extended to Papeete-Faa'a International Airport, in Tahiti, French Polynesia using a Douglas DC-6B. The airline then introduced Boeing 707 jet service on the Santiago – Easter Island –Papeete, Tahiti route in April 1970.[15] On September 4, 1974, this route was extended to Fiji.

In 1969, LAN Chile expanded its destinations to Rio de Janeiro, Asunción and Cali with new Boeing 727s.[14] In 1970, with Boeing 707s, LAN Chile opened its first transatlantic routes to Madrid–Barajas Airport, Frankfurt Airport and Paris-Orly.

Since its inception and until 1970, the airline had its headquarters, main hub and maintenance center at Los Cerrillos Airport, in southwest Santiago.[16] The restrictions imposed by the growing metropolitan area of Santiago and the need for modern, jet-era airport facilities that could safely accommodate both domestic and intercontinental flights, drove the need to relocate the Chilean capital's principal airport from Los Cerrillos in the denser southwest metropolitan region of Santiago to the more rural northwest metropolitan area. For this reason, Santiago International Airport in Pudahuel was built between 1961 and 1967, fully moving LAN Chile's flights to this new airport in 1970.

 
LAN-Chile Boeing 727-100 at Pudahuel Airport Santiago in 1972

On February 10, 1974, a LAN-Chile Boeing 707 flown by captain Jorge Jarpa Reyes made the world's first transpolar non-stop flight between South America (Punta Arenas Airport) and Australia (Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport).[17]

In 1980, the company replaced its Boeing 727s with the Boeing 737-200 on its domestic routes. Also, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s, LAN Chile's first wide-body jets, were added for use on routes to Los Angeles, Miami, and New York. That same year, the maintenance facilities were relocated from Los Cerrillos to Arturo Merino Benítez Airport.

In 1985, LAN-Chile implemented a program of flights around the world called Cruceros del Aire ("Air Cruises"), pioneers and unique in Latin America. The initial version included two flights per year (April 26 and September 26) on a Boeing 707 named Three Oceans because it crossed the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific oceans, visiting 18 different places. The aircraft was specially prepared for these flights. It had 80 seats in first class, thus providing passengers with ample room for their comfort. Eighty tourists were selected for a 31-day tour that included visits to the main cities of Africa, Asia and Oceania. Such flights were made until 1989, marketed according to their route under various names such as "Around the World", "Three Oceans", "Three Continents", "Mediterranean","East-West China", etc.[18]

 
A former LAN-Chile Boeing 767-200ER at Frankfurt Airport in 1994

In June 1986, Boeing 767-200ERs replaced the DC-10 fleet, with a new route to Montréal–Mirabel International Airport.

In 1988, LAN Chile started construction of its maintenance center at Santiago Airport and added a Boeing 747-100 on lease from Aer Lingus to its fleet during the summer season for its US flights.

Privatization and internationalization edit

 
LAN's logo (2004–2016)

In September 1989, the Chilean government privatized the carrier, selling a majority stake in the company to Icarosan and Scandinavian Airlines (49%), which subsequently sold its stake a few years later to local investors. Since 1994, major shareholders have been the Cueto Family and businessman Sebastián Piñera (until 2010), who sold his shares when taking office as President of the Republic of Chile.

The approval from the Chilean Anti-Trust Authority resulted in the acquisition of the country's second-largest airline Ladeco on August 11, 1995. In October 1998, LAN-Chile merged its cargo subsidiary Fast Air Carrier with Ladeco, forming LAN Express.

In 1998 LAN Airlines established a joint venture with Lufthansa called LLTT (Lufthansa-LAN Technical Training S.A.) with the aim to satisfy the needs for aircraft maintenance training in Latin America. LLTT is based at LAN's hangars in Arturo Merino Benítez Airport.[19] LLTT is the only A320 Maintenance Simulator (CMOS) training provider in Latin America.[20]

In 2000, LAN Cargo opened up a major operations base at Miami International Airport and currently operates one of its largest cargo facilities there.

In 2002, LAN Chile started its internationalization process through LAN Perú and LAN Ecuador.

 
A former LAN Airlines Airbus A340-300 landing at Frankfurt Airport in 2010

In March 2004, LAN-Chile and its subsidiaries, LAN Perú, LAN Ecuador, LAN Dominicana and LAN Express, became unified under the unique LAN brand and livery, eliminating each airline country name on the brands. On June 17, 2004, LAN-Chile changed its formal name to LAN Airlines (which was said to mean Latin American Network Airlines, even though the airline says LAN is no longer an acronym) as part of this re-branding and internationalization process; although, when founded in 1929, LAN originally meant "Línea Aérea Nacional" (National Airline).

In March 2005, LAN opened its subsidiary LAN Argentina in Argentina and operates national and international flights from Buenos Aires, and is the third-largest local operator behind Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral[clarification needed]. This subsidiary is also under the LAN brand.

As of August 1, 2006, LAN merged first and business classes of service into a single class, named Premium Business.

On October 28, 2010, LAN acquired 98% of the shares of AIRES, the second-largest air carrier in Colombia. On December 3, 2011, AIRES started operating as LAN Colombia under the unified LAN livery.

Since May 5, 2016, LAN has been operating as LATAM Airlines. The airline opened many routes during 2017, one of them being the longest flight in their history: Santiago to Melbourne, which started operating October 5 of that year.

LATAM Airlines Group edit

 
The flagship aircraft of LATAM Chile is the Boeing 787–9 Dreamliner, which flies mainly medium to long haul routes, as well as few domestic routes.

On August 13, 2010, LAN Airlines signed a non-binding agreement with Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aéreas to merge,[21] and form the LATAM Airlines Group.[22] The merger was completed on June 22, 2012.[6] The Administrative Council of Economic Defense of Brazil ("CADE") and the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia (Chilean Court at Law for Antitrust) ("TDLC") approved the merger subject to mitigation measures. The airlines have to surrender four daily São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport slot pairs to other airlines willing to fly the Santiago-São Paulo route, to give up membership in either Star Alliance (of which TAM Linhas Aéreas was a member) or Oneworld, and to interline deals with other airlines that operate selected routes, among other provisions.[23] It still continued to use their call sign "LAN CHILE" as well as their IATA and ICAO identities after the merger for their flights operated by LATAM.

During the first half of 2018, the airline struggled due to the Rolls-Royce engines on their Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet, having grounded at least six of them since February 2018. In April 2018, their domestic subsidiary LATAM Express experienced a major worker strike. This has caused several economic losses for the airline. Later that same year they started recovering from that and were expected to resume 787 deliveries by 2019, which resumed with CC-BGO in November of that year.

Corporate affairs edit

The airline has its headquarters on the 20th floor of the 5711 Avenida Presidente Riesco Building in Las Condes, Santiago Province.[24] Previously its headquarters were in Estado 10 in downtown Santiago de Chile.[25]

Subsidiaries edit

Cargo branches edit

Former subsidiaries edit

Destinations edit

LATAM operates in 30 international destinations in 16 countries along with 17 domestic in Chile.[citation needed] With the delivery of more Airbus A320s and Airbus A321s, it will start new destinations in South America; it has considered Panama, San Jose de Costa Rica, Curitiba, Asunción, Manaus, Rosario, Cuzco and others.[26] LATAM Chile was a popular choice for surfers traveling to South America because of their policy of not charging extra baggage fees. However, starting on December 19, 2016, they changed their policy and now charge US$200 per way for a surfboard bag of up to three boards.[27]

On October 5, 2017, LATAM inaugurated their direct route between Santiago and Melbourne, a 15-hour (westbound) and 11,300 kilometres (6,100 nmi) flight. It is currently the southernmost commercial point-to-point flight. The flight's great circle passes south of the Antarctic Circle, at a distance of approx 800 km off the Antarctic mainland. The flight numbers are LA805 (westbound) and LA804 (eastbound).[28]

In November 2017, the company announced the opening of a direct air route to the continent of Asia.[29] The route operated with a flight departing from Santiago, Chile with a stop in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and from there it proceeded a direct flight to Tel Aviv, Israel. The flights were operated three times a week starting from December 2018 until 2020, using the company's Boeing 787. This was the second air route operated by a South American company from South America to Asia.

Codeshare agreements edit

LATAM codeshares with the following airlines:[30]

Fleet edit

Current fleet edit

As of July 2023, LATAM operates the following aircraft:[33]

LATAM current fleet
 
A LATAM Chile Airbus A321-200
 
A LATAM Boeing 787-8
 
A LATAM Boeing 787-9
LATAM fleet
Aircraft In
service
Orders Passengers Notes
J W Y Total
Airbus A319-100 15 144 144 7 operated for LATAM Perú.
6 operated for LATAM Colombia.
Airbus A320-200 73 168 168 26 operated for LATAM Perú.
8 operated for LATAM Colombia.
4 operated for LATAM Express.
174 174
180 180
Airbus A320neo 6 174 174 2 operated for LATAM Perú.
Airbus A321-200 18 220 220 9 operated for LATAM Express.
224 224
Airbus A321neo 1 32 TBA To be delivered by 2023.[34][35]
Airbus A321XLR 5 TBA To be delivered from 2025 to 2026.[36]
Boeing 767-300ER 9 20 211 231 Some are to be converted into freighters.[37]
213 234
218 238
Boeing 787-8 10 30 217 247
Boeing 787-9 24 15 30 57 216 303
283 313
Total 150 62

Fleet development edit

LAN was the launch customer for the Pratt & Whitney PW6000 engine on the Airbus A318.[38] Its Airbus A319s and Airbus A320s are equipped with the IAE V2500s or CFM56s engines. LATAM overhauled its Boeing 767s, adding amenities like flat bed seats in Premium Business class, which offers 180 degrees of recline, and new touch screen personal TVs with on-demand content.[39]

In May 2008, LAN Chile retired its last 737 from service and was replaced by the Airbus A320s. In addition to its A320 family aircraft and Boeing 767, LATAM purchased the Boeing 787 for its long haul routes to Auckland, Sydney and selected European routes, replacing its Airbus A340-300s that left the fleet in April 2015. In 2011, LAN Chile ordered 10 A318s but sold them to Avianca Brasil, in order to purchase another 128 jets from the A320 family and one more A340-300. That year the airline placed orders for more Airbus A320 and brand new Airbus A321 aircraft. LATAM Chile is the American launch customer for the Sharklets for its A320 fleet.[40]

In 2012, LAN Chile became the launch customer in the Americas of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. On November 23, 2014, the airline received their first Airbus A321. This has been the domestic flagship of the airline ever since. On April 17, 2015, the airline officially retired the Airbus A340-300 from their fleet, the last one being CC-CQA. In December 2017 the airline received their first Airbus A320neo. However, months later these were grounded due to an issue with the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engines. LATAM faced many problems caused by both groundings of A320neo and Boeing 787 aircraft during 2018. Later that year, they started recovering from that.

In 2021, LATAM acquired four Boeing 787-9 aircraft that used to fly for Norwegian Air Shuttle, which entered service in late 2022.

Former fleet edit

LATAM has formerly operated the following aircraft;

LATAM former fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A318-100 15 2007 2013 Used on domestic routes
All aircraft sold to Avianca Brasil.
Used to be one of the few A318 operators with the PW6000 engines, instead of the more common CFM56.
Airbus A330-200 2 2019 2019 Wet-leased from Wamos Air
Airbus A340-300 5 2000 2015
Airbus A350-900 13 2015 2020 Retired During The Pandemic[41]
BAe 146–200 3 1990 1997
Boeing 707-320 11 1967 1994 Operated first scheduled international flight to Frankfurt.
(via Paris–Orly, Madrid and São Paulo)
Boeing 727-100 5 1968 1979
Boeing 737-200 33 1980 2008
Boeing 747-100 1 1989 1990 Leased from Aer Lingus
Boeing 747-400 1 2018 2018 Wet-leased from Wamos Air[42]
Boeing 757-200[43] 1 1996 1997 Leased from ILFC
Boeing 767-200ER 6 1986 1997
Boeing 777-200ER 2 2018 2019 Leased from Boeing Capital
Consolidated PBY Catalina 1 Un­known Un­known
Convair 340 4 1961 1965
Curtiss T-32 Condor II 3 1935 1942
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 6 1974 1974
de Havilland DH.60 Moth 2 1929 Un­known
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 12 1949 1955
Douglas C-47 Skytrain 18 1946 1979
Douglas DC-6B 10 1955 1973 Operated first long-haul flight to Miami
(via Lima and Panama City)
Fairchild FC-2 7 1932 1939
Ford 5-AT-DS Trimotor 3 1930 1938
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 9 1967 1978
Junkers W.34 1 Un­known Un­known
Junkers Ju 52 1 1938 1938
Junkers Ju 86 4 1938 1940
Lockheed Model 10A Electra 6 1941 1955
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar 2 1943 1944
Martin 2-0-2 4 1947 1958
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 5 1980 1986
Potez 56 11 1936 1943
Sud Aviation Caravelle 3 1964 1975 Operated first long-haul flight to New York City
(via Lima, Bogotá and Montego Bay)
Sikorsky S-43 2 1936 Un­known

LATAM Pass edit

LATAM Pass is the airline's frequent flyer program to reward customer loyalty. There are currently over four million members. Members earn miles every time they fly with LATAM Chile, an affiliated airline or by using the services of any LATAM Pass-associated business around the world.[44]

The LATAM Pass program has five membership categories:[45]

  • Gold
  • Gold Plus
  • Platinum
  • Black
  • Black Signature

On May 5, 2016, LANPASS was rebranded as LATAM Pass, once LAN Chile fully transitioned into LATAM Chile.

Lounges edit

 
LATAM lounge in Santiago promoting the LAN-TAM merger

LATAM Airlines operates lounges at the following airports:[46]

These lounges are accessible for passengers travelling in Premium Business, Business and Premium Economy, as well as selected members of the LATAM PASS program who are Black or Platinum members.

The newly renovated LATAM lounges were designed by Chilean architect Mathias Klotz and Olivia Putman.

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On April 3, 1961, LAN Chile Flight 621, a Douglas C-47A registered as CC-CLD, on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Temuco Airport (now Maquehue Airport, later La Araucania Airport) to Santiago, crashed into a hillside due to inclement weather near La Gotera Hill, Chile. On board were many members of the Chilean association football club C.D. Green Cross. All four crew members and all twenty passengers on board were killed.[47]
  • On February 6, 1965, a Douglas DC-6, operating LAN Chile Flight 107 from Santiago to Ezeiza, Argentina, flew into a mountain near the San José Volcano in the Las Melosas area of the Andes shortly after takeoff. All of the 87 passengers and crew on board died in what is as of 2012 the worst aircraft accident in Chile.[48]
  • On April 28, 1969 LAN Chile Flight 160 crashed short of runway at Colina, Chile. None of the 60 passengers and crew were injured in the accident.[49]
  • On December 5, 1969, a Douglas C-47A registration CC-CBY, crashed shortly after takeoff from El Tepual Airport, Puerto Montt. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight; all three people on board survived.[50]
  • On May 25, 1972, a Boeing 727-100 registration CC-CAG, made an emergency landing at Sir Donald Sangster International Airport after a pipe bomb exploded on board. The aircraft was operating a passenger flight from Tocumen International Airport to Miami International Airport; there were no fatalities or injuries.[51]
  • On August 3, 1978, a Boeing 707 registered as CC-CCX was approaching Ministro Pistarini International Airport in thick fog when it struck trees in a gentle descent, some 2500 metres short of the runway threshold and 300 metres out of line with the runway centreline. All 63 people on board the aircraft survived the accident.[52]
  • On August 4, 1987, a Boeing 737-200, while on the approach at El Loa Airport, landed short of the displaced threshold of runway 27. The nosegear collapsed and the aircraft broke in two. A fire broke out 30 minutes later and destroyed the aircraft. The threshold was displaced by 880m due to construction work. There was one fatality.[53]
  • On February 19, 1991, a chartered BAe 146–200 operating LAN Chile Flight 1069, overran the runway on landing at Puerto Williams in southern Chile and sank in the nearby waters. Of the 73 people aboard, 20 perished.[54][55][56]
  • On May 18, 2013, an Airbus A340 departing for Sydney from Auckland Airport lined-up on what was thought to be the centre line of the runway. Instead, it was actually the lights on the edge of the runway and the crew took off without noticing it. The damage wasn't discovered until a runway inspection was made.[57][58]
  • On 26 October 2022, LATAM Chile Flight 1325, an Airbus A320-214, was on approach to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport when the aircraft encountered a hail storm. The aircraft lost most of its nose radome, suffered damage to its windshield and lost both engines which led to the Ram Air Turbine being deployed. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Asunción with no injuries aboard.[59][60]
  • On 18 November 2022, LATAM Perú Flight 2213, an Airbus A320-271N operated by LATAM Chile, struck a fire truck during its rejected takeoff roll at runway 16 of Jorge Chávez International Airport. The right main landing gear of the aircraft collapsed and the right hand engine separated from the collision, which started a fire. Everyone aboard the aircraft survived with 24 people sustaining injuries, however both firefighters aboard the fire truck were killed.[61][62]
  • On 14 August 2023, LATAM Chile Flight 505, a Boeing 787–9 Dreamliner, was cruising 120 miles north of Panama City when the captain became incapacitated and collapsed in the restroom. The relief captain and first officer diverted the aircraft to Panama City's Tocumen International Airport. The captain was pronounced dead by medical crews on landing.[63]
  • On 11 March 2024, LATAM Airlines Flight 800, a Boeing 787–9 Dreamliner on its way to Auckland, New Zealand, from Sydney, Australia experienced what was described as a technical event during the flight which caused strong movement before landing at Auckland Airport. As a result 50 people on board were injured, of which 12 were hospitalized and one received possible serious injuries.[64][65][66]

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • LAN Airlines inflight magazine

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LATAM and LATAM Chile redirect here For holding company of which this is a subsidiary of see LATAM Airlines Group For the Chilean regional subsidiary itself see LATAM Airlines Chile For other uses see LATAM disambiguation LATAM Airlines formerly known as LAN Chile is a Chilean multinational airline based in Santiago and one of the founders of the LATAM Airlines Group the largest airline holding company in Latin America Its main hub is Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago with secondary hubs in Sao Paulo Lima Bogota Quito Guayaquil and Asuncion 3 LATAM AirlinesIATA ICAO CallsignLA LAN LAN CHILEFoundedMarch 5 1929 95 years ago 1929 03 05 as Linea Aeropostal Santiago Arica Commenced operations1932 92 years ago 1932 as Linea Aerea Nacional June 17 2004 19 years ago 2004 06 17 as LAN Airlines May 5 2016 7 years ago 2016 05 05 as LATAM Chile AOC LANF474J 1 HubsSantiagoSecondary hubsSao Paulo GuarulhosLimaBogotaQuitoGuayaquilAsuncionFocus citiesAntofagastaMiamiFrequent flyer programLATAM PassSubsidiariesLATAM Airlines ChileFleet size149Destinations152 2 Parent companyLATAM Airlines GroupHeadquartersLas Condes Santiago ChileKey peopleRoberto Alvo CEO FounderArturo Merino BenitezRevenueUS 5 7 billion 2011 Net incomeUS 320 2 million 2011 Websitewww wbr latamairlines wbr comLAN was the flag carrier of Chile until its privatization in the 1990s it is the predominant airline in Chile Ecuador and Peru and the second largest carrier in Colombia through its local subsidiaries LATAM is the largest airline in Latin America serving Latin America North America the Caribbean Oceania Asia and Europe The carrier was a member of the Oneworld airline alliance from 2000 until 2020 4 LATAM Airlines Group was formed after the takeover by LAN of Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aereas which was completed on June 22 2012 In August 2015 it was announced that both airlines would rebrand as LATAM with one livery to be applied on all aircraft by 2018 5 6 7 Currently LATAM Chile and LATAM Brasil continue to work as separate companies under LATAM Airlines Group acting as the parent company LATAM Airlines Group is currently the largest airline corporation in Latin America 8 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Post war and international service expansion 1 3 Privatization and internationalization 1 4 LATAM Airlines Group 2 Corporate affairs 2 1 Subsidiaries 2 2 Cargo branches 2 3 Former subsidiaries 3 Destinations 3 1 Codeshare agreements 4 Fleet 4 1 Current fleet 4 2 Fleet development 4 3 Former fleet 5 LATAM Pass 6 Lounges 7 Accidents and incidents 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory editEarly years edit nbsp DH 60G Gipsy Moths in service with LAN Chile 1933The airline was founded by Chilean Air Force Commodore Arturo Merino Benitez after whom Santiago International Airport is named and began operations on March 5 1929 as Linea Aeropostal Santiago Arica English Postal Air Line Santiago Arica under the government of President Carlos Ibanez del Campo In 1932 It was rebranded as Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile English National Air Line of Chile using the acronym LAN Chile as its commercial name LAN Chile s first fleet consisted of de Havilland Moth planes 9 Merino Benitez was a strong defender of Chilean carriers exclusivity on domestic routes differing from most Latin American countries which easily granted the authorization on domestic flights to US based Panagra influenced by the propaganda made by Charles Lindbergh s Atlantic crossing 10 Also because of this reason US built airplanes became more difficult to incorporate to LAN s fleet until the beginning of WWII In 1936 2 French Potez 560 airplanes were purchased while in 1938 4 German Junkers Ju 86Bs were incorporated into the fleet During that same year a cooperation agreement was established with Lloyd Aereo Boliviano and the Peruvian carrier Faucett Another agreement with Lufthansa was signed for flights to and from Europe and America s Atlantic coast 10 nbsp LAN Chile Douglas DC 3 added to the fleet in 1945In 1940 given the restrictions imposed during WWII on access to spare parts for the Junker s BMW engines LAN Chile had to replace them with Lockheed Model 10A Electras adding in 1941 further Lockheed Lodestar C 60 and Douglas DC 3 in 1945 Post war and international service expansion edit On August 23 1945 LAN Chile became a member of the newly formed IATA In October 1946 it started international service to Buenos Aires at Moron Airport and in 1947 to Punta Arenas Chile s most distant continental destination 11 In December 1954 LAN Chile made its first commercial flight to Lima Peru On December 22 1956 a LAN Chile Douglas DC 6B made the world s first commercial flight over Antarctica Since then all of LAN s DC 6 fleet had painted on their fuselage Primeros sobre la Antartica The first over Antarctica using this same aircraft type for its first commercial service to Miami International Airport in 1958 12 LAN Chile entered the jet era in 1963 purchasing three French Sud Aviation Caravelle VI R which initially flew to Miami Guayaquil Lima Panama City and within Chile to Punta Arenas Puerto Montt and Antofagasta 13 nbsp A LAN Chile Boeing 707 320 at Paris Orly Airport in 1981In 1966 LAN Chile purchased its first Boeing 707 from Lufthansa in exchange for flying rights in the Lima Santiago route With this aircraft model the company developed new long haul routes to the US Oceania and Europe LAN Chile started on April 15 1967 the route Santiago John F Kennedy International Airport and Santiago Easter Island on April 8 In October 1967 a LAN Chile Sud Aviation Caravelle made the first ILS landing in South America at Lima s Jorge Chavez International Airport 14 On January 16 1968 the Santiago Easter Island flight was extended to Papeete Faa a International Airport in Tahiti French Polynesia using a Douglas DC 6B The airline then introduced Boeing 707 jet service on the Santiago Easter Island Papeete Tahiti route in April 1970 15 On September 4 1974 this route was extended to Fiji In 1969 LAN Chile expanded its destinations to Rio de Janeiro Asuncion and Cali with new Boeing 727s 14 In 1970 with Boeing 707s LAN Chile opened its first transatlantic routes to Madrid Barajas Airport Frankfurt Airport and Paris Orly Since its inception and until 1970 the airline had its headquarters main hub and maintenance center at Los Cerrillos Airport in southwest Santiago 16 The restrictions imposed by the growing metropolitan area of Santiago and the need for modern jet era airport facilities that could safely accommodate both domestic and intercontinental flights drove the need to relocate the Chilean capital s principal airport from Los Cerrillos in the denser southwest metropolitan region of Santiago to the more rural northwest metropolitan area For this reason Santiago International Airport in Pudahuel was built between 1961 and 1967 fully moving LAN Chile s flights to this new airport in 1970 nbsp LAN Chile Boeing 727 100 at Pudahuel Airport Santiago in 1972On February 10 1974 a LAN Chile Boeing 707 flown by captain Jorge Jarpa Reyes made the world s first transpolar non stop flight between South America Punta Arenas Airport and Australia Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport 17 In 1980 the company replaced its Boeing 727s with the Boeing 737 200 on its domestic routes Also McDonnell Douglas DC 10 30s LAN Chile s first wide body jets were added for use on routes to Los Angeles Miami and New York That same year the maintenance facilities were relocated from Los Cerrillos to Arturo Merino Benitez Airport In 1985 LAN Chile implemented a program of flights around the world called Cruceros del Aire Air Cruises pioneers and unique in Latin America The initial version included two flights per year April 26 and September 26 on a Boeing 707 named Three Oceans because it crossed the Atlantic Indian and South Pacific oceans visiting 18 different places The aircraft was specially prepared for these flights It had 80 seats in first class thus providing passengers with ample room for their comfort Eighty tourists were selected for a 31 day tour that included visits to the main cities of Africa Asia and Oceania Such flights were made until 1989 marketed according to their route under various names such as Around the World Three Oceans Three Continents Mediterranean East West China etc 18 nbsp A former LAN Chile Boeing 767 200ER at Frankfurt Airport in 1994In June 1986 Boeing 767 200ERs replaced the DC 10 fleet with a new route to Montreal Mirabel International Airport In 1988 LAN Chile started construction of its maintenance center at Santiago Airport and added a Boeing 747 100 on lease from Aer Lingus to its fleet during the summer season for its US flights Privatization and internationalization edit nbsp LAN s logo 2004 2016 In September 1989 the Chilean government privatized the carrier selling a majority stake in the company to Icarosan and Scandinavian Airlines 49 which subsequently sold its stake a few years later to local investors Since 1994 major shareholders have been the Cueto Family and businessman Sebastian Pinera until 2010 who sold his shares when taking office as President of the Republic of Chile The approval from the Chilean Anti Trust Authority resulted in the acquisition of the country s second largest airline Ladeco on August 11 1995 In October 1998 LAN Chile merged its cargo subsidiary Fast Air Carrier with Ladeco forming LAN Express In 1998 LAN Airlines established a joint venture with Lufthansa called LLTT Lufthansa LAN Technical Training S A with the aim to satisfy the needs for aircraft maintenance training in Latin America LLTT is based at LAN s hangars in Arturo Merino Benitez Airport 19 LLTT is the only A320 Maintenance Simulator CMOS training provider in Latin America 20 In 2000 LAN Cargo opened up a major operations base at Miami International Airport and currently operates one of its largest cargo facilities there In 2002 LAN Chile started its internationalization process through LAN Peru and LAN Ecuador nbsp A former LAN Airlines Airbus A340 300 landing at Frankfurt Airport in 2010In March 2004 LAN Chile and its subsidiaries LAN Peru LAN Ecuador LAN Dominicana and LAN Express became unified under the unique LAN brand and livery eliminating each airline country name on the brands On June 17 2004 LAN Chile changed its formal name to LAN Airlines which was said to mean Latin American Network Airlines even though the airline says LAN is no longer an acronym as part of this re branding and internationalization process although when founded in 1929 LAN originally meant Linea Aerea Nacional National Airline In March 2005 LAN opened its subsidiary LAN Argentina in Argentina and operates national and international flights from Buenos Aires and is the third largest local operator behind Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral clarification needed This subsidiary is also under the LAN brand As of August 1 2006 LAN merged first and business classes of service into a single class named Premium Business On October 28 2010 LAN acquired 98 of the shares of AIRES the second largest air carrier in Colombia On December 3 2011 AIRES started operating as LAN Colombia under the unified LAN livery Since May 5 2016 LAN has been operating as LATAM Airlines The airline opened many routes during 2017 one of them being the longest flight in their history Santiago to Melbourne which started operating October 5 of that year LATAM Airlines Group edit nbsp The flagship aircraft of LATAM Chile is the Boeing 787 9 Dreamliner which flies mainly medium to long haul routes as well as few domestic routes On August 13 2010 LAN Airlines signed a non binding agreement with Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aereas to merge 21 and form the LATAM Airlines Group 22 The merger was completed on June 22 2012 6 The Administrative Council of Economic Defense of Brazil CADE and the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia Chilean Court at Law for Antitrust TDLC approved the merger subject to mitigation measures The airlines have to surrender four daily Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport slot pairs to other airlines willing to fly the Santiago Sao Paulo route to give up membership in either Star Alliance of which TAM Linhas Aereas was a member or Oneworld and to interline deals with other airlines that operate selected routes among other provisions 23 It still continued to use their call sign LAN CHILE as well as their IATA and ICAO identities after the merger for their flights operated by LATAM During the first half of 2018 the airline struggled due to the Rolls Royce engines on their Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet having grounded at least six of them since February 2018 In April 2018 their domestic subsidiary LATAM Express experienced a major worker strike This has caused several economic losses for the airline Later that same year they started recovering from that and were expected to resume 787 deliveries by 2019 which resumed with CC BGO in November of that year Corporate affairs editSee also LATAM Airlines Group Corporate affairs The airline has its headquarters on the 20th floor of the 5711 Avenida Presidente Riesco Building in Las Condes Santiago Province 24 Previously its headquarters were in Estado 10 in downtown Santiago de Chile 25 Subsidiaries edit LATAM Brasil LATAM Colombia LATAM Ecuador LATAM Chile LATAM Paraguay LATAM PeruCargo branches edit LATAM Cargo Brasil LATAM Cargo Chile LATAM Cargo ColombiaFormer subsidiaries edit Aeroasis Ladeco LAN Dominicana LATAM Argentina Fast Air Carrier Florida West International Airways Mas AirDestinations editLATAM operates in 30 international destinations in 16 countries along with 17 domestic in Chile citation needed With the delivery of more Airbus A320s and Airbus A321s it will start new destinations in South America it has considered Panama San Jose de Costa Rica Curitiba Asuncion Manaus Rosario Cuzco and others 26 LATAM Chile was a popular choice for surfers traveling to South America because of their policy of not charging extra baggage fees However starting on December 19 2016 they changed their policy and now charge US 200 per way for a surfboard bag of up to three boards 27 On October 5 2017 LATAM inaugurated their direct route between Santiago and Melbourne a 15 hour westbound and 11 300 kilometres 6 100 nmi flight It is currently the southernmost commercial point to point flight The flight s great circle passes south of the Antarctic Circle at a distance of approx 800 km off the Antarctic mainland The flight numbers are LA805 westbound and LA804 eastbound 28 In November 2017 the company announced the opening of a direct air route to the continent of Asia 29 The route operated with a flight departing from Santiago Chile with a stop in Sao Paulo Brazil and from there it proceeded a direct flight to Tel Aviv Israel The flights were operated three times a week starting from December 2018 until 2020 using the company s Boeing 787 This was the second air route operated by a South American company from South America to Asia Codeshare agreements edit LATAM codeshares with the following airlines 30 Aeromexico Air China Alaska Airlines British Airways Cathay Pacific Finnair 31 Iberia Japan Airlines Jetstar Korean Air Malaysia Airlines 32 Qantas Qatar Airways WestJetFleet editCurrent fleet edit As of July 2023 update LATAM operates the following aircraft 33 LATAM current fleet nbsp A LATAM Chile Airbus A321 200 nbsp A LATAM Boeing 767 300ER nbsp A LATAM Boeing 787 8 nbsp A LATAM Boeing 787 9 LATAM fleet Aircraft In service Orders Passengers NotesJ W Y TotalAirbus A319 100 15 144 144 7 operated for LATAM Peru 6 operated for LATAM Colombia Airbus A320 200 73 168 168 26 operated for LATAM Peru 8 operated for LATAM Colombia 4 operated for LATAM Express 174 174180 180Airbus A320neo 6 174 174 2 operated for LATAM Peru Airbus A321 200 18 220 220 9 operated for LATAM Express 224 224Airbus A321neo 1 32 TBA To be delivered by 2023 34 35 Airbus A321XLR 5 TBA To be delivered from 2025 to 2026 36 Boeing 767 300ER 9 20 211 231 Some are to be converted into freighters 37 213 234218 238Boeing 787 8 10 30 217 247Boeing 787 9 24 15 30 57 216 303 283 313Total 150 62Fleet development edit LAN was the launch customer for the Pratt amp Whitney PW6000 engine on the Airbus A318 38 Its Airbus A319s and Airbus A320s are equipped with the IAE V2500s or CFM56s engines LATAM overhauled its Boeing 767s adding amenities like flat bed seats in Premium Business class which offers 180 degrees of recline and new touch screen personal TVs with on demand content 39 In May 2008 LAN Chile retired its last 737 from service and was replaced by the Airbus A320s In addition to its A320 family aircraft and Boeing 767 LATAM purchased the Boeing 787 for its long haul routes to Auckland Sydney and selected European routes replacing its Airbus A340 300s that left the fleet in April 2015 In 2011 LAN Chile ordered 10 A318s but sold them to Avianca Brasil in order to purchase another 128 jets from the A320 family and one more A340 300 That year the airline placed orders for more Airbus A320 and brand new Airbus A321 aircraft LATAM Chile is the American launch customer for the Sharklets for its A320 fleet 40 In 2012 LAN Chile became the launch customer in the Americas of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner On November 23 2014 the airline received their first Airbus A321 This has been the domestic flagship of the airline ever since On April 17 2015 the airline officially retired the Airbus A340 300 from their fleet the last one being CC CQA In December 2017 the airline received their first Airbus A320neo However months later these were grounded due to an issue with the Pratt amp Whitney PW1000G engines LATAM faced many problems caused by both groundings of A320neo and Boeing 787 aircraft during 2018 Later that year they started recovering from that In 2021 LATAM acquired four Boeing 787 9 aircraft that used to fly for Norwegian Air Shuttle which entered service in late 2022 Former fleet edit LATAM has formerly operated the following aircraft LATAM former fleet Aircraft Total Introduced Retired NotesAirbus A318 100 15 2007 2013 Used on domestic routes All aircraft sold to Avianca Brasil Used to be one of the few A318 operators with the PW6000 engines instead of the more common CFM56 Airbus A330 200 2 2019 2019 Wet leased from Wamos AirAirbus A340 300 5 2000 2015Airbus A350 900 13 2015 2020 Retired During The Pandemic 41 BAe 146 200 3 1990 1997Boeing 707 320 11 1967 1994 Operated first scheduled international flight to Frankfurt via Paris Orly Madrid and Sao Paulo Boeing 727 100 5 1968 1979Boeing 737 200 33 1980 2008Boeing 747 100 1 1989 1990 Leased from Aer LingusBoeing 747 400 1 2018 2018 Wet leased from Wamos Air 42 Boeing 757 200 43 1 1996 1997 Leased from ILFCBoeing 767 200ER 6 1986 1997Boeing 777 200ER 2 2018 2019 Leased from Boeing CapitalConsolidated PBY Catalina 1 Un known Un knownConvair 340 4 1961 1965Curtiss T 32 Condor II 3 1935 1942de Havilland Canada DHC 6 Twin Otter 6 1974 1974de Havilland DH 60 Moth 2 1929 Un knownde Havilland DH 104 Dove 12 1949 1955Douglas C 47 Skytrain 18 1946 1979Douglas DC 6B 10 1955 1973 Operated first long haul flight to Miami via Lima and Panama City Fairchild FC 2 7 1932 1939Ford 5 AT DS Trimotor 3 1930 1938Hawker Siddeley HS 748 9 1967 1978Junkers W 34 1 Un known Un knownJunkers Ju 52 1 1938 1938Junkers Ju 86 4 1938 1940Lockheed Model 10A Electra 6 1941 1955Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar 2 1943 1944Martin 2 0 2 4 1947 1958McDonnell Douglas DC 10 30 5 1980 1986Potez 56 11 1936 1943Sud Aviation Caravelle 3 1964 1975 Operated first long haul flight to New York City via Lima Bogota and Montego Bay Sikorsky S 43 2 1936 Un knownLATAM Pass editLATAM Pass is the airline s frequent flyer program to reward customer loyalty There are currently over four million members Members earn miles every time they fly with LATAM Chile an affiliated airline or by using the services of any LATAM Pass associated business around the world 44 The LATAM Pass program has five membership categories 45 Gold Gold Plus Platinum Black Black SignatureOn May 5 2016 LANPASS was rebranded as LATAM Pass once LAN Chile fully transitioned into LATAM Chile Lounges edit nbsp LATAM lounge in Santiago promoting the LAN TAM mergerLATAM Airlines operates lounges at the following airports 46 Mistral Lounge at Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago de Chile Neruda Lounge at Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago de Chile Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires Argentina El Dorado International Airport in Bogota Colombia Miami International Airport Sao Paulo Guarulhos International AirportThese lounges are accessible for passengers travelling in Premium Business Business and Premium Economy as well as selected members of the LATAM PASS program who are Black or Platinum members The newly renovated LATAM lounges were designed by Chilean architect Mathias Klotz and Olivia Putman Accidents and incidents editOn April 3 1961 LAN Chile Flight 621 a Douglas C 47A registered as CC CLD on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Temuco Airport now Maquehue Airport later La Araucania Airport to Santiago crashed into a hillside due to inclement weather near La Gotera Hill Chile On board were many members of the Chilean association football club C D Green Cross All four crew members and all twenty passengers on board were killed 47 On February 6 1965 a Douglas DC 6 operating LAN Chile Flight 107 from Santiago to Ezeiza Argentina flew into a mountain near the San Jose Volcano in the Las Melosas area of the Andes shortly after takeoff All of the 87 passengers and crew on board died in what is as of 2012 the worst aircraft accident in Chile 48 On April 28 1969 LAN Chile Flight 160 crashed short of runway at Colina Chile None of the 60 passengers and crew were injured in the accident 49 On December 5 1969 a Douglas C 47A registration CC CBY crashed shortly after takeoff from El Tepual Airport Puerto Montt The aircraft was operating a cargo flight all three people on board survived 50 On May 25 1972 a Boeing 727 100 registration CC CAG made an emergency landing at Sir Donald Sangster International Airport after a pipe bomb exploded on board The aircraft was operating a passenger flight from Tocumen International Airport to Miami International Airport there were no fatalities or injuries 51 On August 3 1978 a Boeing 707 registered as CC CCX was approaching Ministro Pistarini International Airport in thick fog when it struck trees in a gentle descent some 2500 metres short of the runway threshold and 300 metres out of line with the runway centreline All 63 people on board the aircraft survived the accident 52 On August 4 1987 a Boeing 737 200 while on the approach at El Loa Airport landed short of the displaced threshold of runway 27 The nosegear collapsed and the aircraft broke in two A fire broke out 30 minutes later and destroyed the aircraft The threshold was displaced by 880m due to construction work There was one fatality 53 On February 19 1991 a chartered BAe 146 200 operating LAN Chile Flight 1069 overran the runway on landing at Puerto Williams in southern Chile and sank in the nearby waters Of the 73 people aboard 20 perished 54 55 56 On May 18 2013 an Airbus A340 departing for Sydney from Auckland Airport lined up on what was thought to be the centre line of the runway Instead it was actually the lights on the edge of the runway and the crew took off without noticing it The damage wasn t discovered until a runway inspection was made 57 58 On 26 October 2022 LATAM Chile Flight 1325 an Airbus A320 214 was on approach to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport when the aircraft encountered a hail storm The aircraft lost most of its nose radome suffered damage to its windshield and lost both engines which led to the Ram Air Turbine being deployed The aircraft made an emergency landing at Asuncion with no injuries aboard 59 60 On 18 November 2022 LATAM Peru Flight 2213 an Airbus A320 271N operated by LATAM Chile struck a fire truck during its rejected takeoff roll at runway 16 of Jorge Chavez International Airport The right main landing gear of the aircraft collapsed and the right hand engine separated from the collision which started a fire Everyone aboard the aircraft survived with 24 people sustaining injuries however both firefighters aboard the fire truck were killed 61 62 On 14 August 2023 LATAM Chile Flight 505 a Boeing 787 9 Dreamliner was cruising 120 miles north of Panama City when the captain became incapacitated and collapsed in the restroom The relief captain and first officer diverted the aircraft to Panama City s Tocumen International Airport The captain was pronounced dead by medical crews on landing 63 On 11 March 2024 LATAM Airlines Flight 800 a Boeing 787 9 Dreamliner on its way to Auckland New Zealand from Sydney Australia experienced what was described as a technical event during the flight which caused strong movement before landing at Auckland Airport As a result 50 people on board were injured of which 12 were hospitalized and one received possible serious injuries 64 65 66 See also editList of airlines of ChileReferences edit Federal Aviation Administration Airline Certificate Information Detail View Federal Aviation Administration Retrieved January 23 2017 LATAM Airlines on ch aviation ch aviation Retrieved November 9 2023 oneworld Details oneworld www oneworld com Retrieved February 14 2020 LAN and TAM to operate as LATAM with a new livery retrieved August 9 2015 a b Chile s LAN Airlines completes takeover of rival TAM Reuters June 22 2012 LATAM s entire fleet to have new livery by 2018 retrieved August 9 2015 cycles This text provides general information Statista assumes no liability for the information given being complete or correct Due to varying update Text Statistics Can Display More up to Date Data Than Referenced in the Topic LATAM Airlines Group Statista Retrieved January 8 2024 Asociacion de Pilotos en Retiro Pilotosretiradoslan cl Archived from the original on December 14 2011 Retrieved March 20 2013 a b Nuestra Historia Pilotosretiradoslan cl Archived from the original on September 10 2011 Retrieved March 20 2013 Al finalizar 1945 las operaciones regionales en Magallanes se desarrollaban con todo exito y al igual como sucedio en los comi Pilotosretiradoslan cl Archived from the original on September 10 2011 Retrieved March 20 2013 DE LOS DOUGLAS DC 6B A LOS CONVAIR 340 440 Pilotosretiradoslan cl Archived from the original on April 14 2014 Retrieved March 20 2013 DE LOS CARAVELLE VI R A LOS AVRO HS 748 Pilotosretiradoslan cl Archived from the original on September 11 2011 Retrieved March 20 2013 a b De los Avro HS 748 a los Boeing 707 Pilotosretiradoslan cl Archived from the original on March 5 2013 Retrieved March 20 2013 http www timetableimages com Jan 1 1970 UTA system timetable LAN Chile Santiago Easter Island Papeete Tahiti flight schedules World Airline Directory Flight International March 26 1970 487 Head Office Los Cerrillos Airport Santiago Chile La adquisicion de los Twin Otter iba a significar un nuevo enfoque a la regional sur de LAN por lo que se iniciaron los estud Pilotosretiradoslan cl Archived from the original on September 11 2011 Retrieved March 20 2013 Preludio de la privatizacion de Lan Chile Pilotosretiradoslan cl June 26 1979 Archived from the original on March 11 2009 Retrieved March 20 2013 Company Lltt cl Archived from the original on April 16 2015 Retrieved March 20 2013 Reasons For Choosing Us Lltt cl Archived from the original on April 16 2015 Retrieved March 20 2013 LAN says signs non binding deal with TAM to merge Reuters August 13 2010 LAN and TAM aim to complete merger by mid 2011 Retrieved August 16 2010 Exchange of slots at Sao Paulo airport LATAM Airlines Annual Report 2010 Archive LAN Airlines p 7 Retrieved on January 25 2013 Corporate Headquarters Avenida Presidente Riesco 5711 20th Floor Las Condes Santiago Chile World Airline Directory Flight International March 27 April 2 1991 99 Head Office Estado 10 Santiago Chile Garbuno Daniel Martinez June 15 2022 LATAM Takes Delivery Of Its 1st Airbus A320 Since Entering Chapter 11 Simple Flying Retrieved January 28 2023 Prolite International March 29 2013 Boardbag Charges Archived from the original on March 16 2015 Retrieved March 13 2015 LATAM to fly Melbourne Santiago Australian Business Traveller בשורה לתרמילאים קו תעופה חדש יטוס 3 פעמים בשבוע מנתב ג לצ ילה ולברזיל TheMarker Profile on LAN Airlines CAPA Centre for Aviation Archived from the original on October 29 2016 Retrieved October 29 2016 Liu Jim September 4 2019 Finnair LATAM begins codeshare service from Oct 2019 Routesonline Retrieved September 4 2019 Liu Jim December 16 2019 LATAM Malaysia Airlines begins codeshare partnership from mid Dec 2019 Routesonline Retrieved December 16 2019 LATAM Chile Fleet Details and History planespotters net Retrieved May 5 2022 LATAM incorporates 3 Airbus A321neo from Air Lease Corporation Aviacionline com June 3 2022 Retrieved June 3 2022 Chile s LATAM Airlines orders 17 A321neo XLRs Ch Aviation Retrieved July 21 2022 LATAM To Take 5 Airbus A321XLRs from Air Lease Corporation Simple Flying October 14 2022 LATAM Boosts Its Freighter Business With A 3rd LATAM Boeing 767BCF Simpleflying com May 25 2022 Retrieved May 25 2022 LAN Airlines takes delivery of its first A318 Press release Airbus June 5 2007 Archived from the original on April 3 2015 Retrieved July 6 2010 Latin America Travel Association Latin American Travel Association LAN Airlines Retrieved October 16 2012 FARNBOROUGH Germania firms A319 order Retrieved July 21 2010 Garbuno Daniel Martinez April 9 2021 LATAM retires A350s and simplifies long haul fleet Retrieved March 31 2024 LATAM aluga Boeing 747 para substituir temporariamente o 787 Dreamliner Aeroflap com br in Portuguese April 19 2018 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Nov 18th 2022 collision with fire truck on takeoff avherald com Retrieved November 18 2022 LATAM Airbus A320 collides with fire truck upon takeoff in Peru www aerotime aero November 18 2022 Retrieved November 18 2022 Peters Luke August 16 2023 LATAM Pilot Pronounced Dead After Boeing 787 Diversion Simple Flying Retrieved October 4 2023 Brancatisano Emma Aidone David March 11 2024 Sydney Auckland LATAM flight 50 people injured hospitalisations SBS News Special Broadcasting Service Clark Emily March 11 2024 Fifty people injured after technical problem on LATAM Airlines flight from Sydney to Auckland ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation Loren Anna Ingoe Maia March 11 2024 LATAM Airlines Sydney to Auckland flight 50 people treated after mid air incident RNZ News Radio New Zealand External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to LATAM Chile Official website LAN Airlines inflight magazinePortals nbsp Chile nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia 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