LATAM Airlines

"LATAM" and "LATAM Chile" redirect here. For holding company of which this is a subsidiary of, see LATAM Airlines Group. For the region, see Latin America. For other uses, see LATAM (disambiguation).

LATAM Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
LA LAN/LXP 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; 20 years ago (2004-06-17) (as LAN Airlines)
  • May 5, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05-05) (as LATAM Chile)
AOC #LANF474J[1]
HubsSantiago
Secondary hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programLATAM Pass
Fleet size162
Destinations152[2]
Parent companyLATAM Airlines Group
HeadquartersLas Condes, Santiago, Chile
Key peopleRoberto Alvo (CEO)
FounderArturo Merino Benítez
RevenueIncrease US$5.7 billion (2011)
Net incomeDecrease US$320.2 million (2011)
Websitewww.latamairlines.com

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

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]

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  2. ^ "LATAM Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "| oneworld".
  4. ^ "Details | oneworld". www.oneworld.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "LAN and TAM to operate as LATAM with a new livery" retrieved August 9, 2015
  6. ^ "Chile's LAN Airlines completes takeover of rival TAM". Reuters. June 22, 2012.
  7. ^ "LATAM's entire fleet to have new livery by 2018" retrieved August 9, 2015
  8. ^ 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.