LAN Airlines
LAN Airlines was a Chilean airline based in Santiago. It was the largest airline in Chile and it's Peruvian subsidiary was the largest airline in Peru. It was a member of the Oneworld alliance.[3] The name LAN is an acronym in Spanish for Línea Aérea Nacional, meaning National Airline.[4] The airline took-over Brazil's TAM Airlines in 2012, forming the LATAM Airlines Group. Their seperate corporate identites merged in 2016 to create LATAM Airlines.
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| Founded | 1929 [1] | |||
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| Ceased operations | 2016 | |||
| Hubs | Santiago International Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | LANPass | |||
| Fleet size | 119[2] | |||
| Destinations | 65+ | |||
| Parent company | LATAM Airlines Group S.A. | |||
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile | |||
| Website | http://www.lan.com/ | |||
LAN Airlines Media
DH 60G Gipsy Moths in service with LAN Chile, 1933
LAN-Chile Douglas DC-3, added to the fleet in 1945
A LAN-Chile Boeing 707-320 at Paris-Orly Airport in 1981
LAN Chile Boeing 727-100 at Pudahuel Airport Santiago in 1972
A former LAN-Chile Boeing 767-200ER at Frankfurt Airport in 1994
A former LAN Airlines Airbus A340-300 landing at Frankfurt Airport in 2010
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.
LATAM lounge in Santiago promoting the LAN-TAM merger
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References
- ↑ "1929 establishments in Chile". Snipview.[dead link]
- ↑ "LAN Airlines Fleet Details and History". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
- ↑ http://www.oneworld.com/member-airlines/lan[dead link]
- ↑ "LA - Linea Aerea Nacional (Lan-Chile, IATA airline code) - AcronymFinder". www.acronymfinder.com.