LATAM Airlines Chile
![]() | |||||||
| |||||||
Founded | October 1998 (after Fast Air & Ladeco merger) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hubs | Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | LATAM Pass | ||||||
Alliance | Oneworld (2004-2020; affiliate)[1] | ||||||
Fleet size | 13 | ||||||
Destinations | 16 | ||||||
Parent company | LATAM Chile | ||||||
Headquarters | Santiago, Chile | ||||||
Website | www |
LATAM Express (Transporte Aéreo S.A.), previously known as LAN Express is a subsidiary of LATAM Chile. It operates some domestic and a few international routes for its parent. Its main base is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Santiago, Chile.[2]
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/LAN_Express_logo.png/220px-LAN_Express_logo.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/LAN_Express_Boeing_737_at_Santiago_Airport0.jpg/220px-LAN_Express_Boeing_737_at_Santiago_Airport0.jpg)
The airline was formerly known as Ladeco and established in September 1958. Ladeco was acquired by LAN Chile in August 1995 following the approval of the Chilean Anti-monopolies Board. In October 1998 LAN Chile merged Ladeco with Fast Air.[2] The brand was merged back into LAN Chile in 2005, as it was renamed to LAN Airlines.
The airline was renamed LATAM Express as a result of LAN Airlines being renamed LATAM Chile in May 2016. The airline faced a long lasting strike that cancelled most of the flights in April 2018.
Destinations
LATAM Express operated the following services (as of August 2017):[3]
Domestic scheduled destinations:
- Antofagasta
- Arica
- Balmaceda
- Calama
- Concepción
- Copiapó
- El Salvador
- Iquique
- La Serena
- Osorno
- Puerto Montt
- Puerto Natales
- Punta Arenas
- Santiago
- Temuco
- Valdivia.
Fleet
Current fleet
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/LAN_Express_Airbus_A320_Lebeda.jpg/220px-LAN_Express_Airbus_A320_Lebeda.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/LATAM_Express_Airbus_A321_at_Puerto_Montt_Airport_%28February_2017%29.jpg/220px-LATAM_Express_Airbus_A321_at_Puerto_Montt_Airport_%28February_2017%29.jpg)
All of the airline's fleet was leased from LATAM Chile. The LATAM Express fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2019:[4]
Aircraft | In Service | Passengers | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Airbus A320-200 | 4 | 174 | |
Airbus A321-200 | 9 | 220 | |
Total | 13 |
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:[5][6]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Airbus A319-100 | 2 | 1998 | 2005 | |
Boeing 737-200 | 7 | 2001 | 2005 |
References
- ^ "Details | oneworld". www.oneworld.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 104.
- ^ Flight International, 5–11 April 2005
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2018: 9.
- ^ "LAN Express Fleet". ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Fleet LAN". lan.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)