LATAM Airlines Colombia
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Founded | 20 February 1981[1] (as AIRES) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1981 (as AIRES) December 3, 2011 (as LAN Colombia) | ||||||
Hubs | El Dorado International Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | LATAM Pass | ||||||
Alliance | Oneworld (affiliate)[2] | ||||||
Fleet size | 23 | ||||||
Destinations | 31 | ||||||
Parent company | LATAM Airlines Group | ||||||
Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||
Key people | Fernando García Poitevin (CEO) | ||||||
Website | www |
LATAM Airlines Colombia, formerly known as LAN Colombia, and previously as Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym: AIRES, lit. airs), is a Colombian airline. It is the second-largest air carrier in Colombia.
The airline operates scheduled regional domestic and international services, as well as a domestic cargo service. Its main base is El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá.[3]
On 28 October 2010, it was announced that 98% of the shares in the previous airline AIRES had been acquired by Chilean carrier LATAM Airlines. On 3 December 2011, it started operations as LAN Colombia. It became an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance on 1 October 2013.[2]
Destinations
Fleet
Current Fleet
LATAM Colombia's fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[4]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Airbus A319-100 | 10 | — | 144 | |
Airbus A320-200 | 13 | — | 174 | |
Total | 23 | 0 |
Former Fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
- 4 further Airbus A320-200[5]
Incidents and accidents
- On 28 January 2008, AIRES Flight 053 overran the runway at Bogota's El Dorado airport, en route from Maracaibo, Venezuela after the left hand main gear collapsed. The aircraft was a Dash 8-202, registration HK-3997. Probable cause for the crash was that the aircraft was carrying out a landing with an unresolved fault in the left engine, which prevented the aircraft from being able to stop within the length of runway available, causing a runway excursion. A contributing factor was the failure to correct the maintenance reports in a satisfactory manner and failure to properly follow-up on repetitive entries.[6]
- On 23 August 2008, AIRES Flight 051 sustained substantial damage following the collapse of the right hand main landing gear on landing at Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ), Colombia. None of the 31 occupants were injured. The Bombardier Dash 8-301, registered HK-3952, operated on an international flight from Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR). The approach and landing were normal, touching down about 770 metres past the threshold of runway 23. The crew noticed a vibration of the right hand main gear. The undercarriage leg collapsed. There was no fire.[7]
- On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashed on landing at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, in San Andrés, Colombia, after reportedly being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. The death of one person was reported as a result of a heart attack on the way to the hospital and another 114 were injured.[8] One of the injured occupants later died.[9] The cause was later determined to be pilot error.
References
- ^ "Aires History" (in Spanish). Aires.aero. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012.
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- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. March 27, 2007. pp. 69–70.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 12.
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- ^ "Colombia plane crashes after lightning strike". BBC News. August 16, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "Comunicado de Prensa 06 Archived September 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." AIRES. Retrieved on September 15, 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Template:Es icon Conexión (inflight magazine)
- Template:Es icon LAN Airlines buys Aires