LAN (airline)
Lan (formerly LanChile) is an airline based at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, with flights to Latin America, North America, Polynesia, and Europe. It is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The "Lan" in used to be an acronym for Línea Aérea Nacional, or "national airline", but is now an acronym for "Latin American Network."
The airline was founded by Chilean Army Air Services Commander Arturo Merino Benitez (who had the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport named after years later), and began operations on March 5, 1929 as Línea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica. In 1989, the Chilean government privatized the carrier, selling a majority stake in the company to Icarosan and Scandinavian Airlines System.
Today Lan is a holding and owns other airlines. In total, the holding is composed by
- Lan, Chilean based airline.
- LanExpress, Chilean domestic airline.
- LanCargo, cargo airline.
- LanCourier, courier services (in Chile).
- LAN Peru, subsudiary airline who serves in Peru
In 2005, Lan was involved in a scandal for showing a video that depicted outdated scenes of Lima, Peru on its LAN Peru flights. The video showed the city's poor and abandoned side of the early 1990s. This offended Peruvians and even caused diplomatic tensions between Peru and Chile. There were many demonstrations all over Peru and a Lan office in Iquitos was destroyed by protestors.
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Fleet
- Airbus A320
- Airbus A340
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 767-300
Destinations
Central America and the Caribbean
- Cancún International Airport, Mexico
- Havana Jose Marti International Airport, Cuba
- Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico
- Punta Cana International Airport, Dominican Republic
Europe
LAN codeshares with American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia to other European destinations.
North America
- Los Angeles International Airport, USA
- Miami International Airport, USA
- New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, USA
Oceania
- Auckland International Airport, New Zealand
- Easter Island Mataveri International Airport, Chile
- Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport, Australia
South America
- Antofagasta Cerro Moreno Airport, Chile
- Bogota El Dorado International Airport, Colombia
- Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport, Argentina
- Calama El Loa Airport, Chile
- Caracas Maiquetia International Airport, Venezuela
- Chiclayo Cornel Ruiz Airport, Peru
- Chillan Airport, Chile
- Concepcion Airport, Chile
- Copiapo Chamonate Airport, Chile
- Cordoba Airport, Argentina
- Cuzco Velazco Astete Airport, Peru
- El Salvador Airport, Chile
- Guayaquil Simon Bolivar International Airport, Ecuador
- Iquique Airport, Chile
- La Serena La Florida Airport, Chile
- Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport, Peru
- Mendoza El Plumerillo Airport, Argentina
- Montevideo Carrasco International Airport, Uruguay
- Puerto Montt El Tepual Airport, Chile
- Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport, Ecuador
- Rio de Janeiro Galeão Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, Brazil
- Rosario Fisherton Airport, Argentina
- Salvador Dois De Julho Airport, Brazil
- Santiago Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Chile
- São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil
- Tacna Airport, Peru
- Tarapoto Airport, Peru
- Temuco Airport, Chile
- Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas Airport , Argentina
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