LAN 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 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.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "1929 establishments in Chile". Snipview.[permanent 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[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "LA - Linea Aerea Nacional (Lan-Chile, IATA airline code) - AcronymFinder". www.acronymfinder.com.