Category:LAN Airlines

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LA/LAN/LAN CHILE.

LAN Airlines S.A. is a group of South American Airlines based in Santiago, Chile, and part of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline holding company. LATAM was formed by the takeover by LAN of Brazilian TAM Airlines which was completed on June 22, 2012, although both companies operate with different certificates and liveries. Its headquarters is located in Las Condes, Santiago Province.
LAN Airlines is the flag carrier of Chile, the predominant airline in Chile and Perú, and the second largest carrier in Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador, through its local subsidiaries. LAN is one of the largest airlines in Latin America, serving Latin America, North America, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe. The carrier has been a member of the Oneworld airline alliance since 2000. It is the 49th oldest air carrier in the world from its foundation date, and the 10th oldest airline in operation today. Its main hub is located at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago.
The airline began operations in 1929 as Línea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica. In 1932, it was rebranded as Línea Aérea Nacional de Chile using the acronym LAN-Chile as commercial name.
Privatization and internationalization of the company in the late 1980's saw crations of several subsidiaries: LAN Express (merge of Fast Air cargo subsidiary and Ladeco), LAN Perú, LAN Ecuador, LAN Dominicana , LAN Argentina, LAN Colombia (by acquisition of AIRES).In 2004, LAN Chile changed its formal name to LAN Airlines (Latin American Network Airlines).


This page contains all films, TV series, and video games that feature aircraft of LAN Airlines.

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