Tag: Dreamliner

• Monday, September 3rd 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  LAN first company in the Americas to take delivery of Boeing 787 Dreamliner

  

  Chilean flag carrier LAN became the fourth airline in the world – and the first airline in the Americas –to take delivery of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The handover ceremony took place at Boeing 787 production line at Everett, state of Washington.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:37 UTC

  First carbon-composite airliner flies makes its first commercial link

  

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the world’s first carbon-composite airliner, flew to Hong Kong from Tokyo carrying its first paying passengers this week.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 02:49 UTC

  LAN Plans to Invest 2.83 Billion USD in 2010/2013 to Expand its Fleet

  

  LAN (NYSE: LFL), Chile's dominant airline and flag carrier, announced Thursday it would invest 2.83 billion US dollars between 2010 and 2013 to expand its fleet. CEO Jorge Awad told a shareholder meeting the company would invest 500 million USD in 2010 and 1 billion USD in 2011 to purchase both short and long-haul aircraft.