Tag: LAN

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:01 UTC

  LAN Airlines completes acquisition of second largest operator in Colombia

  

  Chile’s flag carrier, LAN Airlines announced Wednesday an agreement to acquire 98.942% of the outstanding shares of Colombian airline AIRES, through the purchase of its parent entities.

• Monday, August 16th 2010 - 04:35 UTC

  Ms Rousseff strongly supports national capital in Brazilian airlines

  

  Brazilian incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff strongly supported Brazilian majority participation in airlines although admitted not having been in touch with last week’s announcement of a merge between Lan Chile and Tam Brazil to become the largest Latinamerican air carrier.

• Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 02:47 UTC

  Merger of Chile’s Lan and Brazil’s Tam to become the region’s largest carrier

  

  Two major South American airlines announced on Friday plans to merge and create the biggest carrier in the region. Brazil's largest airline TAM Linhas Aereas will be teaming up with Chile's LAN.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2010 - 06:49 UTC

  LAN Chile’s passenger and cargo businesses grow 24.5% and 60.3%

  

  LAN Airlines, Chile’s flag carrier second-quarter net profit jumped to 60.6 million US dollars in line with market expectations, from 4.2 million USD a year earlier, the flagship carrier reported Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:43 UTC

  Lan Chile renews fleet and purchases 50 Airbus A320 family

  

  Chile’s flag air carrier Lan Airlines S.A. and its subsidiaries, one of the leading airlines in Latin America, announced Tuesday an agreement for the purchase of 50 modern Airbus A320 family aircraft to be delivered between 2012 and 2016.

• Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 15:14 UTC

  Falklands prepares for the coming 2010/11 cruise season

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board has had the first indication from cruise companies on potential numbers of cruise ships to visit Stanley in 2010/11.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Falklands MPA will undergo six months of resurfacing; air bridge confirmed

  

  Two Boeing 767-300s have been confirmed as the aircraft to be used for the South Atlantic Airbridge linking Brize Norton in the UK with the Falkland Islands while the Mount Pleasant runway is being resurfaced later this year.

• Friday, May 14th 2010 - 02:47 UTC

  Punta Arenas Students on Three Week Learning Visit to the Falklands

  

  Eight Chilean students and a lady teacher from Punta Areas public school system will be travelling on Saturday to the Falkland Islands for a three week English practice course.

• Friday, May 7th 2010 - 00:44 UTC

  LAN Readies Expansion into Colombian and Brazilian Markets

  

  Chile's flagship carrier LAN Airlines S.A. (NYSE:LFL) is looking to enter the Colombian domestic passenger market by helping Colombia’s Aeroasis S.A. obtain the necessary permits to operate in the country, Chief Executive Enrique Cueto said on Thursday.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 18:19 UTC

  Falklands’ Land-Based Tourism Down 10% in 2009/2010 with 16% Britons Less

  

  Falkland Islands land-based receptive tourist operators estimate that this season there was a 10% contraction in in-bound numbers compared with 2008/09. However bookings for 2010/2011 are back at good season levels, according to a report in the latest edition of the Islands weekly Penguin News.