Tag: TAM Airlines

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 09:02 UTC

  LAN will seek another partner to expand globally if merger with Brazil’s TAM falls

  

  Chile's LAN Airlines will seek another partner or explore other options to expand internationally if a local antitrust tribunal rules against a planned merger with Brazil's TAM, according to an interview published by leading daily El Mercurio.

• Friday, May 20th 2011 - 10:24 UTC

  Uruguayan airline Pluna planning to open new domestic routes in Chile

  

  For years LAN Chile has dominated the Chilean airways, but recent reports suggest Uruguayan based airline Pluna is hoping to open up new domestic flights within Chile, increasing the competition already offered by Sky airlines and PAL airlines.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Number of Chileans travelling abroad by air in summer doubled in ten years

  

  The number of Chileans choosing to travel abroad by air in the summer months has increased by 17% from last year, and is double the number who travelled in 2001.

• Saturday, March 5th 2011 - 05:47 UTC

  Brazilian regulators approve LAN/TAM merger to become Latam’s largest airline

  

  Brazil's civil aviation authority passed on Thursday the planned combination between Brazilian airline TAM and Chilean rival LAN with no restrictions, giving a boost to their project to create Latin America's largest airline and the third largest in the world.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 01:09 UTC

  LAN raises international air fares between 8% and 12%

  

  Chile’s main airline LAN announced Friday it would raise its international air fares by between 8 and 12” because of higher global oil prices.

• Thursday, February 17th 2011 - 03:11 UTC

  TAM Airlines maintained its market leadership in Brazil

  

  The Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) has published its operational data for the month of January 2011.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 16:37 UTC

  LAN Chile To Merge With TAM Soon

  

  The Chilean airline Lan announced that it has agreed with the Brazilian airline TAM the terms for the merge of the two airlines, which will take place in the next six to nine months

• Monday, December 27th 2010 - 08:57 UTC

  LAN and TAM ready to become Latam’s largest airline

  

  Chile's flag carrier LAN expects its planned merger with Brazil's TAM to clear regulatory hurdles and take flight in mid-2011, a top executive of the Chilean airline said in a radio interview on Friday.

• 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.