ABSA Aerolinhas Brasileiras S/A
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LATAM Cargo Brasil (formerly TAM Cargo) is a
cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline cargo traf ...
based in
Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...
,
Brazil
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. It operates scheduled services within
Latin America
Latin America or
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and between Brazil and the
United States
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as well as charter services. Its main base is
Viracopos International Airport
Viracopos – Campinas International Airport (sometimes referred to as São Paulo/Campinas or São Paulo/Viracopos) is an international airport serving the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. On 6 January 1987, the airport name w ...
.
It is a sister company of
LATAM Cargo Chile
LATAM Cargo Chile (formerly ''LAN Cargo S.A.'') is a cargo airline based in Santiago, Chile and the freight subsidiary of the LATAM Airlines Group. It is operating cargo flights within South America, to Europe and North America from its hubs at M ...
and
LATAM Cargo Colombia
LATAM Cargo Colombia (formerly known as ''Línea Aérea Carguera de Colombia S.A.'' or ''LANCO'' for short) is a Colombian cargo airline based in Bogotá with its main base at El Dorado International Airport. LANCO operated under its own brandi ...
.
History
The airline was established and started operations on June 2, 1995 as ''Brasil Transair - Transportes Charter Turismo''.
In November 2001,
LAN Airlines
LATAM Airlines Chile (formerly LAN Airlines and LAN-Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile, one of the founders of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline holding company. The main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez International ...
acquired a majority stake of the company, which was then renamed ABSA Cargo Airline and integrated into the LAN Chile Group. ABSA Cargo put its first
Boeing 767-300F
The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body aircraft developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on ...
into service in January 2002. It is owned by LAN Airlines (74%), Jochmann (13%) and TADEF (13%) and had 285 employees as of March 2007.
On August 1, 2012, ABSA began trading as ''TAM Cargo'' after the absorption of
TAM Linhas Aéreas
LATAM Airlines Brasil, formerly TAM Linhas Aéreas, is the Brazilian brand of LATAM Airlines Group and one of the largest airlines in the country. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), between January and December 201 ...
by its parent LAN to form the
LATAM Airlines Group
LATAM Airlines Group S.A. is an airline holding company headquartered in Santiago, Chile. It is considered the largest airline company in Latin America with subsidiaries in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. The company filed for Ch ...
. In May 2016, it has been rebranded to the current ''LATAM Cargo Brasil'' in line with
LATAM Cargo Chile
LATAM Cargo Chile (formerly ''LAN Cargo S.A.'') is a cargo airline based in Santiago, Chile and the freight subsidiary of the LATAM Airlines Group. It is operating cargo flights within South America, to Europe and North America from its hubs at M ...
, the former LAN Cargo.
Destinations
LATAM Cargo Brasil serves the following:
Fleet
Current fleet
The LATAM Cargo Brasil fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):
Former fleet
As ABSA Cargo, they previously operated the following aircraft:
See also
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List of airlines of Brazil
This is a list of active airlines in Brazil holding an Air Operator Certificate issued by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil as of August 20, 2022. The list does not include purely Specialized and Air Taxi companies.
National regular and ...
References
Citations
Bibliography
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External links
Official website
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Absa Aerolinhas Brasileiras
Airlines established in 1995
Cargo airlines of Brazil
LATAM Airlines Group
1995 establishments in Brazil
Companies based in Campinas
Brazilian brands