LATAM Cargo Chile (formerly ''LAN Cargo S.A.'') is a cargo airline based in

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and the freight subsidiary of 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 ...

. It is operating cargo flights within

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, to

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and

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from its hubs at

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and

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. It is a sister company of

LATAM Cargo Brasil ABSA Aerolinhas Brasileiras S/A d/b/a LATAM Cargo Brasil (formerly TAM Cargo) is a cargo airline based in Campinas, Brazil. It operates scheduled services within Latin America and between Brazil and the United States as well as charter services. ...

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 formed on May 22, 1970, after the cargo and passenger business of

LAN-Chile 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 ...

was separated. In 1998, it was based on the original cargo divisions of

Ladeco Transporte Aéreo S.A. d/b/a LATAM Express (previously known as LAN Express) is a subsidiary of LATAM Chile based in Santiago, Chile. It operates few domestic flights for its parent. Its main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. ...

, and

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. It also worked closely with the other cargo airlines in the group like ABSA Cargo Airline, Florida West International Airways and Mas Air. LAN Cargo was rebranded to ''LATAM Cargo Chile'' as part of the merger of its parent LAN Airlines with

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 ...

to form

during 2016. During the global

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, the airline flew numerous additional routes on an ad-hoc basis, especially in May 2020 and after.

Destinations

LATAM Cargo Chile operates the following as of June 2010.

Fleet

Current fleet

The LATAM Cargo Chile fleet includes the following aircraft as of September 2022:

Former fleet

As LAN Cargo, the airline previously operated the following aircraft:

References

External links

Official website
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Chilean companies established in 1970