LAN Ecuador

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LAN Ecuador (IATA: XL, ICAO: LNE, and Callsign: Lan Ecuador) is an airline based in Quito, Ecuador. It operates scheduled passenger services from Quito and Guayaquil.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 Future
5 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established in July 2002 and started operations on 28 April 2003. It is owned by Translloyd (55%) and LAN Airlines (45%).

[edit] Services

LAN Ecuador operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Lan Ecuador flies internationally from both Guayaquil and Quito, but does not offer domestic flying between these cities unless connecting from an international flight.

International scheduled destinations: Buenos Aires, Madrid, Miami, New York.

All flights are operated with Chile-registered aircraft by LAN.

[edit] Fleet

LAN Ecuador does not have aircraft registered in its own name, but it uses 767-300 aircraft from LAN which by the early 2007 will have full-flat 180-degree recline, which is available from only five companies in the world, offering greater comfort for sleeping in a completely full-flat horizontal position. Down comforters and soft pillows will create a true bed experience, and dividing panels between seats will offer maximum privacy during the flight. Also the inflight entertainment will also reach a superior level with larger 15.4-inch individual video monitors that offer better resolution and an updated audio-visual content with an audio and video on demand system that allows passengers to choose from eight films and 20 short programs with the ability to fast-forward, rewind or pause selected films.