LAN Ecuador

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Aerolane Líneas Aéreas Nacionales del Ecuador S.A. (LAN Ecuador)

IATA XL	ICAO LNE	Callsign Aerolane
Founded		2002
Hubs		Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Focus cities		Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport
Frequent flyer program		LANPASS
Alliance		oneworld
Fleet size		Not Available
Destinations		6
Parent company		LAN Airlines S.A.
Headquarters		Quito, Ecuador
Key people		Xavier Rivera (Chairman) Jorge Dahik (CEO)
Website: http://www.lan.com

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 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 of the chilean airline 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.