LAN Cargo

LAN Cargo
IATA
UC
ICAO
LCO
Callsign
LAN CARGO
Founded 1929
Hubs Miami International Airport
Santiago International Airport
Focus cities Viracopos
Mexico City
Fleet size 4 (2 orders)
Destinations 24
Company slogan "We are where you need us"
Parent company LAN Airlines S.A.
Headquarters Miami International Airport
Key people Cristián Ureta (CEO)
Alvaro Carril (Senior VP Sales)
Claudio Silva (VP Sales North America)
Cpt. Marco Guzman (Flight Operations Director)
Cpt. Alberto Rodrigo (Flight Operations Director USA)
Website http://www.lancargo.com

LAN Cargo S.A. is a cargo airline based in Santiago, Chile. It is the cargo subsidiary of LAN Airlines operating cargo flights in South America and North America. Its main base is Miami International Airport.[1]

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History

The airline is based on the original cargo divisions of LAN Chile, Ladeco and Fast Air. It also works closely with the other cargo airlines in the group, ABSA - Aerolinhas Brasileiras, Florida West International Airways and MasAir.[1]

Although LAN Chile S.A. has a minority share in Florida West International Airways, LAN Cargo does not cooperate in any way with Florida West. As, Florida West is an independently operated company that deal with LAN Cargo as it would with any other airline (via interline agreements) with no preference given to LAN Cargo.

Destinations

LAN Cargo operates the following as of June 2010 [2].

Europe

Germany
Netherlands

North and Central America

Costa Rica
United States

South America

Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela

Fleet

The LAN Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2011) [3]:

LAN Cargo Fleet
Aircraft↓ Total↓ Orders↓ Notes↓
Boeing 767-300F 9 1 CC-CZZ
Orders from Japan Airlines
Boeing 777F 2 2 N772LA & N774LA

The first two Boeing 777F are leased by GECAS (777-F6N), another two are to be delivered in 2011 (777-F16). In July, Order of second 777F are cancelled and modified for two 767-300ER, one for Passenger and another for Cargo. In December 2010 LANCargo converted an option for a Boeing 777 freighter into a firm order. LAN Cargo also operates Boeing 747-200F wet-leased from Southern Air.

References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 104. 2007-04-03. 
  2. ^ LAN Cargo time table
  3. ^ LAN Cargo fleet

External links

Chile portal
Companies portal
Aviation portal