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IATA Code
CL
Airlines
International Airlines serving this country (excluding codeshares)
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Aviation in Chile operates under the open skies multilateral agreements of the Andean Pact and the Mercosur Fortaleza accord.  The main airport is in the capital Santiago – Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, better known as Santiago International Airport – which is the hub for national carrier LAN Airlines. The second key airport is Carriel Sur International Airport, which mainly serves domestic traffic for LAN, LAN Express and Sky Airlines.

The Chilean Air Traffic Controllers' Association (Colegio de Controladores de Tránsito Aéreo de Chile AG) controls air navigation service for Chile and the Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics is the regulatory body.

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LAN outlook brightens as strong 3Q2011 earnings are recorded and as merger with TAM nears

28-Oct-11 3:20 PM

Latin American airline group LAN has reported a significant improvement in its third quarter earnings following a surprisingly weak second quarter. Latin America’s buoyant economy drove the strong showing and has LAN confident it can remain highly profitable in 4Q2011 and 2012 despite the challenging global market conditions. LAN’s planned merger with Brazil’s TAM, which will now almost certainly be completed in Mar-2012, further improves the group’s medium to long-term outlook as LAN gains access to Brazil, the region’s largest economy by a wide margin and one of the world’s largest emerging markets.

Emirates and Lufthansa growing strongly this summer: World's biggest airlines rankings for August

11-Aug-11 4:17 PM

Lufthansa and Emirates are the fastest growing carriers of the global top ten, increasing their capacity (ASKs) by 12.4% and 8.1% year-on-year, respectively. Delta remains the world's leading carrier by this measure, followed by American Airlines and United Airlines. Combined, United-Continental is roughly 3.3% bigger than Delta by systemwide ASKs.

IATA notes speed bump in a gradual post recession traffic improvement

29-Jul-11 4:48 PM

Air traffic growth softened in Jun-2011, under pressure from rising jet fuel prices and higher tax rates in some countries. However, the trend for passenger travel remains upwards, but at a slower pace than the post recession rebound, which was at an annual rate close to 10%, IATA noted.

LAN blames fuel prices, ash cloud and Aires for unusually small profit

27-Jul-11 5:01 PM

LAN turned a net profit of only USD16 million in 2Q2011, a 74% decrease compared with the USD61 million profit from 2Q2010 and the airline group’s lowest profit for any quarter since 2Q2009. LAN, which over the past several years has had one of highest airline profit margins in the world, also recorded its lowest operating profit margin in five years. The Chile-based airline group said its 2Q2011 results were impacted by higher fuel prices, operational disruptions caused by volcanic ash and losses at new Colombian subsidiary Aires.

LAN Airlines CEO, Enrique Cueto LAN-TAM concessions to increase competition on Santiago-Sao Paulo route

13-Jun-11 5:04 PM

LAN and TAM are confident they will be able to complete their merger in 1Q2012 at the latest, believing the concessions they are offering to mitigate competitive concerns on routes between Brazil and Chile are more than sufficient. LAN and TAM are offering slots at congested Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport for any carrier interested in launching service on the Sao Paulo-Santiago route along with capacity and price guarantees.

LAN’s 2011 outlook bright despite losses at Aires and delay in TAM merger to 2012

29-Apr-11 9:38 AM

LAN remains optimistic it can continue posting double-digit profit margins throughout 2011 despite rising fuel costs, losses at its new Colombian operation and delays in proceeding with its proposed merger with TAM. The merger transaction, which would bring together Latin America’s two largest airline groups, is now not likely to be completed until early 2012.

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