It's Sunday again, and so it must be time for some airplane art. This week, sitting in the sun at New York JFK International Airport is a LAN Boeing 767-300ER (part of LATAM) waiting its next journey Three divisions of LATAM operate flights to New York JFK with LATAM Brazil serving São Paul, LATAM Chile serving Lima and Santiago de Chile and LATAM Ecuador serving … [Read more...]
LAN Colombia will Join Oneworld from 1st October.
LAN is made up of lots of bits of LAN (LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru) have all joined oneworld, and now LAN Columbia will join the airline alliance. LAN merged with TAM, and these have yet to be integrated. LAN Columbia serves 23 airports with a mixture of Boeing 737s Boeing 767s, Airbus A320s and Bombardier Dash8-200s, with 3.7 million passengers in 2012. … [Read more...]
787 Update: Groundings continue, ANA extended its grounding further, LOT pushes it further
UPDATED The 787 groundings continue, with ANA extending its grounding of the aircraft further. Currently, the following airlines have grounded their fleets until at least the minimum dates: All Nippon Airlines - 31st May 2013 Air India - 31st March 2013 Ethiopian Airlines - 31st March 2013 Japan Airlines - 31st March 2013 LAN Chile - 31st March 2013 LOT - … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – LAN A320
It's Saturday again, so it's time to place your seat in the upright position, stow your luggage in the overhead lockers, ensure your seatbelt is fastened and the blinds are open as we go to this week's safety video. This week, it's LAN with their safety video: Another safety video next week! … [Read more...]
Boeing delivers LAN’s first 787
On Friday, LAN Chille had its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner handed over and delivered by Boeing, making it the 4th operator of the 787 family. LAN 787-8 - Image - The Boeing Company Whilst LAN have order 32 of the 787 type (spit into 22 787-8's and 10 787-9's), the airline will be receiving three of the batch this year, with the balance of the two aircraft to be … [Read more...]
LAN gets in the queue to receive its first 787
Well it seems someone else is going to get a 787 before Air India and United Airlines. LAN Airlines (Part of the LATAM Group) will be the 4th carrier to receive a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with a delivery date of 30th August. This will also make LAN the South American launch carrier of the 787. The aircraft (Registration CC-BBA) was completed in July and will be … [Read more...]
LATAM passes regulatory hurdles, LAN and TAM Merge
In mergers, LAN Airlines and TAM have finally complete the merger of the two airlines into the LATAM group. The group is estimated to control 40% of the Latin America Passenger market (and probably a fair lump of cargo at the same time), employing more than 51,000 workers open up routes to 150 destinations in 22 countries. Meanwhile the cargo operation will connect 169 … [Read more...]
LATAM merger finally approved
Well here's something that's been on the boil for some time - since 2010 - the merger of Chill's LAN Airlines and Brazil TAM Airlines into the LATAM Entity Brazil's anti-trust authorities have approved the merger, clearing the last major hurdle to the combined airline The combined group - LATAM is valued at a high $14.5bn, and last year carried 45 million passengers and … [Read more...]
Welcome!
Welcome to GhettoIFE.com! I'm your host - Kevin - and I'll be here to guide you through the maze of modern travel, and hopefully add some insightful comment and humour. With GhettoIFE getting on for 2 years old, I've had a bit of a design refresh, and tidied up, so for older viewers who make it here - yes, it's the same content will all the usual sarcasm as always. As … [Read more...]
