LATAM Cargo Chile (formerly ''LAN Cargo S.A.'') is a

cargo airline Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of air cargo, cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines. In 2018, airline ...

based in

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and the freight subsidiary of the LATAM Airlines Group. It is operating cargo flights within

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, to

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and

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from its hubs at

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and

Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Arturo Merino Benítez) , also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, located in Pudahuel, north-west of downtown Santiago, is Chile's la ...

. It is a sister company of LATAM Cargo Brasil and

LATAM Cargo Colombia LATAM Cargo Colombia (formerly known as ''Línea Aérea Carguera de Colombia S.A.'' or ''LANCO'' for short) is a Colombian cargo airline based in Bogotá with its main base at El Dorado International Airport. LANCO operated under its own brandin ...

History

The airline was formed on May 22, 1970, after the cargo and passenger business of LAN-Chile was separated. In 1998, it was based on the original cargo divisions of LAN-Chile,

Ladeco Transporte Aéreo S.A. d/b/a LATAM Express (previously known as LAN Express) is a subsidiary of LATAM Chile based in Santiago, Chile. It operates few domestic flights for its parent. Its main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. ...

, and Fast Air Carrier. It also worked closely with the other cargo airlines in the group like ABSA Cargo Airline,

Florida West International Airways Florida West International Airways, Inc. (often abbreviated as ''FWIA'') was an American cargo airline based at Miami, Florida. It operated scheduled and charter services worldwide, with its main markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Uni ...

and

Mas Air Mas (legally ''Aerotransportes Mas de Carga, S.A. de C.V.'') is a cargo airline based in Mexico City, Mexico, specialized in the shipment of air freight. It operates scheduled cargo services in Mexico and to the United States, Ecuador and Colomb ...

. LAN Cargo was rebranded to ''LATAM Cargo Chile'' as part of the merger of its parent

LAN Airlines LATAM Airlines Chile (formerly LAN Airlines and LAN-Chile) is an airline based in Santiago, Chile, one of the founders of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest airline holding company. The main hub is Arturo Merino Benítez Internationa ...

with TAM Linhas Aéreas to form LATAM Airlines Group during 2016. During the global

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, the airline flew numerous additional routes on an ad-hoc basis, especially in May 2020 and after.

Destinations

LATAM Cargo Chile operates the following as of June 2010.

Fleet

Current fleet

The LATAM Cargo Chile fleet includes the following aircraft as of September 2022:

Former fleet

As LAN Cargo, the airline previously operated the following aircraft:

References

External links

Official website
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Chilean companies established in 1970