About LAN

LAN is the Latin American airline alliance that includes oneworld member LAN Airlines and its affiliates. On 1 April 2007, LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador joined the other airlines in the LAN alliance as members of oneworld: LAN Express, which operates domestic services with Chile, and LAN Peru. 

LAN Airlines (formerly LanChile), which joined the alliance in June 2000, is widely regarded as Latin America's leading airline.  It is one of the region's largest carriers, with a growing reputation for excellent customer service.

The group relaunched itself as the LAN alliance in March 2004, reflecting the carriers' strategy of establishing themselves collectively as the best airline serving Latin America and one of the best in the world, with world class products backed by operations to the highest international standards of safety, security and efficiency and delivered with "the warmth and friendliness of Latin America's people" on all routes they independently serve.

All participating LAN alliance carriers offer a common level of service on the ground and in the air, "ensuring that their passengers enjoy a travel experience that is unique, with every detail specially developed to provide excellence and with the same level of safety, attention and efficiency no matter with which of the participating airlines they fly".

In November 2007 the LAN alliance carriers launched LAN Business Express Class for flights between Lima and Quito, Bogotá, Caracas and Santiago. LAN is the first airline in the region to provide this new service, modelled on the concept that when travelling short distances, the thing that business travellers value most highly is their time. The carriers plan to extend the service to the rest of the short-haul flights operated in South America during 2008.

Network

LAN serves around 60 destinations in some 20 countries, mostly in Latin America, but with some routes to Australasia, Europe and the USA, with hubs at Santiago de Chile, Lima, Buenos Aires, Quito and Guayaquil.

Travel Classes

Its flights offer at least two classes, with three on longhaul.

• First Class: Maximum space and privacy, the finest cuisine, personalised attention and unlimited entertainment.
• Business Class: A new Business Class to make you feel at home. Infinite space, the best wines, the finest cuisine, personalised attention and unlimited entertainment.
• Premium Business Class: It is currently investing US$100 million in a new Premium Business cabin for the Boeing 767s operating on its routes between North and South America, incorporating seats that convert into fully-flat, horizontal beds. Blends the finest of the First and Business Class. Its in-flight entertainment system offers both audio and video on demand.
• LAN Business Express Class: A new service for business travellers on Airbus aircraft on short haul flights between Lima and Quito, Bogotá, Caracas and Santiago. Benefits include online check-in or Preferential Airport Check-in, Preferred Boarding and an exclusive cabin for just 12 passengers with reclining leather seats and 50 per cent more space than tourist class.
• Tourist: A superior service that has been improved with an innovative digital entertainment system and ergonomically designed seats.

Codeshare Partners

LAN and its LAN Peru affiliate have anti-trust immunity with American Airlines.  LAN also code-shares or has other bilateral agreements with oneworld partners American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Japan Airlines and Qantas.

Beyond oneworld, it has commercial links with Aeromexico, Alaska, Korean, TAM and Varig.

oneworld Airline Affiliates

• LAN Argentina: Launched passenger and cargo services in June 2005.  Today it operates from Buenos Aires to Córdoba, Mendoza, Iguazú, Bariloche, Comodoro Rivadavia and Río Gallegos. It recently added flights to El Calafate and Ushuaia.  It also operates daily from Buenos Aires to Miami. Today it operates a fleet of three Airbus A320s and two Boeing 767-300s.

• LAN Ecuador: Launched passenger and cargo services in April 2003.  Today it operates from hubs at Quito and Guayaquil to Buenos Aires, Madrid, Miami, New York and Santiago, with Airbus A320s and Boeing 767-300s.

• LAN Express: This LAN affiliate operates some Chilean domestic flights for the LAN alliance. It offers the same level of service as the mainline airline, using Airbus 320s and Boeing 737-200s.

• LAN Peru: LAN Peru is 49 per cent owned by LAN. It operates some 50 flights a day, serving destinations in Peru, elsewhere in South America and the USA, using a fleet of ten aircraft - three Boeing 767s and seven Airbus A320s. Its in-flight services match those of LAN itself. It boarded 1.3 million passengers in 2004.

• The affiliates share LAN's main website www.lan.com

Frequent Flyer

Greater benefits with LANPASS

LANPASS offers you a world of advantages and special benefits, and with the oneworld alliance, the programme is larger and more flexible than ever before.

For more details of LANPASS click here.

oneworld Status

Your oneworld status is shown by a coloured symbol on your LANPASS card. To check this status, and learn more about the benefits that you will enjoy, please choose the appropriate LANPASS tier from the drop down list below.