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About LAN

LAN  Airlines joined oneworld in June 2000.

It is one of the largest carriers in Latin America - and widely regarded as the region's best, as one of its most frequent award winners. 

The group's LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru are oneworld affiliate members - giving oneworld one of the most extensive alliance networks in South America.  

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".

It operates one of the world's most modern fleets, with 86 passenger aircraft, plus 11 Freighters.  It will be the first airline in the Western Hemisphere to fly the new Boeing 787 with the first of 32 Dreamliners it has on order scheduled for delivery from early 2011.

Network

LAN serves around 70 destinations offering domestic networks in Chile. Argentina, Ecuador and Peru, connections throughout Latin America and flights between the region and North America, Europe and South Pacific. Its main hubs are Santiago de Chile, Lima, Buenos Aires, Guayaquil, Lima and Quito.

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 invested US$120 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 and the latest on demand in-flight entertainment throughout the aircraft.
• On its shorthaul flights, it offers Premium Economy and Economy.  Premium Economy provides preferential check-in lines, boarding and baggage delivery and access to LAN's airport lounges.  In the air, its cabin offers 12 seats, with the middle seat in each row of three left empty, with its back folded down to provide more table space.  Passengers will be offered a high quality menu and options from an outstanding wine list.  

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 British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Iberia and Qantas.

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

oneworld Airline Affiliates

• LAN Argentina (4M): Launched services in June 2005, flies from Buenos Aires to 13 domestic points and to Miami, Lima, Santiago, Sao Paulo and the Dominican Republic's Punta Cana, operating Airbus A320s and Boeing 767-300s. It joined oneworld on 1 April 2007.

• LAN Ecuador (XL): Launched passenger and cargo services in April 2003 and added its first domestic routes in 2009.  Today it operates from hubs at Quito and Guayaquil to selected domestic destinations, inlcuding the Galapagos Islands, and to points elsewhere in Latin America, the USA and Europe.

• LAN Express : This LAN affiliate operates some Chilean domestic flights for the LAN alliance.

• LAN Peru (LP): LAN Peru operates some 130 departures a day, serving 14 destinations in Peru and 19 airports elsewhere in South America, the USA and Europe, using a fleet of 21 aircraft - five Boeing 767s and 16Airbus A320s. 

• 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.