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LAN Cargo
LAN Cargo S.A. is a cargo airline based in Santiago, Chile. It is the cargo subsidiary of LAN Airlines operating cargo flights in South America and North America. Its main base is Miami International Airport.
History
The airline is based on the original cargo divisions of LAN Chile, Ladeco and Fast Air. It also works closely with the other cargo airlines in the group, ABSA - Aerolinhas Brasileiras, Florida West International Airways and MasAir.
Although LAN Chile S.A. has a minority share in Florida West International Airways, LAN Cargo does not cooperate in any way with Florida West. As, Florida West is an independently operated company that deal with LAN Cargo as it would with any other airline (via interline agreements) with no preference given to LAN Cargo.
Destinations
LAN Cargo serves the following as of March 2009:
;Africa
Dakar - Dakar-Yoff-Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport
;Europe
Amsterdam - Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Frankfurt - Frankfurt International Airport
London - Heathrow airport
;North America
Los Angeles - Los Angeles International Airport
Miami - Miami International Airport Hub
;South America
Asuncion - Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
Belo Horizonte - Tancredo Neves International Airport
Bogota - El Dorado International Airport
Brasilia - Brasilia International Airport
Buenos Aires - Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Campinas - Viracopos-Campinas International Airport
Caracas - Simon Bolivar International Airport
Curitiba - Afonso Pena International Airport
Guayaquil - Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport
Lima - Jorge Chavez International Airport
Montevideo - Carrasco International Airport
Manaus - Eduardo Gomes International Airport
Porto Alegre - Porto Alegre Airport
Quito - Mariscal Sucre International Airport
Rio de Janeiro - Galeao International Airport
Santiago - Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport Hub
Vitoria - Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport
Tucuman - Teniente Benjamin Matienzo International Airport
Fleet
The LAN Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2009) :
The first two Boeing 777-F are leased by GECAS (777-F6N), another two are to be delivered in 2011 (777-F16). In July, Order of second 777F are cancelled and modified for two 767-300ER, one for Passenger and another for Cargo.
LAN Cargo also operates Boeing 747-200F wet-leased from Southern Air.
External links
LAN Cargo
First charter conducted on LAN Cargo's B777F
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