LAN Express

Infobox Airline
airline = LAN Express

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fleet_size = 12
destinations = 19
IATA = LU
ICAO = LXP
callsign = Lan Ex
parent = LAN Airlines
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headquarters = Santiago, Chile
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hubs = Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
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website = http://www.lan.com

LAN Express is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. It is Chile's second airline, a subsidiary of LAN Airlines, and operates an extensive domestic network and a few international routes. Its main base is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Santiago.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 104 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline was formerly known as Ladeco and established in September 1958. Ladeco was acquired by LAN Chile in August 1995 following the approval of the Chilean Antimonopolies Board. In October 1998 LAN Chile merged Ladeco with Fast Air.

Services

LANExpress operates the following services (at January 2005) [Flight International, 5-11 April 2005] :

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Antofagasta, Arica, Balmaceda, Calama, Concepción, Copiapó, El Salvador, Iquique, La Serena, Osorno, Pucon, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Santiago, Temuco and Valdivia.

*International scheduled destinations: Rio de Janeiro, San Carlos de Bariloche and São Paulo.

Fleet

The LANExpress fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2008) [ [http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/LAN%20Express.htm AirFleets] ] :

*2 Airbus A319-100 (CC-COU, CC-COX)

External links

* [http://www.lan.com/country_selector.html LAN Airlines]
* [http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/LAN%20Express.htm AirFleets]

References