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| Founded | 2 October 1980; 44 years ago (1980-10-02)(asAIRES)[1] | ||||||
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| Hubs | Bogotá | ||||||
| Focus cities | Medellín–JMC | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | LATAM Pass | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14 | ||||||
| Destinations | 21 | ||||||
| Parent company | LATAM Airlines Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Bogotá,Colombia | ||||||
| Key people | Santiago Alvarez (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym:AIRES, lit.airs),d/b/aLATAM Airlines Colombia (formerly known asLAN Colombia), is a Colombianairline. It is the second-largest air carrier inColombia, afterAvianca. It operates scheduled regional domestic passenger services, as well as a domestic cargo service. Its main hub isEl Dorado International Airport inBogotá.[2]
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The airline was founded on 2 October 1980 asAIRES, starting operations on 23 February 1981, with a few small planes, until they acquired someEmbraer 110 Bandeirante andFairchild F27. In 1990, the airline registered a 9% decrease in passenger transport.
With the rise of competition withAeroRepública in November 1992, AIRES made small expansions, mostly adding service to the neighboring countries ofVenezuela andEcuador.
In November 1998, the airline began its coverage in theCaribbean Region, opening a base of operations inBarranquilla, from where flights began to:Cartagena,Santa Marta,Valledupar,Corozal among other cities in the north of the country.
On 13 December 2000, the airline began its internationalization with the opening of theBarranquilla-Oranjestad, Aruba route, flying twice a week, later it began operations toWillemstad,Curaçao.
In 2004, the company made a corporate image change, as well as a change in the stationery, said the investment had a cost of close to 1,000 million pesos.
In 2009, with the beginning of the trunk routes, a new era began and thus rubbed shoulders withAvianca andAeroRepública, and this was done by incorporating Jet aircraft and breaking the tariff scheme by becoming alow-cost airline.
On 28 October 2010, it was announced that 98% of the shares in the previous airline AIRES had been acquired byChilean carrierLAN Airlines. On 26 November 2010, LAN Airlines announced that it completed the purchase of 98.9% of AIRES' shares, assuming its total debt and including it in the LAN holding company as a subsidiary of the group. On 3 December 2011, AIRES was renamed and started operations asLAN Colombia, becoming a member of the aeronautical holdingLATAM Airlines Group.
It became an affiliate member of theOneworld alliance on 1 October 2013 but left on 1 May 2020.[3][4]
LATAM Colombia serves the following destinations:
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As of June 2023[update], LATAM Colombia operates the following aircraft:[12]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Airbus A319-100 | 6 | — | – | 144 | 144 | Registered toLATAM Chile Operated byLATAM Colombia |
| Airbus A320-200 | 8 | — | – | 174 | 174 | |
| Total | 14 | — | ||||
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-700 | 10 | 2009 | 2014 | One written off asFlight 8250 |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | 2012 | 2016 | Operated byLAN Airlines[13] |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 1 | 1987 | 1988 | |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 | 4 | 1994 | 2009 | |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-200 | 12 | 2003 | 2015 | |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 | 4 | 1994 | 2011 | |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 | 4 | 2010 | 2014 | Purchased fromJeju Air[14] |
| Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante | 6 | 1981 | 2001 | |
| Fairchild F-27 | 4 | 1987 | 1997 |
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