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LAN Cargo

IATA UC ICAO LCO Callsign LAN CARGO
Founded	1929
Hubs	Miami International Airport Santiago International Airport
Focus cities	Viracopos Mexico City
Fleet size	4 (2 orders)
Destinations	24
Company slogan	"We are where you need us"
Parent company	LAN Airlines S.A.
Headquarters	Miami International Airport
Key people	Cristian Ureta (CEO) Alvaro Carril (Senior VP Sales) Claudio Silva (VP Sales North America) Cpt. Marco Guzman (Flight Operations Director) Cpt. Alberto Rodrigo (Flight Operations Director USA)
Website	http://www.lancargo.com

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Historical Logo

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.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

LAN Cargo serves the following as of March 2009^[2]:

Africa

• Dakar - Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar 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

• Asunción - Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
• Belo Horizonte - Tancredo Neves International Airport
• Bogota - El Dorado International Airport
• Brasilia - Brasília International Airport
• Buenos Aires - Ministro Pistarini International Airport
• Campinas - Viracopos-Campinas International Airport
• Caracas - Simon Bolivar International Airport
• Curitiba - Afonso Pena International Airport
• Guayaquil - José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
• Lima - Jorge Chávez 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 Benítez International Airport Hub
• Vitória - Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport
• Tucumán - Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport

Fleet

The LAN Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2009) ^[3]:

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

References

Airlines of Chile Aerocardal · AeroEjecutiva · PAL Airlines · Air Comet Chile · Aerovías DAP · Alpine Air Express Chile · DAP Helicopteros · LAN Airlines · LAN Express · LAN Cargo · Sky Airline ·