LATAM Airlines Colombia

Airline of Colombia

"Aires" redirects here and is not to be confused with Aries.

LATAM Airlines Colombia

| IATA | ICAO | Call sign

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4C  | ARE  | LAN COLOMBIA
Founded| 2 October 1980; 44 years ago (1980-10-02) (as AIRES)[1]
Commenced operations|

* 3 December 2011; 13 years ago (2011-12-03)
(as LAN Colombia)
* 5 May 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05-05)
(as LATAM Colombia)

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.latam.com/es_co

Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym: AIRES, lit. airs), d/b/a LATAM Airlines Colombia (formerly known as LAN Colombia), is a Colombian airline. It is the second-largest air carrier in Colombia, after Avianca. It operates scheduled regional domestic passenger services, as well as a domestic cargo service. Its main hub is El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá.[2]

## History

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A former AIRES Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 taxiing at El Dorado International Airport in 2011

The airline was founded on 2 October 1980 as AIRES, starting operations on 23 February 1981, with a few small planes, until they acquired some Embraer 110 Bandeirante and Fairchild F27. In 1990, the airline registered a 9% decrease in passenger transport.

With the rise of competition with AeroRepública in November 1992, AIRES made small expansions, mostly adding service to the neighboring countries of Venezuela and Ecuador.

In November 1998, the airline began its coverage in the Caribbean Region, opening a base of operations in Barranquilla, 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 the Barranquilla-Oranjestad, Aruba route, flying twice a week, later it began operations to Willemstad, 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 with Avianca and AeroRepública, and this was done by incorporating Jet aircraft and breaking the tariff scheme by becoming a low-cost airline.

On 28 October 2010, it was announced that 98% of the shares in the previous airline AIRES had been acquired by Chilean carrier LAN 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 as LAN Colombia, becoming a member of the aeronautical holding LATAM Airlines Group.

It became an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance on 1 October 2013 but left on 1 May 2020.[3][4]

## Destinations

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LATAM Colombia serves the following destinations:

Country  | City  | Airport  | Notes  | Refs

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Aruba | Oranjestad | Queen Beatrix International Airport | Terminated |
Brazil | São Paulo | São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport | Terminated |
Colombia | Apartadó | Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport | Terminated |
Armenia | El Edén International Airport |  |
Barrancabermeja | Yariguíes Airport | Terminated |
Barranquilla | Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport |  |
Bogotá | El Dorado International Airport | Hub |
Bucaramanga | Palonegro International Airport |  |
Buenaventura | Gerardo Tobar López Airport | Terminated |
Cali | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport |  |
Cartagena | Rafael Núñez International Airport |  |
Caucasia | Juan H. White Airport | Terminated |
Cúcuta | Camilo Daza International Airport |  |
Florencia | Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport | Terminated |
Guapi | Guapi Airport | Terminated |
Ibagué | Perales Airport | Resumes 27 October 2024 | [5]
Ipiales | San Luis Airport | Terminated |
Leticia | Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport |  |
Manizales | La Nubia Airport | Terminated |
Medellín | Olaya Herrera Airport | Terminated |
José María Córdova International Airport | Focus city |
Montería | Los Garzones Airport |  |
Neiva | Benito Salas Airport |  | [6]
Pasto | Antonio Nariño Airport |  |
Pitalito | Contador Airport | Terminated |
Pereira | Matecaña International Airport |  |
Popayán | Guillermo León Valencia Airport | Terminated |
Puerto Leguizamo | Caucaya Airport | Terminated |
Quibdó | El Caraño Airport | Terminated |
Riohacha | Almirante Padilla Airport |  | [7]
San Andrés Island | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport |  |
San Vicente del Caguán | Eduardo Falla Solano Airport | Terminated |
Santa Marta | Simón Bolívar International Airport |  |
Sogamoso | Alberto Lleras Camargo Airport | Terminated |
Tame | Gabriel Vargas Santos Airport | Terminated |
Tumaco | La Florida Airport | Terminated |
Valledupar | Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport | Terminated | [8]
Villavicencio | La Vanguardia Airport | Terminated |
Yopal | El Alcaraván Airport |  |
Curaçao | Willemstad | Curaçao International Airport | Terminated |
Dominican Republic | Punta Cana | Punta Cana International Airport | Terminated |
Ecuador | Quito | Mariscal Sucre International Airport |  |
Mexico | Cancún | Cancún International Airport | Terminated |
Peru | Lima | Jorge Chávez International Airport | Terminated |
United States | Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | Terminated |
Miami | Miami International Airport |  | [9]
New York City | John F. Kennedy International Airport | Terminated |
Orlando | Orlando International Airport |  | [10]
Venezuela | Caracas | Simón Bolívar International Airport |  | [11]
Maracaibo | La Chinita International Airport | Terminated |

## Fleet

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### Current fleet

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A former LAN Colombia Boeing 737-700 at El Dorado International Airport in 2012 A LAN Colombia Airbus A320-200 at Miami International Airport in 2013

As of June 2023[update], LATAM Colombia operates the following aircraft:[12]

LATAM Colombia fleet  Aircraft  | In
service  | Orders  | Passengers  | Notes

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J | Y | Total
Airbus A319-100 | 6  | -- | - | 144  | 144  | Registered to LATAM Chile

Operated by LATAM Colombia

Airbus A320-200 | 8  | -- | - | 174  | 174
Total  | 14  | -- |

### Former fleet

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The airline previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]

LATAM Colombia former fleet  Aircraft  | Total  | Introduced  | Retired  | Notes

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Boeing 737-700 | 10  | 2009  | 2014  | One written off as Flight 8250
Boeing 767-300ER | 3  | 2012  | 2016  | Operated by LAN 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 from Jeju Air[14]
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante | 6  | 1981  | 2001  |
Fairchild F-27 | 4  | 1987  | 1997  |

## Accidents and incidents

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* On 14 August 1995, AIRES Flight 413, an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (registered HK-2594), crashed into a mountain of the Nevado del Huila, Colombia. All 6 passengers and 2 pilots were killed.[15]
* On 20 February 2002, a Bombardier Dash 8-300 (registered HK-3951X), en route from Neiva to Bogotá, was hijacked by 4 brigands, forcing them to land in a town and kidnapped a senator who was on board.[16]
* On 28 January 2008, AIRES Flight 053, Bombardier Dash 8-200 (registered HK-3997), overran the runway at El Dorado International Airport, en route from Maracaibo, Venezuela after the left gear collapsed. The probable cause of the crash was that the aircraft was carrying out a landing with an unresolved fault in the left engine, which prevented the aircraft from being able to stop within the length of runway available, causing a runway excursion. A contributing factor was the failure to correct the maintenance reports in a satisfactory manner and the failure to properly follow up on repetitive entries. None of the 41 occupants were injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged and written off.[17]
* On 23 August 2008, AIRES Flight 051, a Bombardier Dash 8-300 (registered HK-3952), sustained substantial damage after the right-hand main landing gear collapsed on landing at Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport. The crew noticed a vibration of the right gear. None of the 31 occupants were injured, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off.[18]
* On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashed on landing at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, in San Andrés, Colombia, after reportedly being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. The death of one person was reported as a result of a heart attack on the way to the hospital and another 129 were injured.[19] One of the injured occupants later died.[20] The cause was later determined to be a pilot error.
* On 29 March 2022, LATAM Colombia Flight 4292, an Airbus A320-200 (registered CC-BAS) bound for Rafael Núñez International Airport in Cartagena, had to return and make an emergency landing at José María Córdova International Airport in Medellin after its nosewheel was discovered to be rotated ninety degrees. All the passengers and crew were unharmed.[21]

## See also

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* List of airlines of Colombia

## References

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1. ^ "Aires History" (in Spanish). Aires.aero. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012.
2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. pp. 69–70.
3. ^ "LAN Colombia to join oneworld Oct. 1". Air Transport World. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
4. ^ "Details | oneworld". www.oneworld.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
5. ^ "LATAM Colombia to resume Bogota-Ibague in 4Q24". AeroRoutes. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
6. ^ "LATAM Airlines inicia venta de su nueva ruta entre Bogotá y Neiva". 8 November 2021.
7. ^ "LATAM Colombia volará entre Riohacha y Bogotá". Aviacionline.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
8. ^ "Latam suspenderá sus vuelos a Valledupar desde enero de 2023: golpe al turismo". Elcarrocolombiano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
9. ^ "LATAM Colombia Resumes Miami Service From Nov 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
10. ^ "LATAM inaugurated its flights between Bogota and Orlando". Aviacionline.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
11. ^ "Latam oficializó su primer vuelo en la nueva ruta: Bogotá-Caracas". Larazon.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
12. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 12.
13. ^ "First B767-300ER transferred to LAN Colombia". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
14. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 12.
15. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
16. ^ "Hijacking description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
17. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
18. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
19. ^ "Colombia plane crashes after lightning strike". BBC News. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
20. ^ "Comunicado de Prensa 06 Archived 9 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine." AIRES. Retrieved on 15 September 2010.
21. ^ Simon Hradecky. "Incident: LATAM Colombia A320 at Medellin on Mar 29th 2022, nose gear rotated by 90 degrees on landing". Avherald.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

## External links

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* Official website
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* LATAM Brasil
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* LATAM Colombia
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