Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero/ModoCharlie.com.
Sky Airline (Chile) (Santiago) will start a twice-daily route to Buenos Aires starting on September 3, 2010.
Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero/ModoCharlie.com. The second Airbus A320, namely this A320-233 CC-ABW (msn 1523) pictured at a hazy Santiago, arrived at SCL on May 6, 2010 and is now in service.
PAL Airlines Boeing 737-322 CC-ACE (msn 24669) SCL (Alvaro Romero/ModoCharlie.com) (first 737-300), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
PAL Airlines (Aerolinea Principal Chile S.A. dba) (Santiago) is celebrating one year of scheduled operations in Chile. The company has announced two new cities. Arica will be served from September 9, 2010 and Copiapรณ (both in northern Chile) from August 19, 2010 with two flights a day from Santiago from Monday through Friday and one flight on weekends.
The airline has also announced its first international scheduled route. Cรณrdoba in Argentina will be added from September 15 2010 using the recently arrived Boeing 737-300 CC-ACE, with four flights per week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
PAL also announced an agreement with Pegasus for a new cargo service called “Intelligent Freight” or overnight cargo. Among their clients are the Chilean Mail and mining companies in the northern regions of Chile.
On the fleet side, Boeing 737-200 CC-CZO was flown to Africa early in August and will be replaced by a similar aircraft due to arrive in the middle of this month. The “new” Boeing 737-200 will receive the Chilean registration of CC-ACD.
Finally, there are advanced talks with Privilege Style for the possible leasing of two Boeing 757-200 aircraft for the upcoming summer season starting in January 2011.
Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero/ModoCharlie.com. Newly-acquired ex-United Airlines Boeing 737-322 CC-ACE (msn 24669) arrives back at SCL.
LAN Airlines (Chile) Airbus A318-121 CC-CVB (msn 3030) (80 Anos) SCL (Alvaro Romero), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
LAN Airlines (Chile) (Santiago) announced its intention to order 50 new Airbus A320 Family aircraft. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed at the Farnborough International Air Show will be the largest single airline order for Airbus in Latin America and brings LANโs total Airbus orders to 152 aircraft.
The commitment includes 10 A321s, a new aircraft type for LAN.
LAN placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A320 Family aircraft in December 2009. The airline currently operates 58 Airbus aircraft.
Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero. Airbus A318-121 CC-CVB (msn 3030) with the 80 Anos (80 Years) logo climbs beautifully from the Santiago base.
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PAL Airlines (Santiago) has leased Airbus A340-313X CS-TQM (msn 117) from HiFly.
LAN Airlines (Chile) (Santiago) reported last last night, in accordance with the announcement made byย Chile’s Civil Aviation Authority, that the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport inย Santiago, Chileย remains closed for both international and domestic flights due to the severe 8.8 earthquake in Chile.
LAN is working closely with the Chilean Ministry of Public Works, the Civil Aviation Authority and the terminal concession company to reinstate operations as soon as possible.
The companyย has beenย operating the 17 flights that were destined forย Santiago, Chileย onย February 27, and diverted to alternate airports.ย By the end of the day, all these flights will have arrived atย Santiago.
Flight operations at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport inย Santiagoย remain temporarily suspended.ย ย LAN will alert passengers as soon as airport authorities reopen the airport for operations.
Here are the first pictures of the damage to the SCL terminal (in Spanish);
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LAN Airlines (Chile) Airbus A320-233 CC-COF (msn 1355) SCL
Originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery
LAN Airlines (Chile) (Santiago) has signed a contract for the purchase of 30 Airbus A320 Family aircraft to be delivered between 2011 and 2016.
The new aircraft will operate flights within Latin America as well as domestic routes in Argentina, Peru, Ecuador and Chile and will be used for the renewal and growth of the LAN’s short haul fleet. In addition to this purchase, LAN’s strategic fleet renewal plan involves the sale of five Airbus A318s in 2011.
Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero.
PLUNA Lineas Aereas Uruguayas Bombardier CRJ900 (CL-600-2D24) CX-CRD (msn 15180) SCL, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
PLUNA Lineas Aereas Uruguayas (Montevideo) on October 23, 2009 performed its first test flight inside Chilean territory. The overnight flight linked Santiago de Chile (SCL) with Punta Arenas (PUQ) as flight PU 441 carrying freight (newspapers, magazines and documents) in a seat container configuration. The company used Bombardier CRJ900 (CL-600-2D24) CX-CRB. The cargo was flown on behalf of SKY Cargo (a subsidiary of SKY Airline) thanks to an agreement with that Chilean company. PLUNA is planning to operate passenger flights in Chile starting in December and will use the same aircraft on the route Punta Arenas -Santiago.
Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero.
Sister ship CX-CRD (msn 15180) is seen at Santiago on a normal flight to and from Montevideo.
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737-236 CC-CZK displays the new 2009 livery at Santiago. Copyright Photo: Alvaro Romero.
PAL-Principal Airlines (Aeolinea Principal de Chile) (Santiago) began scheduled domestic operations in Chile yesterday (june 18) with a flight linking Santiago with the cities of Antofagasta and Iquique in the north of the country. The first flight, call sign PCP 822 took off from SCL operated by Boeing 737-236 CC-CZK (msn 21804). The second 737-200 (CC-CZO) is currently in maintenance and will soon be ready for service.ย PAL will operate the northern route two times a day during the week, only once on the weekends.
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Aerolineas Argentinas (Buenos Aires) and Sky Airline (Santiago) have signed a new agreement to work closer together including code sharing.
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