LATAM Colombia

LATAM Airlines Colombia, formerly known as LAN Colombia, and previously as Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (Acronym: AIRES, lit. airs), is a Colombian airline. It is the second-largest air carrier in Colombia.

The airline operates scheduled regional domestic and international services, as well as a domestic cargo service. Its main base is El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá.^[3]

On 28 October 2010, it was announced that 98% of the shares in the previous airline AIRES had been acquired by Chilean carrier LATAM Airlines. On 3 December 2011, it started operations as LAN Colombia. It became an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance on 1 October 2013.^[2]

Destinations

Main article: LATAM Colombia destinations

Fleet

Boeing 737-700 in the former AIRES livery. This aircraft operated AIRES Flight 8250, which crashed at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, killing 2 people.

Boeing 737-700 in LAN Colombia livery (2011)

LATAM Colombia's fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):^[4]

LATAM Colombia Fleet
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers
Airbus A320-200	17	—	174
Airbus A319-100	4	—	144
Boeing 767-300ER	1	—
Total	22	0

Incidents and accidents

On 28 January 2008, AIRES Flight 053 overran the runway at Bogota's El Dorado airport, en route from Maracaibo, Venezuela after the left hand main gear collapsed. The aircraft was a Dash 8-202, registration HK-3997. Probable cause for 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 failure to properly follow-up on repetitive entries.^[5]
On 23 August 2008, AIRES Flight 051 sustained substantial damage following the collapse of the right hand main landing gear on landing at Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ), Colombia. None of the 31 occupants were injured. The Bombardier Dash 8-301, registered HK-3952, operated on an international flight from Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR). The approach and landing were normal, touching down about 770 metres past the threshold of runway 23. The crew noticed a vibration of the right hand main gear. The undercarriage leg collapsed. There was no fire.^[6]
On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashed on landing at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, in San Andrés, Colombia, after 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 114 were injured.^[7] One of the injured occupants later died.^[8]

References

↑ "Aires History" (in Spanish). Aires.aero.
1 2 "LAN Colombia to join oneworld Oct. 1". Air Transport World. September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. pp. 69–70.
↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 12. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ AIRES Flight 053
↑ AIRES Flight 051
↑ "Colombia plane crashes after lightning strike". BBC News. 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
↑ "Comunicado de Prensa 06." AIRES. Retrieved on September 15, 2010.

External links

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Official website
(Spanish) Conexión (inflight magazine)
(Spanish) LAN Airlines buys Aires

Airlines of Colombia

Members of Oneworld

Founding members	American Airlines British Airways Cathay Pacific Qantas

Members	Air Berlin Finnair Iberia Japan Airlines LATAM (Chile and Brazil) Malaysia Airlines Qatar Airways Royal Jordanian S7 Airlines SriLankan Airlines

Affiliate members	Air Nostrum American Eagle BA CityFlyer Cathay Dragon Comair Globus Airlines Iberia Express J-Air JAL Express Japan Transocean Air Jetconnect LATAM Express LATAM (Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) Niki Nordic Regional Airlines OpenSkies QantasLink Sun-Air

Inactive member	Mexicana

Former members	Aer Lingus Canadian Airlines Malév US Airways

LATAM Airlines Group

Passenger airlines	LATAM Brasil LATAM Chile LATAM Argentina LATAM Perú LATAM Ecuador LATAM Express LATAM Colombia LATAM Paraguay

Cargo airlines	LATAM Cargo Brasil LATAM Cargo Chile LATAM Cargo Colombia LATAM Cargo Mexico Florida West International Airways

Members of the International Air Transport Association

Africa regional office

Aero Contractors (Nigeria) Air Botswana Air Burkina Air Madagascar Air Mauritius Air Namibia Air Seychelles Airlink Allied Air Arik Air Camair-Co Comair Ethiopian Airlines FlySafair Kenya Airways LAM Mozambique Airlines Overland Airways Precision Air RwandAir Safair South African Airways South African Express TAAG Angola Airlines TACV

Asia-Pacific regional office

China and North Asia regional office

Europe regional office

Latin America and the Caribbean regional office

Middle East and North Africa regional office

North America regional office

Air Canada Air Transat Alaska Airlines American Airlines Atlas Air Cargojet Airways Delta Air Lines FedEx Express Hawaiian Airlines JetBlue Airways United Airlines UPS Airlines WestJet

Russia and the CIS regional office

Aeroflot Air Astana Air Moldova AirBridgeCargo Azerbaijan Airlines Belavia Dniproavia Georgian Airways Nordavia Nordwind Airlines Rossiya Airlines S7 Airlines Ukraine International Airlines Ural Airlines UTair Aviation Uzbekistan Airways Volga-Dnepr Airlines

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