All LATAM Airlines Group articles – Page 8
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PICTURES: LATAM to spend $400m on new cabin interiors
LATAM Airlines Group will invest $400 million in upgrading the cabins on more than 200 aircraft, or about two-thirds of its fleet.
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LATAM hopes to return grounded 787s to service by year-end
LATAM Airlines Group expects to have its entire Boeing 787 fleet back in service by year-end, after it was forced to ground more than half of its 787s in the second quarter due to engine issues.
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LATAM Brazil to add Munich in 2019
LATAM Airlines Brazil will add Munich to its route map in the first half of 2018, continuing LATAM's streak of international expansion.
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LATAM 'positive' on US-Brazil open-skies despite delay
LATAM Airlines Group says it is "positive" on US-Brazil open-skies falling into place, even as it acknowledges that it is still waiting for the deal to progress through government bureaucracy.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Paulo Kakinoff, chief executive, Gol
Gol chief executive Paulo Kakinoff makes a self-deprecating joke when told of Flight Airline Business' multiple efforts to secure a cover interview with him in recent years.
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US and Brazil airline JVs to progress with senate approval
US and Brazilian carriers are eager to move ahead with joint venture plans, following the approval of the US-Brazil open-skies deal by the Brazil senate on 7 March.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How is 2018 shaping up for Brazil's airlines?
In the office of Azul chief executive John Rodgerson, a giant map of Brazil takes centre stage on one wall. The vast map of South America's largest economy serves as Rodgerson's reference point when he points out parts of Azul's network, stretching from the carrier's hub at Viracopos/Campinas airport to ...
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Azul and LATAM await US-Brazil open-skies
Azul and LATAM Airlines Brazil are eagerly awaiting US-Brazil open-skies in order to move ahead with anticipated joint ventures, even as the jury is still out on when the long-anticipated accord would finally be implemented.
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LATAM issues A320neo RFP
LATAM Airlines Group has issued a request for proposals to finance six Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, FlightGlobal understands.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Latin airlines start engine for overseas growth in 2018
Latin American airlines are set to grow international service in 2018, as the region's improving economies spur carriers to launch more flights abroad.
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LATAM invests in hangar at Sao Paulo
LATAM Airlines Group has signed an agreement with financing and asset management company RB Capital to build a maintenance hangar at Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport.
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R-R expects greater Latin American penetration through widebodies
Rolls-Royce sees Latin America playing an increasingly crucial role in its operational portfolio as the region's airlines grow their widebody fleets.
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LATAM adjusts fleet commitments in line with demand
LATAM Airlines Group has grown its fleet commitments for 2018 and 2019, responding to an improving demand environment.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Lenders see opening in Latin American delivery uptick
An uptick in aircraft deliveries in Latin America in 2018 is creating opportunities for lenders in a region that has needed little in the way of new secured debt in recent years.
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LATAM Peru to challenge Avianca on Lima-Medellin
LATAM Airlines Peru will begin nonstop service between Lima and Medellin from 26 February 2018, ending rival Avianca's monopoly on the route.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Enrique Cueto, chief executive, LATAM Airlines Group
For LATAM Airlines Group, the end of 2016 marked a financial turning point. The Santiago-based carrier turned in an annual net profit, its first in the four years since its creation from a merger between Chile's LAN and Brazil's TAM.
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LATAM closes $350m private placement
LATAM Airlines Group has closed a UF8.7 million (roughly $350 million) private placement to refinance some of its outstanding debt in Brazil.
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LATAM to add Costa Rica to network
LATAM Airlines Peru will begin service between Lima and San Jose from 1 January 2018, adding the Costa Rican capital to LATAM's network.
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LATAM plans $350m local bond refinancing
LATAM Airlines Group plans to issue a UF8.7 million ($359 million) unsecured bond in Chile, with proceeds used to repay its TAM Capital 3 debt.
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LATAM Brazil finds bullet lodged in 767 wing
Brazilian authorities are investigating after a bullet was discovered lodged in the left wing of a LATAM Airlines Brazil Boeing 767-300ER.