What is LAN Airlines?
{{Infobox Airline | airline = LAN Airlines | logo = File:LAN Airlines logo.svg | logo_size = 250 | frequent_flyer = LANPass | fleet_size = 119<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/LAN-Airlines |title=LAN Airlines Fleet Details and History |access-date=2015-03-12 |archive-date=2016-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422165607/https://www.planespotters.net/airline/LAN-Airlines |url-status=dead }}</ref> | destinations = 65+ | parent = LATAM Airlines Group S.A. | IATA = LA | ICAO = LAN | callsign = LAN CHILE | founded = 1929 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snipview.com/q/1929_establishments_in_Chile|title=1929 establishments in Chile|website=Snipview}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | ceased = 2016 | headquarters = [[Santiago de Chile]] | hubs = Santiago International Airport | website = http://www.lan.com/ }} '''LAN Airlines''' was a Chilean airline based in [[Santiago]]. It was the largest airline in [[Chile]] and it's Peruvian subsidiary was the largest airline in [[Peru]]. It was a member of the [[Oneworld]] alliance.<ref>http://www.oneworld.com/member-airlines/lan{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The name ''LAN'' is an acronym in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for ''Línea Aérea Nacional'', meaning ''National Airline''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acronymfinder.com/Linea-Aerea-Nacional-(Lan_Chile,-IATA-airline-code)-(LA).html|title=LA - Linea Aerea Nacional (Lan-Chile, IATA airline code) - AcronymFinder|website=www.acronymfinder.com}}</ref> The airline took-over Brazil's [[TAM Airlines]] in 2012, forming the LATAM Airlines Group. Their seperate corporate identites merged in 2016 to create [[LATAM Airlines]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Airlines of Chile]] [[Category:Organisations based in Santiago, Chile]] [[Category:1920s establishments in Chile]] [[Category:1929 establishments in South America]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in Peru]]