LATAM Airlines Group

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LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
Company type Sociedad Anónima
BCS: LTM
ISIN CL0000000423  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Industry Aviation
Founded22 June 2012;12 years ago (2012-06-22)
Headquarters Santiago, Chile [1] [2]
Key people
Ignacio Cueto [3] (Chairman)
Roberto Alvo (CEO)
ProductsPassenger flights
Cargo activity
Aircraft maintenance
Services Airline Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$11.789 billion (2023) [4]
Increase2.svgUS$1.078 billion (2023) [4]
Increase2.svgUS$0.582 billion (2023) [4]
Total assets Increase2.svgUS$14.667 billion (2023) [4]
Owner
Number of employees
35,568 (2023)
Subsidiaries
Website www.latamairlinesgroup.net

LATAM Airlines Group S.A. is a Chilean multinational airline holding company headquartered in Santiago, Chile. [1] [2] It is considered the largest airline company in Latin America [5] [6] with subsidiaries in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States on 26 May 2020, due to economic problems attributed to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation. [12]

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Although LATAM Airlines' headquarters are located in Chile, the carrier is an American depositary receipt and traded on both the Santiago Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange at the time of bankruptcy. The company's stock ticker (LTMAQ) was delisted from the NYSE and later moved to the unregulated OTC Markets Pink on 12 June 2020.

History

Merger

Chile's LAN-Chile and Brazil's TAM Linhas Aéreas signed a non-binding agreement to merge on 13 August 2010, followed by a binding agreement on 19 January 2011, [13] [14] and papers to close the merger on 22 June 2012, with TAM Linhas Aéreas' shareholders agreeing to the takeover by LAN Airlines. [15] Enrique Cueto, former CEO of LAN, became the CEO of LATAM; LATAM now has been reworked into being a portmanteau word of "Latin" and "America". [16] Mauricio Rolim Amaro, formerly vice-chairman of TAM, became LATAM chairman. [17]

Government approvals

The agreement to establish LATAM was approved by Chilean authorities on 21 September 2011, with 11 restrictions. These included transferring four landing slots at São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to competitors interested in operating flights to Santiago de Chile's Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, renouncing membership to either the Oneworld or Star Alliance airline alliance, restricting the increase in capacity on flights between Brazil and Chile, and opening code-share possibilities and fidelity program membership to interested competitors. [18] On 14 December 2011, Brazilian authorities approved the agreement, imposing similar restrictions as Chilean authorities: LATAM would have to choose an alliance by August 2012 and frequencies between São Paulo and Santiago de Chile would have to be reduced. At the time, TAM had two pairs of slots while LAN had four. LAN had to relinquish two pairs to competitors interested in using them. [19] On 7 March 2013, LATAM announced its final decision to choose Oneworld as its global airline alliance. As a result, TAM left Star Alliance during the second quarter of 2014 to join Oneworld. [20]

Rebranding

In August 2015, it was announced that all LATAM Airlines Group airlines would fully rebrand as LATAM, with one unified livery to be applied on all aircraft by 2018. [21] [22] The rebranding included all aspects of the business, such as staff uniforms and airport check in facilities. [23] The first of the aircraft were repainted (or delivered new) in the new LATAM livery in April 2016. [24]

2019–2020: Delta stake, Oneworld departure, and Enrique Cueto steps down

On 26 September 2019, Delta Air Lines announced its plans to buy 20% of LATAM for $1.9 billion, to expand Delta's access to the Latin American market. Additionally, Delta agreed to pay LATAM's exit fee from Oneworld and to take delivery of all Airbus A350 XWB aircraft that LATAM had on order. [25] [26] On 1 January 2020, it was reported that Delta Air Lines' acquisition of the 20% stake in the LATAM group was completed.[ citation needed ] Group CEO Enrique Cueto stepped down on 31 March 2020, and was succeeded by Roberto Alvo, the group's then-current Chief Commercial Officer. [27] On 31 January 2020, LATAM announced that it would leave Oneworld three months later on 1 May. [28]

On 26 May 2020, LATAM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States due to economic problems attributed to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation, [12] although they are currently operating and have been negotiating terms. [29] In August, the company announced its second-quarter results, projecting improved operational prospects. To assist with the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, the company announced that its subsidiary LATAM Perú would help distribute vaccines to fifteen provinces in Peru for free. [30]

Corporate affairs

The key trends for the LATAM Group are (as of the financial year ending 31 December):

Revenue
(US$ m)		Net profit
(US$ m)		Number of
employees		Number of
passengers
(m)		Passenger
load factor
(%)		Number of
served
countries [a] 		Number of
destinations		Fleet
size		Cargo carried
(000 tons)		References
20129,72224.353,59964.978.61403271,200 [31] [32]
201313,266−28152,99766.680.81453391,171 [32]
201412,471−10953,07267.883.41553271,102 [33]
201510,125−21950,41367.883.1251503311,009 [34]
20169,52769.245,91666.984.225145332944 [35]
201710,16315543,09567.084.824140315896 [36]
201810,36818141,17068.883.126135320921 [37]
201910,43019041,72974.283.526125342903 [38]
20204,334−4,54528,39628.376.521100300785 [39]
20215,111−4,64729,11440.274.418110310801 [40]
20229,5161,33932,50762.081.322120310901 [41]
202311,78958235,56874.083.126130333946 [42]

Ownership

As of 31 December 2023, the company's major shareholders are: [43]

ShareholderInterest
Flag of the United States.svg Sixth Street Partners 27.91%
Flag of the United States.svg Strategic Value Partners16.02%
Flag of the United States.svg Delta Air Lines 10.05%
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Airways 10.03%
Flag of Chile.svg Cueto Group5.03%
Other investors30.96%
100%

Operations

A LATAM Chile Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at John F. Kennedy International Airport in July 2016. LATAM Chile Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner CC-BGB.jpg
A LATAM Chile Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at John F. Kennedy International Airport in July 2016.

As of 31 December 2017, LATAM Airlines Group is one of the largest airline groups in the world in terms of network connections, with its subsidiaries operating a combined fleet of 315 aircraft providing passenger transport services to 137 destinations in 24 countries; and 18 aircraft providing cargo services to 144 destinations in 29 countries. [44]

LATAM's main hubs are Santiago de Chile's Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport; Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima; São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport; and El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá. The company is exploring the creation of a new hub in northeastern Brazil with the objective of expanding operations between Europe and South America. [45] Bogotá is the hub for the Caribbean. [46]

Subsidiaries

Current

A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320neo at Salgado Filho International Airport in 2016. A320neo LATAM (30934637733).jpg
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320neo at Salgado Filho International Airport in 2016.
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A350-900 at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport in 2016. F-WZGU (PR-XTE 048) Airbus A350-941 Airbus Industrie (LATAM Airlines Brazil) TLS 16SEP16.jpg
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A350-900 at Toulouse Blagnac International Airport in 2016.

The airlines majority- and minority-owned by LATAM Airlines Group through the primary airlines' various subsidiaries are as follows:

Former

Fleet

As of June 2024, LATAM Airlines Group owns and operates the following aircraft: [49]

LATAM Airlines Group Fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
JWYTotal
Airbus A319-100 40—––144144
Airbus A320-200 135—––168168Equipped with both CFM56 and IAE V2500 engines.
This is due to the merger between TAM (IAE) and LAN (CFM).
174174
180180
188188Former Viva Air Colombia aircraft.
Airbus A320neo 2414––180180
174174
Airbus A321-200 49—––220220
224224
Airbus A321neo 1251––224224Deliveries commenced in October 2023. [50]
Airbus A321XLR —13TBADeliveries start in 2025. [51]
Boeing 767-300ER 9—20–211231
213233
218238
Boeing 777-300ER 10—3850322410 LATAM Brasil flights only
Boeing 787-8 10—30–217247
Boeing 787-9 271930–283313With 5 options. Deliveries until 2030
57216303
LATAM Cargo fleet
Boeing 767-300F 9—Cargo
Boeing 767-300ER/BCF 121
Total33898

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ passenger operations

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