LATAM Paraguay
Airline based in Paraguay
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Founded |
17
November 1962
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60 years ago
(
1962-11-17
)
(as Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas ) |
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Commenced operations |
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Hubs | Silvio Pettirossi International Airport | |||||
Frequent-flyer program | LATAM Pass | |||||
Fleet size | 5 | |||||
Destinations | 8 | |||||
Parent company | LATAM Airlines Group (94.98%) | |||||
Headquarters | Asunción , Paraguay | |||||
Key people | Enrique Alcaide ( CEO ) | |||||
Website |
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Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur S.A , d/b/a LATAM Airlines Paraguay (formerly known as TAM Paraguay and previously Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas ), is the flag carrier and the national airline of Paraguay with its headquarters in Asunción, Paraguay . [1] Its flights operate from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asunción. Its parent company is LATAM Airlines Group .
History
The airline was established on November 17, 1962, and started operations in 1963 as Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas . The airline then operated for a brief period between 1995 and 1996 as a subsidiary of the Ecuadorian airline SAETA under the name LAPSA Air Paraguay .
On September 1, 1996, Aerolíneas Paraguayas (a subsidiary of TAM Linhas Aéreas ) purchased 80% of the majority shares of the airline, which by then both airlines were merged under the name TAM – Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur . It was then sold to TAM Linhas Aéreas later that year on October 6, which used two Fokker 100 jets to cover regional destinations.
In March 2008, following a branding strategy, the name TAM Mercosur was dropped and the airline adopted a corporate identity identical to its Brazilian owner. However, its corporate structure remained the same. [2] The airline was rebranded as LATAM Paraguay following the merger and creation of the LATAM Airlines Group and the subsequent rebranding of its member airlines. Today LATAM owns 94.98% and the Paraguayan Government 5.02% of the shares. [3]
Destinations
As of May 2023 [ update ] , LATAM Paraguay offers or has previously offered scheduled flights to the following destinations: [4]
a. ^ Route operated by Paranair on behalf of LATAM Paraguay as wet-lease .
Codeshare agreement
LATAM Paraguay codeshares with the following airlines:
Fleet
Current fleet
As of May 2023 [ update ] , LATAM Paraguay operates the following aircraft: [3]
Aircraft |
In
service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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J | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A320-200 | 5 | — | – | 174 | 174 | Operated by LATAM Brasil |
Total | 5 | — |
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Cessna 208B Grand Caravan | 2 | 2002 | 2007 | Taken from Aerolíneas Paraguayas |
Fokker 100 | 3 | 1996 | 2008 | |
See also
References
- ↑ "Directory: World airlines." Flight International . 30 March – 5 April 2004. 79 . "Oliva 761 casi Ayolas / Meal. Lopez esq. Mayor Infante Rivarola, Asuncion, Paraguay"
- ↑ " TAM Linhas Aéreas Consolidates Fleet and Initiates New Air Network ." Reuters . Monday 26 May 2008. Retrieved on 2 February 2009.
- 1 2 "LATAM Paraguay Increases Its Route Offering to Chile and Brazil – AirlineGeeks.com" .
- ↑ "Latam Airlines" . Latam . Retrieved 6 January 2021 .
- 1 2 3 4 "Paraguay: LATAM anuncia vuelos a Bolivia en code-share con Paranair" . Aeronauticapy (in Spanish). 30 June 2022 . Retrieved 20 August 2022 .
- ↑ "Despegó el primer vuelo de Latam Paraguay operado por Paranair: ¡a Brasilia!" . Aeronauticapy (in Spanish). 6 December 2019 . Retrieved 20 August 2022 .
- ↑ "Latam Airlines cancela ruta Asunción-Brasilia" . Aeronauticapy (in Spanish). 24 June 2020 . Retrieved 20 August 2022 .
- 1 2 3 "Latam Airlines retoma hoy sus vuelos regulares a Paraguay" . Aeronauticapy (in Spanish). 2 November 2020 . Retrieved 20 August 2022 .
- ↑ "Latam Airlines se despidió hoy de Ciudad del Este" . Aeronauticapy (in Spanish). 28 September 2019 . Retrieved 20 August 2022 .
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