LAN (LATAM) Boeing 767-300 Business Class Cabin Landing in Lima, Peru [AirClips]
LAN Perú S.A. is an airline based in
Lima, Peru. It is a subsidiary of
Chilean publicly traded company
LAN Airlines, which owns 49% of the airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international services. Its main base is on the grounds of
Jorge Chávez International Airport. LAN Perú is the dominant airline in
Peru, controlling 73.4% of the domestic market.
The airline was established in July
1998 in
Lima by the entrepreneurs Mr.
Boris Hirmas
Rubio,
Lorenzo Sousa Debarbieri,
Javier Rodriguez Larrain
Salinas and Cristian Said
Montiel and began operations on July 2,
1999 with domestic services from Jorge Chávez International Airport to
Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport,
Cusco and
Rodriguez Ballon International Airport,
Arequipa. The launch of LAN Perú marked the reappearance of a major national airline in Peru after the demise of Aeroperú,
Faucett Perú and others. An international service to
Miami International Airport was added on
November 15, 1999. It became a subsidiary of LAN in
September 2002, owned by LAN Airlines (49%), ER Larraín (30%) and Inversiones Aéreas (21%) and has 1,
500 employees.
The
Boeing 767 is a mid- to large-size, long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by
Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was Boeing's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft has two turbofan engines, a conventional tail, and, for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical wing design. Designed as a smaller wide-body airliner than earlier aircraft such as the
747, the 767 has seating capacity for
181 to 375 persons and a design range of 3,850 to 6,385 nautical miles (7,130 to 11,825 km), depending on variant.
Development of the 767 occurred in tandem with a narrow-body twinjet, the
757, resulting in shared design features which allow pilots to obtain a common type rating to operate both aircraft. The 767-300, the first stretched version of the aircraft, entered service with
Japan Airlines in
1986. The type features a 21.1-foot (6.43 m) fuselage extension over the
767-200, achieved by additional sections inserted before and after the wings, for an overall length of
180.25 ft (54.9 m). Reflecting the growth potential built into the original 767 design, the wings, engines, and most systems were largely unchanged on the 767-300. An optional mid-cabin exit door is positioned ahead of the wings on the left, while more powerful
Pratt & Whitney PW4000 and
Rolls-Royce RB211 engines later became available. The 767-300's increased capacity has been used on high-density routes within
Asia and
Europe. Deliveries for the type totaled 104 aircraft with no unfilled orders remaining.
As of July
2015, 67 of the variant were in airline service. The type's main competitor was the
Airbus A300.