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Jeannot a écrit:Il semblerait que LAN Cargo décale la livraison de son deuxième 777F en 2011. La série continue.

LAN Airlines is "looking at all the possibilities around" for potential mergers or acquisitions, COO Ignacio Cueto told Bloomberg News. "We are window shopping," he said. "There is nothing concrete."

FLIGHTBLOGGER: LAN set to take early 787 slots
By Jon Ostrower

Santiago-based carrier LAN is set to make a major acceleration in its delivery of its first Boeing 787 after a slot swap with Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA), say sources close to the Latin American carrier and the US airframer.

Two delivery slots from the early batch of aircraft scheduled for delivery in late 2010 and early 2011 have been reallocated from ANA to LAN, reports FlightBlogger.

According to a source at the airline, the first 787-8s were intended for delivery to LAN in 2015 after accumulating more than two years of delays.



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LAN declined to discuss the change, as "there exists a confidentiality agreement with Boeing. The company will inform about this issue if and when it is appropriate".

Boeing also declined to discuss the shift as a matter of policy to not comment publicly on delivery schedules, saying that "occasionally we and our customers make order adjustments that better support their overall fleet needs, while allowing us to successfully manage our production plan".

A320 slots for 2012 sold out: LAN
By Brendan Sobie


LAN seeks to push some of its recently acquired A320 delivery slots from 2011 to 2012 as positions in the currently sold-out 2012 A320 delivery book become available.
The Chile-based airline group placed orders in December 2009 for 30 additional A320 family aircraft for delivery from 2011 to 2016. In reporting fourth quarter earnings, the carrier today provided a delivery schedule for the now 45 A320 family aircraft it has on outstanding order. This schedule calls for eight aircraft deliveries this year, 15 in 2011, two in 2012, five in 2013, five in 2014, six in 2015 and four in 2016.
LAN VP North/Central America and Asia Luis Eduardo Riquelme told analysts today the carrier ideally would smooth out the expansion of its A320 fleet by taking fewer A320s in 2011 and more in 2012. But he explained that while Airbus has plenty of 2011 slots it does not have any more 2012 slots. "During the crisis many companies delayed their orders and Airbus has a lack of slots in 2012," he says.
As several of its 2011 delivery slots are for late in the year LAN views these aircraft more as 2012 growth aircraft rather than 2011 growth aircraft. Riquelme says LAN concluded taking some aircraft a few months earlier than the carrier wanted was a better scenario than waiting until 2013, when there are again plenty of delivery slots available.
Meanwhile LAN over the next couple of years will look for opportunities to swap some of its 2011 delivery slots with 2012 slots. "The idea is to try to move some of those [2011] aircraft into the following year as the slots are being freed by other airlines" Riquelme explains. "We're confident that will be possible."
But he is quick to add that LAN is comfortable taking the aircraft as scheduled if it is unable to swap the slots. He points out LAN is confident rapid expansion of the carrier's narrowbody fleet, which will be used to grow LAN's intra-Latin American network, is sustainable.
"We expect that the regional markets in Latin America will experience an important growth in the following years," Riquelme says. "We've seen high potential there. There's an opportunity to increase our operation and to stimulate markets."
LAN's confidence in the Latin American market drove its decision to order the 30 additional A320s. All these aircraft will be used as growth rather than replacement aircraft with the exception of five A318s which were sold as part of the negotiation concluded last year with Airbus.
Riquelme points out that all five of these A318s will come out of LAN's fleet in 2011, thereby partly offsetting the capacity gain caused by the 15 new A320s now scheduled to be delivered to LAN in 2011.
LAN currently operates a fleet of 53 A320 family aircraft, 15 of which are A318s. With 48 of these aircraft currently scheduled to remain in LAN's fleet plus the 45 additional aircraft on outstanding order, LAN's A320 family fleet is now slated to grow to 93 aircraft by the end of 2016.
LAN uses its A320 fleet to operate an extensive intra-Latin America network with regional international flights as well as domestic flights in four countries - Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina. LAN credits the strength of these domestic passenger markets, which have continued to grow despite the global economic downturn, for the carrier's strong performance in 2009. It says the outlook for 2010 and beyond the for these domestic markets as well as short to medium-haul international flights within the region remains bright compared to markets in other regions of the world.

Aéronautique: le chilien LAN annonce l'acquisition du colombien Aires

SANTIAGO — La compagnie chilienne LAN, un des plus grands transporteurs aériens d'Amérique latine, a annoncé jeudi l'acquisition prochaine de la deuxième compagnie de Colombie, Aires, à la flotte de 24 appareils, dont neuf Boeing 737.

Dans un communiqué, LAN déclare avoir signé une promesse de vente à 98,9%, pour une transaction de 32,5 millions de dollars (23,6 millions d'euros).

La vente définitive est soumise à un processus de validation par les autorités de règlementation et à l'éventuelle intégration d'actionnaires colombiens. Le prix sera ajusté en fonction de la dette de Aires.

L'acquisition devrait être effective d'ici deux mois au maximum.

Selon LAN, Aires, fondée en 1980, est le deuxième transporteur aérien de Colombie, avec 22% du marché intérieur, derrière Avianca. La compagnie dessert 27 destinations intérieures et trois à l'international, vers New York, Fort Lauderdale (Etats-Unis) et le Panama.

Outre des Boeing 737-700 (150 passagers), la flotte de Aires comprend 11 Dash 8-200 (70 places) et quatre Dash 8-400 (35 places) du canadien Bombardier.

Au terme de l'acquisition, Aires deviendra une filiale de LAN, et intègrera à terme le futur géant latino-américain LATAM Airlines Group, dont LAN a annoncé la formation en août, à travers une fusion avec la compagnie brésilienne TAM.

Aires ajouterait son réseau à la flotte prévue de LATAM qui devrait desservir plus de 115 destinations dans 23 pays, avec une flotte de 220 avions. Selon le président de LAN Jorge Awad, les opérations communes entre LAN et TAM devraient commencer entre avril et juin 2011.