Lan Airlines
Lan Airlines is the major airline in the country of Chile. It is based in Santiago, Chile but has destinations all over the globe, from North and South America, to the Caribbean and even Europe. After Tam Airlines, Lan Airlines is the largest airliner in South America, and the single largest airline company in the Country of Chile.

From Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile Lan Airlines flies to over forty locations across the world with their fleet of 86 Boeing and Airbus jets.

Lan Airlines was founded in 1929 by Arturo Merino Benitez. Benitez was the Air Services Commander for the Chilean army; he founded the airline under the name Linea Aeropostale Santiago-Arica; it was not until 1932 that the airline took on the name Lan Airlines. These days, the airline provides service to countries all over the world through code sharing agreements with various airline companies, such as American Airlines, Iberia, and British Airways to offer service in the United States, Asia, and the United Kingdom respectively.

If you want to learn more about Lan Airlines or get in touch with the company directly, you can access the Lan Chile Airlines website at www.LAN.com. On the website, you can get information on Lan flight schedules and maybe even score some cheap round trip tickets to the destination of your choice, depending on the time of year and what kinds of promotions Lan Airlines may be running.

The Lan Airlines livery is a bit different from that of the other traditional airline companies; half of the fuselage is painted in blue and the other half is painted in white, with the word LAN emblazoned across the front side of the airplanes. The bottom of the plane and the tail fin are all painted in that same blue color, so Lan Airlines definitely stands apart from the rest on the runway.

Some people like loyalty programs and clubs, and for those people Lan Airlines has a frequent flyer program called OnePass. With OnePass, Lan Airlines flyers can get to any one of a number of destinations in South America at the same great rate; their purchases and trips add up to points that can score fliers free trips and merchandise.