LATAM Airlines
Chilean multinational airline
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| April 19 2024 | DGAC releases preliminary report stating that the captain's seat involuntarily moved forward and weather was not a factor in the accident. |
| March 12 2024 | Chilean Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) begins official investigation into the LATAM Airlines Flight 800 incident. |
| March 11 2024 | LATAM Airlines Flight 800, a Boeing 787-9, experienced a severe technical event en route to Auckland, resulting in 50 people injured, 12 hospitalized, and one seriously hurt. |
| August 14 2023 | LATAM Chile Flight 505, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, diverted to Panama City after the captain became incapacitated and collapsed, with the captain pronounced dead upon landing. |
| 2022 | The four Boeing 787-9 aircraft acquired from Norwegian Air Shuttle entered service. |
| November 18 2022 | LATAM Perú Flight 2213, an Airbus A320-271N, struck a fire truck during a rejected takeoff at Jorge Chávez International Airport, resulting in a fire, 24 injuries, and two firefighter fatalities. |
| October 26 2022 | LATAM Chile Flight 1325, an Airbus A320-214, encountered a hailstorm during approach to Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, losing its nose radome and both engines, but landing safely with no injuries. |
| 2021 | LATAM acquired four Boeing 787-9 aircraft previously operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle. |
| 2020 | LATAM Airlines Argentina ceased operations |
| 2020 | LATAM Airlines ended its membership in the Oneworld airline alliance. |
| 2019 | LATAM Airlines concluded operations of its wet-leased Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. |
| November 2019 | LATAM resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner deliveries, with aircraft CC-BGO being delivered. |
| 2018 | LATAM Airlines operated wet-leased Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, sourced from Wamos Air and Boeing Capital respectively. |
| 2018 | LATAM faced significant operational challenges due to groundings of both A320neo and Boeing 787 aircraft, but began recovering later in the year. |
| 2018 | LATAM Airlines sold its shares in Mas Air |
| 2018 | Completion of aircraft livery rebranding to a unified LATAM design across all aircraft. |
| December 2018 | LATAM began operating the Santiago-São Paulo-Tel Aviv route three times per week using Boeing 787 aircraft, marking the second air route operated by a South American company to Asia. |
| April 2018 | LATAM's domestic subsidiary LATAM Express suffered a major workers' strike, causing significant economic losses. |
| February 2018 | LATAM Airlines began experiencing problems with Rolls-Royce engines on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet, grounding at least six aircraft. |
| December 2017 | The airline received their first Airbus A320neo aircraft. |
| November 2017 | LATAM announced the opening of a direct air route to Asia, connecting Santiago, Chile to Tel Aviv, Israel via a stop in São Paulo, Brazil. |
| October 5 2017 | LATAM Airlines launched its longest flight route from Santiago to Melbourne. |
| 2016 | LATAM Airlines introduced Airbus A350-900 aircraft to its fleet. |
| December 19 2016 | LATAM Chile changed its baggage policy, beginning to charge US$200 per way for surfboard bags of up to three boards, ending their previous policy of free surfboard transport. |
| May 5 2016 | LAN began operating as LATAM Airlines. |
| August 2015 | Announcement made that LAN and TAM would rebrand under the LATAM name, with a unified aircraft livery to be implemented by 2018. |
| April 17 2015 | LATAM officially retired the last Airbus A340-300 (aircraft CC-CQA) from their fleet. |
| November 23 2014 | LATAM received their first Airbus A321, which became the domestic flagship of the airline. |
| May 18 2013 | An Airbus A340 departed Auckland Airport on an incorrect runway alignment, which was only discovered during a subsequent runway inspection. |
| 2012 | LAN Chile became the launch customer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in the Americas. |
| June 22 2012 | LATAM Airlines Group was formed after LAN's complete takeover of Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aéreas. |
| 2011 | LAN Chile ordered 10 A318 aircraft but subsequently sold them to Avianca Brasil, instead purchasing 128 jets from the A320 family and one additional A340-300. |
| 2011 | LAN Courier (Blue Express) was sold by the company |
| December 3 2011 | AIRES began operating as LAN Colombia under the unified LAN livery. |
| October 28 2010 | LAN Airlines acquired 98% of the shares of AIRES, the second-largest air carrier in Colombia. |
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