LATAM Paraguay

Transportes Aereos del Mercosur S.A, d/b/a LATAM Airlines Paraguay (formerly known as TAM Paraguay and previously LAP - 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.

LATAM Airlines Paraguay
IATA ICAO Callsign
LA LAP PARAGUAYA
FoundedNovember 17, 1962 (as LAP)
September 1, 1996 (as TAM Mercosur)
May 5, 2016 (as LATAM Paraguay)
HubsSilvio Pettirossi International Airport
Frequent-flyer programLATAM Pass
Fleet size5
Destinations3
Parent companyLATAM Airlines Group
HeadquartersAsunción, Paraguay
Key peopleEnrique Alcaide (CEO)
Websitewww.latam.com/es_py/

History

The airline was established in 1962 and started operations in 1963 as Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas. After a brief period between 1994-1996 as a subsidiary of the Ecuadorian airline SAETA when its name was LAPSA, in 1996 the majority of the stakes of LAP were sold to the Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aéreas and the current acronym was adopted. This is not to be confused with a Bolivian military-run passenger service, TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar, operating mainly DC-3 and CASA 212 aircraft to domestic underserved destinations and not related to the civilian airline.

In 1994 TAM Linhas Aéreas established a small subsidiary airline in Paraguay, called ARPA – Aerolíneas Paraguayas, with a fleet consisting mostly of Cessna 208 Caravans, formerly operated by TAM. On September 1, 1996, ARPA purchased 80% of the shares of the former state-owned LAP – Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas and both airlines were merged under the name TAM – Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur.

In 2008, following a branding strategy, the name TAM Mercosur was dropped and the airline adopted a corporate identity identical to its Brazilian owner, becoming TAM Linhas Aéreas. 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.

Destinations
The former TAM Mercosur logo

As of January 2021, LATAM Paraguay offers or has previously offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:[3]

City Country IATA ICAO Airport Notes
AsunciónParaguayASUSGASSilvio Pettirossi International AirportHub
Buenos AiresArgentinaEZESAEZMinistro Pistarini International AirportTerminated
Ciudad del EsteParaguayAGTSGESGuaraní International AirportTerminated
LimaPeruLIMSPJCJorge Chávez International AirportTerminated
Punta del EsteUruguayPDPSULSCapitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International AirportTerminated
Santa Cruz de la SierraBoliviaVVISLVRViru Viru International AirportTerminated
Santiago de ChileChileSCLSCELArturo Merino Benítez International Airport
São PauloBrazilGRUSBGRGuarulhos International Airport

Codeshare agreements

Fleet

Current fleet

The LATAM Paraguay fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2019):[4]

LATAM Paraguay fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A320-200 5 12 144 156 Operated by LATAM Brasil and LATAM Chile
Total 5

Former fleet

As LAP, the airline previously operated the following aircraft:[5]

References
  1. "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 30 March – 5 April 2004. 79. "Oliva 761 casi Ayolas / Meal. Lopez esq. Mayor Infante Rivarola, Asuncion, Paraguay"
  2. "TAM Linhas Aéreas Consolidates Fleet and Initiates New Air Network." Reuters. Monday 26 May 2008. Retrieved on 2 February 2009.
  3. "Latam Airlines". Latam. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. https://airlinegeeks.com/2018/05/10/latam-paraguay-increases-its-route-offering-to-chile-and-brazil/
  5. "LAP fleet". aerobernie.bplaced.net. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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