SAN FRANCISCO GATEWAY INAUGURATED
LAN Airlines and its affiliates’ fourth US gateway
offers the only nonstop
service from San Francisco to South America
Pablo Yunis of LAN Airlines and Michael McCarron, SFO Director of
Community Affairs inaugurate the new San Francisco to Lima, Peru route
with ribbon cutting ceremony at SFO.
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San Francisco,
July 1, 2010. Today, LAN Airlines and its affiliates
inaugurated their fourth US gateway at San Francisco International
Airport with LAN Peru’s nonstop service to Lima, Peru. LAN Peru will
offer four flights per week to Lima on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday with continuing service to Sao Paulo, Brazil and additional
connections available on LAN Airlines and its affiliate carriers to over
50 destinations in South America.
San Francisco will join
the existing US gateways of New York, Los Angeles and Miami.
“LAN Airlines and its affiliates are honored to
connect the city where East meets West with the rich business, tourism,
historical and cultural opportunities that South America has to offer,”
said Pablo Yunis, Vice President, North America and the Caribbean, LAN
Airlines. “We hope that Bay Area residents and West Coast travelers
will see LAN Peru’s new service to Lima as their gateway to South
America.”
San Francisco’s position as a major tourism and
business destination, a strong hub for the West Coast, and as a gateway
to Asia’s capital cities including Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul made it a
strategic location for LAN Peru.
The new route continues LAN Airlines and its
affiliates’ dedication to supporting the growth of tourism in the
region. The new route will offer passengers more options for travel to
unique destinations like Machu Picchu in Peru, Patagonia in Argentina
and Chile, as well as Easter Island, Iguazu Falls and the Galapagos
Islands.
LAN Peru will service the new route on modern
Boeing 767-300s with long-haul reach and a capacity for 221 passengers.
These aircraft offer a Premium Business Class cabin that includes
full flat, 180° reclining seats
with a completely horizontal sleeping option
that only a select group of airlines in the world offer, in addition to
a renovated Economy class. Both cabins feature a state of the art
on demand entertainment system with personal high definition screens for
every seat
The inaugural LAN Peru flight to Lima will depart
SFO today at 1:30 p.m. The flight arrived at SFO for the first time
this morning at 7:00 a.m. with passengers from Lima
About LAN
LAN Airlines is one of the
leading passenger and cargo airlines in Latin America. The company and
its affiliates serve over 70 destinations around the world through an
extensive network that offers full connectivity within Latin America,
while also linking the region with North America, Europe and the South
Pacific, as well as 70 additional international destinations through its
various alliances. LAN Airlines and its affiliates have a leading
position in their respective domestic markets of Chile and Peru as well
as an important presence in the Argentinean domestic market and has
completed its first year of operations in the domestic market of
Ecuador.
Currently, LAN Airlines and its affiliates
operate one of the most modern fleets in the world, with 86 passenger
aircraft, and its cargo subsidiary, LAN CARGO and its respective cargo
affiliates, have a fleet of 11 freighters. The company recently
completed its short haul fleet renovation process by acquiring new
aircraft from the Airbus A320 family, enabling LAN to improve its
efficiency and to reduce significantly its CO2 emissions. The fleet
renovation is part of the company’s commitment to the protection of the
environment.
LAN is one of the few Investment Grade
airlines in the world (BBB). The company’s world class quality standards
enabled its membership in oneworld™, the global alliance that
encompasses the best airlines in the world. For more information please
visit www.lan.com
or
www.oneworldalliance.com
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