LAN goes triple daily between capital markets

LAN Argentina has added a new daily rotation between Buenos Aires and the Peruvian capital of Lima, supplementing existing LAN Peru service, taking their combined tally of flights to a triple daily rotation, operated with a mix of narrowbody (A320/321) equipment and widebody (B767).

On the sector the carrier competes with Aerolineas Argentinas which flies a B737 daily, and TACA which recently merged with Colombian major Avianca which operates an 11x weekly service.

IATA BSP data(Airport IS) shows that over 247,000 O+D passengers have flown the route between Feb 09-10 with LAN carrying 45% of these passengers. The majority of passengers have flown on the non-stop services, however there is leakage via Santiago, Chile.