LAN Airlines Orders up to 40 A320 Family Aircraft

LAN Airlines, with headquarters in Chile´s Santiago, has signed a contract with Airbus for the acquisition of 25 A320 aircraft plus 15 optionals. This order confirms LAN´s previous announcement of June 2005 and brings their total orders for Airbus jetliners to 59.

Deliveries of the newly ordered aircraft are scheduled to begin in 2006. A part of the additional new A318s and A319s will gradually replace LAN´s 737-200 fleet. The additional A319s and A320s will be powered by the V2500-A5 engine from International Aero Engines.

These new aircraft will be put into service on LAN´s domestic network in Peru, Chile and Argentina.

More than 3,600 Airbus A320 Family aircraft have been ordered to date of which more than 2,500 have been delivered. The Airbus A320 Family has nearly 200 customers and operators to its credit.