Summary
- LATAM Airlines Group becomes the biggest operator of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in Latin America with an order for five additional aircraft, reaching a complete of 46.
- That is Boeing’s first order within the region, as other manufacturers like Airbus and Embraer had already secured 190 aircraft orders.
- LATAM’s decision to equip the brand new Dreamliners with GEnx engines by GE Aerospace demonstrates its commitment to sustainability and carbon neutrality goals.
On Wednesday, LATAM Airlines Group announced an order for five additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which can make the corporate the biggest operator of the kind across Latin America, reaching a complete of 46 Boeing 787 airplanes.
A brand new order within the region
Yesterday, we ran a story disclosing the aircraft orders gained by manufacturers corresponding to Airbus and Embraer within the Latin American region. Until now, Boeing had zero orders within the region out of a complete of 190 aircraft requested by firms corresponding to Viva Aerobus, Volaris, LATAM, Azul, and Aerus.
Which Latin American Airlines Ordered Latest Planes In 2023?
A complete of 190 aircraft were ordered within the region this yr.
Nonetheless, that modified today. LATAM and Boeing announced an order for five additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners. With this order and the already scheduled deliveries of this model within the upcoming years, the LATAM group will reach a complete of 46 Dreamliners. The corporate currently has ten Dreamliner 8s and 23 Dreamliner 9s.
The acquisition ranks the South American airline group as the biggest operator of Dreamliners in Latin America. It also represents a rise of 20 Dreamliners in comparison with LATAM’s pre-pandemic fleet. Other operators of the model within the region include Aeromexico and avianca.
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Moreover, the LATAM Group decided to equip the following 787s with GEnx engines by GE Aerospace. It would be the primary airline in South America to have these engines.
What are the airline and Boeing saying?
LATAM’s Chief Financial Officer, Ramiro Alfonsín, said in a press release,
Meanwhile, Mike Wilson, vice chairman of Latin America and Caribbean Sales at Boeing Industrial Airplanes, said the 787 Dreamliner is ideally suited to support LATAM’s group sustainability and operations goals through the widebody’s performance and versatile route capability.
LATAM’s fleet, orders, and where can we discover its Dreamliners
As of December 2023, LATAM Airlines Group has 332 aircraft, including 56 Boeing passenger aircraft (models 767, 777, and 787) and 256 Airbus aircraft (A319, A320, A320neo, A321, and A321neo). Moreover, LATAM Cargo has 20 cargo aircraft.
In October, LATAM Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo. During that event, the corporate placed an order for 13 additional A321neo aircraft, bringing the overall order book of the corporate with Airbus to 111 recent planes waiting to be delivered.
Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Easy Flying.
The airline’s 787 Dreamliner fleet may be seen on 345 flights weekly, in response to data from Cirium. LATAM offers 97,755 seats and averages 283.3 seats per departure.
The corporate’s important routes operated onboard the 787 Dreamliner are:
- Santiago de Chile-Bogota. 14 weekly flights.
- Santiago de Chile-Lima. 12 weekly flights.
- Santiago de Chile-Lima. 11 weekly flights.
- Sao Paulo Guarulhos-Lima. 11 weekly flights.
- Santiago de Chile-Madrid. Ten weekly flights.
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