LATAM Paraguay

LATAM Airlines Paraguay

IATA ICAO Callsign LA LAP PARAGUAYA
Founded	November 17, 1962 (as LAP) September 1, 1996 (as TAM Mercosur) May 5, 2016 (as LATAM Paraguay)
Hubs	Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	LATAM Pass
Fleet size	5
Destinations	3
Parent company	LATAM Airlines Group
Headquarters	Asunción, Paraguay
Key people	Enrique Alcaide (CEO)
Website	www.latam.com/es_py/

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.

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]

Codeshare agreements[]

• LATAM Brasil
• LATAM Chile
• Paranair

Fleet[]

Current fleet[]

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

Former fleet[]

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

• 1 Airbus A310-300
• 1 British Aerospace 146-300
• 3 Boeing 707-320B
• 2 Boeing 737-200
• 2 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
• 3 Convair CV-240
• 1 Douglas C-47
• 2 Douglas C-54
• 1 Douglas DC-8-61
• 2 Douglas DC-8-62
• 1 Douglas DC-8-63
• 2 Douglas DC-8-71
• 5 Fokker 100
• 3 Lockheed L-188A Electra
• 3 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

References[]

External links[]

• LATAM Airlines