- Closes Q1 with 13 cargo planes and increases its cargo offer by nearly 10%
- It will initially serve the markets of Brazil, Colombia and Central America
- LATAM expects to receive two more aircraft during 2022. With this, it will finish the year with a fleet of 15 B767-300Fs
LATAM has this month received the second of ten B767 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) as part of its cargo fleet growth plan announced in 2021.
With this aircraft, it has increased its offer for this type of transport by nearly 10%, reduced the average age of its aircraft, and will finish Q1 with 13 B767Fs. By 2023, the company plans to have a cargo fleet composed of up to 21 freighters.
The 13-year-old aircraft took off for the first time on March 30 to fly the Miami-Bogota-Miami route, providing capacity to Colombia´s flower clients and importers demanding capacity to transport general cargo to South America. It will initially serve the markets of Colombia, Brazil and Central America.
Said Kamal Hadad, Alliances and Network Director at LATAM Cargo: “With the arrival of the growth plan’s second freighter, LATAM’s cargo subsidiaries provide a solution appropriate to the current needs of their clients in terms of capacity, connectivity and service from, to and within South America.
“Fulfilling the growth plan despite the uncertain scenario generated by the pandemic in the industry reflects the commitment of LATAM and its cargo subsidiaries to the region’s importers and exporters of providing them with more and better options for taking their products to their relevant markets.”
Hadad added: “Growing with Boeing 767 freighters is a significant advantage, as it is the optimal plane in terms of size, volume and versatility. Additionally, using one type of aircraft generates relevant efficiencies.”
The B767 freighter conversion took four and a half months, a process that was carried out in Singapore as part of the Boeing conversion programme conducted by the SASCO MRO. From the total of its cargo fleet, the company currently has five passenger planes converted to freighters.
