LAN Airlines

LAN Airlines | July 25, 2016

A South American airline taken to task by the Securities and Exchange Commission for authorizing improper payments during a union dispute with its Argentinian employees will pay $22 million to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act claims. The agreement resolves parallel civil and criminal proceedings brought by the SEC and the U.S. Department of Justice against LAN Airlines. In order to quell a 2006 labor dispute, the SEC's court papers said, LAN funneled $1.15 million through a third-party c...

LAN Airlines | July 13, 2016

LAN Airlines (now LATAM Airlines), a member of LATAM Airlines Group, was named the Best Airline in South America in the Skytrax World Airline Awards at the Farnborough International Airshow on July 12. The awards are organized each year by international air transport rating organization, Skytrax Research, and are based on the world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey, which in 2016 involved the evaluation of 280 airlines by more than 19 million passengers representing 104 diffe...

Simple Flying | January 17, 2020

Canadian operator WestJet is planning a new transatlantic service. The Boeing 737 operated flight would be used to connect Canada’s Halifax to Manchester in the United Kingdom. The seasonal flight is set to operate over the 2020 summer period. WestJet is launching its third route from Halifax to the United Kingdom this summer. Accompanying its existing routes to London and Glasgow, the new connection will be operated by a Boeing 737 aircraft. Launching in June, the route will remain in ope...

ch-aviation | January 16, 2020

Qatar Airways has announced a codeshare partnership with Deutsche Bahn (DB) the German railway operator, offering its passengers connections to and from eight key destinations in Germany, according to a press release issued by the airline. The Oneworld carrier currently operates 35 weekly flights between Doha Hamad Int'l and the German cities of Frankfurt Int'l (2x daily), Munich (2x daily), and Berlin Tegel (1x daily). Under the DB deal, Qatar Airways passengers will be able to connect ...