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The group LATAM Airlines announced that it will convert up to eight aircraft Boeing 767-300ER of passengers in cargo, after which the group would increase by almost a 80% his capacity.
The growth will take place in two stages and gradually. The first phase is based on four confirmed orders with Boeing for conversions between 2021 and 2022. Con Boeing 767-300BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter), LATAM cargo operators will now have a total of 15 cargo aircraft. the second phase, instead, corresponds to four conversion options with Boeing between 2022 and 2023 with which the operators would total a fleet of 19 Boeing 767-300ER freighters.
In this sense, the CEO of the LATAM Group, Roberto Alvo commented:
“Despite the deep crisis that the pandemic has imposed on the industry, the group maintains its commitment to support exporters and importers in the region with more and better options to bring their products to their destination. It is therefore, that the growth plan has been accelerated with the conversion of up to 8 Boeing 767-300ERs in the coming 30 months. This investment, added to the significant efficiencies achieved within the Chapter 11, support our aspiration to be the best alternative for cargo customers”.
It should be remembered that during the 2020, LATAM Cargo played an active role ensuring the supply of the countries, especially from the extreme and difficult-to-access areas of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, as well as safeguarded its offer to the export and import sectors of South America, even going so far as to increase their frequencies by more than one 40% in markets that required it. To achieve these results, in an unprecedented way, it operated passenger planes for the exclusive transport of cargo.
Added to the above, during the pandemic, he landed for the first time in China in search of medical supplies for South America, doing more than 80 flights to the asian continent. It is currently carrying out trips to Europe and China to transport vaccines for COVID-19 to the region, and through the Solidarity Plane Program of the LATAM Group, it has made its structure available for the free transportation of vaccines in domestic markets.
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Like other cargo airlines such as UPS, the Boeing 767-300F is an excellent mid-size aircraft. Some time ago, before the pandemic, LATAM operated Boeing 777Fs under LAN colors and was later taken on by AeroLogic but leased MD-11F freighters instead. Nicholas, Do you know if LATAM will operate the B777F again?? I have known that there is one requested.
From what you know is that no, the 777F will not return to LATAM Cargo and it is unfortunate, because it was beautiful to see, It seems to me that with him 767 have more flexibility in operation.