LATAM received its first Boeing 787-9 with GEnx engines

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LATAM Airlines Group announcementó incorporate itón of his first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner equipped with GE Aerospace GEnx engines, convertedéjoining the first group of airíplans to have this model in Sudamérica.

The aircraft took offó from charleston, South Carolina (USA) until Santiago de Chile, and integrateá in the próximos días a la surgeryón long range group.

Sayún informationón delivered by the manufacturer, the engines GEnx (General Electric next-generation) allow a reductionón in fuel consumption of up to 15% in comparisonón with the generationón anterior, además of lower CO emissions₂ y NOx, reductionón noise and higher levels of reliability and durability.

Primer Boeing 787 from LATAM with GEnx

“Combine itón del Boeing 787-9 with GEnx engines allows us to take a relevant step towards an operationón más efficient and sustainable, reducing fuel consumption and emissions, but alsoén gaining flexibility to continue growing and adaptingágoing to different markets and routes. This incorporationón is key to strengthening our long-range network and accompaniesñar the international growth of the group during the prówe go toños”, says Sebastián Acuto, Fleet and Project Director LATAM Airlines Group.

This incorporationóIt is part of the growth and modernization planófleet number of the group that allowed himó at the closing of 2025 count on 371 planes, after the incorporationón of 26 new aircraft during the yearñO, all models of úlast generationón. For 2026 the group LATAM projects the arrival of 41 new planes, –including the first Embraers in the fleet– and 27 additional aircraft in 2027 –including his first Airbus A321XLR.

Así, LATAM prevé from hereí al 2030, incorporate más de 130 new aircraft from different manufacturers, what to allowá expand your network and improve efficiency on medium and long distance routes. With this inverseón, LATAM projects that más of the 50% of his fleet beá from úlast generationón towards the end of this déeach.