Chilean operator LAN Airlines plans to launch new service on a Santiago-Madrid-Paris routing on 2 September.
Pending approval, LAN says it will offer three weekly flights on the route with Airbus A340s featuring 263 seats including a new lie-flat seat in business class. Flightglobal's ACAS fleet database shows that LAN currently operates five A340-300s.
Currently LAN serves the European destinations of Madrid and Frankfurt.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
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