Cathay Pacific to Add Santiago to Network with LAN Codeshare

Cathay Pacific is to add Santiago, the capital city of Chile, to its network as a result of a new codeshare arrangement with oneworld partner LAN, one of Latin America’s leading airlines.

 Under the new arrangement, effective 17 May 2010, Cathay Pacific will put its CX code on LAN flights between Santiago and three key gateway cities: Auckland, Los Angeles and New York. At the same time, LAN’s LA code will go on Cathay Pacific’s flights between Hong Kong and Auckland, Los Angeles and New York.

The codeshare arrangement with LAN marks the first time for Cathay Pacific to have a presence in the Latin American market – a move which will offer travellers more choice and greater connectivity through the Hong Kong hub.

Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Tony Tyler said, “Latin America is an untapped market for our passenger business and we see it as offering great potential. We are very pleased to be able to offer this new codeshare service with our oneworld partner LAN, which serves to highlight the benefits the alliance brings to its airline members and the travelling public alike.”

Cathay Pacific Airways and LAN are both full members of oneworld, a global airline alliance.

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