Air TransportLATAM Airlines Mulls Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 Jets in Potential Fleet Expansion
LATAM Airlines, Latin America’s largest airline, reported its second-quarter results with a net income of US$242 million, up 66% compared to the same period in 2024.
This strong performance is a result of a 7.6% increase in the number of passengers transported, reaching 20.6 million.
Supply grew 8.3%, while the load factor remained high at 83.5%, up 1.2% compared to last year.
Increased demand has led the Chilean carrier to seek ways to expand its fleet, currently comprised of 360 Airbus and Boeing jets.
LATAM, which received 12 jets in the second quarter (including an A330 on wet lease), stated that it will take delivery of 11 A320neo family aircraft in 2026.
Furthermore, the company decided to postpone the retirement of almost all of its A319s, launching a cabin retrofit program to keep them in service longer.
Despite this, LATAM confirmed that it is evaluating the acquisition of additional aircraft, whether widebodies or narrowbodies of models already in service.
Furthermore, the A220 and Embraer E2 jets are also being analyzed, opening the possibility of the airline returning a new aircraft to its fleet.
A potential order, however, depends on “the materialization of these options depends on several factors, including aircraft availability and the evolution of the markets in which the group operates.”
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