Ladeco


Ladeco was a Chilean airline; Ladeco is the acronym of "Línea Aérea Del Cobre" or the "Airline of Copper," in reference to the principal Chilean export.

History

Ladeco began operations in 1958 flying mostly internal routes between Chile's major cities and some international routes, and continued to run services until 1994 when LanChile bought over 99% of the shares and merged Ladeco into its fleet. At the time of takeover, Ladeco was equipped mainly with Boeing 737 aircraft as well as some Boeing 727s and Boeing 757s. Ladeco then became exclusively an internal carrier between Chilean cities. Its name has since disappeared and most internal routes are covered by an affiliate of LAN Airlines called LAN Express.
The airline's fleet included 20 Boeing 737-200, seven Boeing 727, four British Aircraft Corporation BAC-111, four Boeing 707, six Douglas DC-6B, two Boeing 757, twoDouglas DC-8, one Airbus A300, two Boeing 737-300 and two Fokker F-27- 500 aircraft. and in the ´60s, numerous Douglas DC 3; Cargo fleet includes 3 Boeing 707 aircraft.

Destinations

International Destinations:
On 8 April 1968, Douglas C-49K CC-CBM crashed on approach to Balmaceda Airport killing all 36 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago.