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.
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 (currently called Latam Chile) 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, 7 Boeing 727, 4 BAC-111, 4 Boeing 707, 6 Douglas DC-6 B, 2 Boeing 757, 2 Douglas DC-8, 1 Airbus A300, 2 Boeing 737-300 and two Fokker 27 500 aircraft (Reg. CC CIS and CC CIT). and in the ´60s, numerous Douglas DC 3; Cargo fleet includes 3 Boeing 707 aircraft.
Chile
Arica (Chacalluta International Airport)
Iquique (Diego Aracena International Airport)
Antofagasta (Cerro Moreno International Airport) (Focus City)
Calama (El Loa International Airport) (Focus City)
El Salvador (Ricardo García Posada Airport)
Copiapó (Chamonate Airport)
La Serena (La Florida Airport (Chile))
Viña del Mar (Torquemada Airport)
Santiago (Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport) (Main Hub)
Concepción (Carriel Sur International Airport)
Los Ángeles (María Dolores Airport)
Temuco (Maquehue Airport)
Valdivia (Pichoy Airport)
Osorno (Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport)
Puerto Montt (El Tepual Airport)
Balmaceda (Balmaceda Airport)
Punta Arenas (Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport)
International Destinations:
Canada
Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
United States of America
Miami - Miami International Airport (Focus City)
New York City - John F. Kennedy International Airport
Baltimore/Washington, BWI - Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Mexico
Cancún - Cancún International Airport
Mexico City - Benito Juárez International Airport
Dominican Republic
Punta Cana, Punta Cana International Airport
Santo Domingo, Las Américas International Airport
Panama
Panama City - Tocumen International Airport
Colombia
Bogotá - El Dorado International Airport (Focus City)
Ecuador
Guayaquil - Simón Bolívar International Airport
Guatemala
Guatemala City - La Aurora International Airport
Jamaica
Montego Bay - Sir Donald Sangster International Airport
Costa Rica
San José de Costa Rica - Juan Santamaría International Airport
Cuba
Havana - José Martí International Airport
Argentina
Buenos Aires/Ezeiza -Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Focus City)
Mendoza, Argentina - El Plumerillo International Airport
Salta - Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport (Via Iquique)
San Miguel de Tucumán - Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport (Via Iquique)
San Juan (Argentina) - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (Via La Serena)
Ushuaia - Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (Via Puerto Montt-Punta Arenas)
Comodoro Rivadavia - General Enrique Mosconi International Airport (Via Balmaceda)
Neuquén - Presidente Perón International Airport (Via Temuco)
Paraguay
Asunción - Silvio Pettirossi International Airport
Brazil
Sao Paulo - São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
Rio de Janeiro - Galeão International Airport
Salvador de Bahía - Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport
Uruguay
Montevideo - Carrasco International Airport
Accidents and incidents
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.