LATAM Airlines Paraguay


Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur S.A, d/b/a LATAM Airlines Paraguay, is the flag carrier and the national airline of Paraguay with its headquarters in Asunción, Paraguay. Its flights operate from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asunción. Its parent is the Chilean company, LATAM Airlines Group.

History

The airline was established on November 17, 1962, and started operations in 1963 as Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas. The airline then operated for a brief period between 1995 and 1996 as a subsidiary of the Ecuadorian airline SAETA under the name LAPSA Air Paraguay.
On September 1, 1996, Aerolíneas Paraguayas purchased 80% of the majority shares of the airline, which by then both airlines were merged under the name TAM – Transportes Aéreos del Mercosur. It was then sold to TAM Linhas Aéreas later that year on October 6, which used two Fokker 100 jets to cover regional destinations.
In March 2008, following a branding strategy, the name TAM Mercosur was dropped and the airline adopted a corporate identity identical to its Brazilian owner. However, its corporate structure remained the same. The airline was rebranded as LATAM Paraguay following the merger and creation of the LATAM Airlines Group and the subsequent rebranding of its member airlines. Today LATAM owns 94.98% and the Paraguayan Government owns 5.02% of the shares.
In May 2025, the airline was fined 8,434,000 Paraguayan Guarani for failing to comply with its obligations to a family who was stranded in Argentina for 5 days without receiving assistance from the airline.

Destinations

, LATAM Paraguay offers or has previously offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
ArgentinaBuenos AiresAeroparque Jorge Newbery
ArgentinaBuenos AiresMinistro Pistarini International Airport
ArgentinaCórdobaIngeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport
BoliviaCochabambaJorge Wilstermann International Airport
BoliviaLa PazEl Alto International Airport
BoliviaSanta Cruz de la SierraViru Viru International Airport
BrazilBrasíliaPres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport
BrazilCuritibaAfonso Pena International Airport
BrazilRio de JaneiroGaleão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport
BrazilSão PauloGuarulhos–Gov. André Franco Montoro International Airport
ChileIquiqueDiego Aracena International Airport
ChileSantiagoArturo Merino Benítez International Airport
ParaguayAsunciónSilvio Pettirossi International Airport
ParaguayCiudad del EsteGuaraní International Airport
PeruLimaJorge Chávez International Airport
UruguayMontevideoCarrasco/Gal. Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport
UruguayPunta del EsteCapitán de Corbeta Carlos A. Curbelo International Airport

a.Route operated by Paranair on behalf of LATAM Paraguay as wet-lease.

Codeshare agreement

LATAM Paraguay codeshares with the following airlines:
  • Paranair

    Fleet

Current fleet

, LATAM Paraguay operates an all-Airbus A320 fleet composed of the following aircraft:

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan220022007Taken from Aerolíneas Paraguayas
Fokker 100319962008