Foreign Filer Report • Oct 9, 2018
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
October 9, 2018
Commission File Number 1-14728
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LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
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Presidente Riesco 5711, 20th floor
Las Condes
Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)
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LATAM Airlines Group reports preliminary monthly statistics for September 2018
Santiago, Chile, October 9, 2018 – LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its subsidiaries, (“LATAM Airlines Group” or “the Company”) (NYSE: LTM / IPSA: LTM), the leading airline group in Latin America, today reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for September 2018 compared to the same period of 2017.
System passenger traffic increased 2.4%, while capacity rose by 8.0%. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month fell 4.5 percentage points to 81.9%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 58% of the month’s total passenger traffic.
The following table summarizes traffic figures for the month and includes a year-to-date breakdown for LATAM’s main business units.
| | September — 2018 | 2017 | %
Change | Year
to Date by September — 2018 | 2017 | %
Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LATAM
AIRLINES PASSENGER OPERATIONS | | | | | | |
| REVENUE
PASSENGER KILOMETERS (million) | | | | | | |
| SYSTEM | 9,739 | 9,509 | 2.4% | 88,154 | 85,983 | 2.5% |
| DOMESTIC
SSC (1) | 1,625 | 1,608 | 1.0% | 14,653 | 14,205 | 3.2% |
| DOMESTIC
BRAZIL (2) | 2,489 | 2,487 | 0.0% | 22,400 | 22,087 | 1.4% |
| INTERNATIONAL
(3) | 5,626 | 5,413 | 3.9% | 51,101 | 49,691 | 2.8% |
| AVAILABLE
SEAT KILOMETERS (million) | | | | | | |
| SYSTEM | 11,894 | 11,012 | 8.0% | 106,025 | 101,472 | 4.5% |
| DOMESTIC
SSC (1) | 1,994 | 1,962 | 1.6% | 17,895 | 17,500 | 2.3% |
| DOMESTIC
BRAZIL (2) | 3,084 | 2,926 | 5.4% | 27,861 | 26,937 | 3.4% |
| INTERNATIONAL
(3) | 6,817 | 6,123 | 11.3% | 60,269 | 57,034 | 5.7% |
| PASSENGER
LOAD FACTOR | | | | | | |
| SYSTEM | 81.9% | 86.4% | -4.5
pp | 83.1% | 84.7% | -1.6
pp |
| DOMESTIC
SSC (1) | 81.5% | 81.9% | -0.5
pp | 81.9% | 81.2% | 0.7
pp |
| DOMESTIC
BRAZIL (2) | 80.7% | 85.0% | -4.3
pp | 80.4% | 82.0% | -1.6
pp |
| INTERNATIONAL
(3) | 82.5% | 88.4% | -5.9
pp | 84.8% | 87.1% | -2.3
pp |
| PASSENGERS
BOARDED (thousand) | | | | | | |
| SYSTEM | 5,642 | 5,618 | 0.4% | 50,570 | 49,533 | 2.1% |
| DOMESTIC
SSC (1) | 1,977 | 1,940 | 1.9% | 17,351 | 16,663 | 4.1% |
| DOMESTIC
BRAZIL (2) | 2,338 | 2,374 | -1.5% | 20,912 | 20,853 | 0.3% |
| INTERNATIONAL
(3) | 1,327 | 1,303 | 1.8% | 12,307 | 12,017 | 2.4% |
| LATAM
AIRLINES CARGO OPERATIONS | | | | | | |
| REVENUE
TON KILOMETERS (Cargo) (million) | | | | | | |
| SYSTEM | 293 | 285 | 2.7% | 2,632 | 2,462 | 6.9% |
| AVAILABLE
TON KILOMETERS (Cargo) (million) | | | | | | |
| SYSTEM | 533 | 501 | 6.5% | 4,839 | 4,589 | 5.4% |
| CARGO
LOAD FACTOR | | | | | | |
| SYSTEM | 55.0% | 57.0% | -2.0
pp | 54.4% | 53.7% | 0.7
pp |
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INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT INFORMATION
LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
Investor Relations
Tel: (56-2) 2565-8765
www.latamairlinesgroup.net
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About LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
LATAM Airlines Group is Latin America’s leading airline group with one of the largest route networks in the world, offering air services to around 143 destinations in 26 countries, and is present in six domestic markets in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in addition to its international operations in Latin America, Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, Oceania and Africa.
The Group employs approximately 42.000 people worldwide, operating more than 1,300 flights per day and transporting 68 million passengers per year.
LATAM Airlines Group has a young and modern fleet. Its 315 aircraft average an age of around seven years and feature the latest models including the Boeing 787, Airbus A350, A321 and A320neo.
LATAM Airlines Group is the only airlines group in Latin America and one of three worldwide to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability ‘World’ Index. In 2017, it was recognized by the index for sustainable practices, based on economic, social and environmental criteria, for the fourth consecutive year.
LATAM Airlines Group shares are traded on the Santiago Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange in the form of ADRs.
For any commercial or brand related query, visit www.latam.com . Further financial information is available via www.latamairlinesgroup.net
Notes
(1) Domestic SSC = Domestic passenger operations in Spanish speaking countries carried by LAN. Passenger statistics include domestic operations in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia.
(2) Domestic Brazil = Domestic passenger operations of TAM in Brazil.
(3) International = International passenger operations of LAN and TAM.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 9,
2018 | |
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| By: | /s/ Ramiro Alfonsín |
| Name: | Ramiro Alfonsín |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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