Ladeco board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago. 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. 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
The Airline Cooperative 140 member airlines and continues to grow. In March 2015, a published map showed there to be:<br> - 147 Airline members worldwide<br> - 66 countries with Airline Cooperative airline members<br> - 116 Airport bases with airlines taking part in the Cooperative<br> The Airline Cooperative The Airline Cooperative (ACO) is a membership organisation formed by a broad group of International Airlines, with the structure of a Cooperative Society. The pivotal aim of the Cooperative is to share non-competitive information, and work together to increase awareness of relevant safety and security concerns, improve efficiency, reduce costs, learn, and grow. As of March