LAN Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL)) and TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas International (CGH)) have gotten back their operational licenses from the Authority for the Regulation and Control of Bolivian Telecommunications and Transport (ATT). Owing to bureaucratic bungling, both carriers had their permits suspended on February 15 leaving them with only provisional permits. While they could operate flights into the country, they were not able to freely sell seats. LAN connects La Paz El Alto (LPB) and Santa Cruz Viru Viru International (VVI) to Iquique Diego Aracena International (IQQ), Lima Jorge Chávez International (LIM) and Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL) while TAM links Asuncion Silvio Pettirossi International (ASU) with Santa Cruz.

TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas International (CGH)) has reversed a 2012 decision to retire its fleet of three B767-300s and will instead phase in six winglet-equipped B767-300(ER)s originally delivered to its sister carrier, LAN Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL)) last year. At present, TAM uses its B767-300(ER)s on flights from Miami International (MIA) and had originally planned to phase them out in favour of newer A330-200s.

TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas International (CGH)) and LAN Colombia (4C, Bogotá El Nuevo Dorado International (BOG)) will both join Oneworld alliance according to an announcement made by parent LATAM Airlines Group. LAN Colombia will become an affiliate member of the alliance before the end of 2013 joining sister carriers LAN Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL)), LAN Argentina (4M, Buenos Aires Aeroparque Jorge Newberry (AEP)), LAN Ecuador (XL, Quito Internacional (UIO)) and LAN Perú (LP, Lima Jorge Chávez International (LIM)). TAM will leave Star Alliance during the second quarter of 2014 and join oneworld instead as it has already been widely expected ever since the merger of LAN and TAM into LATAM Airlines Group. In other news, TAM has converted outstanding Airbus Industrie (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac (TLS)) orders for 17 A320-200s and six A319-100s to 23 larger A321-200s. It currently operates 27 A319-100s, 85 A320-200s and nine A321-200s on short-haul flights.

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Campinas Viracopos (VCP)) and TRIP Linhas Aéreas (T4, Campinas Viracopos (VCP)) have been authorized to fully merge by Brazil's antitrust authority Cade that has however set certain conditions for its approval of the transaction. The two carriers that already sell all of their flights through Azul's website using Azul's AD code will need to continue to use at least 85% of their slots at Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) and the codeshare agreement TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas International (CGH)) has with TRIP needs to ended by 2014 at the latest.

Sol del Paraguay (PI, Asuncion Silvio Pettirossi International (ASU)) will be replaced by the Paraguayan government by a new national carrier according to a plan announced by the country's president Federico Franco. Sol del Paraguay had suspended operations in 2012 after just nine months leaving TAM Airlines (PZ, Asuncion Silvio Pettirossi International (ASU)) as the only scheduled carrier in Paraguay. It currently uses four A320-200s of parent TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas International (CGH)) and offers flights from Asuncion Silvio Pettirossi International (ASU) to Buenos Aires Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini (EZE), Ciudad del Este Guarani International (AGT), Santa Cruz Viru Viru International (VVI), Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL) and São Paulo Internacional Guarulhos (GRU). Some flights to São Paulo operate via Buenos Aires and Ciudad del Este.