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.

American Airlines (AA, Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW)) has asked for regulatory approval to be allowed to codeshare with LATAM Airlines Group subsidiaries LAN Colombia (4C, Bogotá El Nuevo Dorado International (BOG)) and more interestingly with TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas International (CGH)). The codeshare agreement with TAM has to be approved by Brazilian authorities and it is expected that it will take up to 11 months to gain approval for the proposed cooperation. While TAM has yet to officially announce a decision on whether it wants to continue to stay in Star Alliance or join Oneworld of which LAN Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL)) is a member, this move will add oneworld member American as its third US codeshare partner after United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare International (ORD)) and US Airways (US, Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX)).

LAN Colombia (4C, Bogotá El Nuevo Dorado International (BOG)) will introduce the recently added first B767-300ER on the route from Bogotá El Nuevo Dorado International (BOG) to Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL). It is expected to take over two of the seven weekly LAN Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL)) services on the route from January 4.

LAN Colombia (4C, Bogotá El Nuevo Dorado International (BOG)) has taken delivery of its first B767-300ER CC-BDD (MSN 40799) that has been transferred to it from parent LAN Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL)). The Colombian LAN subsidiary currently only operates A320-200s, B737-700s and Dash 8-200s but has plans to expand its international operations and to eventually offer long-haul services to Europe where Madrid Barajas (MAD) is, for example, currently already served by LAN and its subsidiaries from Guayaquil José Joaquín de Olmdeo International (GYE), Lima Jorge Chávez International (LIM) and Santiago de Chile.

LAN Colombia (4C, Bogotá El Nuevo Dorado International (BOG)) will fully replace TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas International (CGH)) on the route from Bogota to São Paulo Internacional Guarulhos (GRU) from September 10 according to Airlineroute. LAN Colombia had launched twice weekly B737-700 service on the route on June 24 but will now increase its flights on the route to daily from September 10 replacing the daily rotation of sister carrier TAM. This is the first of several network adjustments expected as a result of the completion of the LATAM Airlines Group merger.