Business / Latin America's largest airline files for bankruptcy

LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest carrier, on Tuesday said the company and its affiliates in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and the US have filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. The Chilean airline said it will continue to fly while it seeks to restructure its debt. This comes two weeks after Latin America's second-largest airline Avianca filed for bankruptcy.

Deccan Herald : May 26, 2020, 03:59 PM
Washington: Latin America's largest airline LATAM filed for bankruptcy in the US on Tuesday, the company said in a statement, following a drastic slump in business caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

"On May 26, 2020, LATAM Airlines Group filed to reorganize under Chapter 11 protection in the United States," the statement said, adding that there would be no immediate impact on passenger or cargo flights.

Last month the Chilean-Brazilian airline said it was scaling back its operations by 95 percent in response to the global health crisis, which has hammered the world's travel and tourism sectors.