B777 Latam
After three days ofintensive work at Sao Paulo’s Maintenance Center, LATAM Group announced thefirst Boeing 777-300ER reconfiguration. This aircraft’s Economy cabin hadpassenger seats temporarily removed to increase its cargo transportationcapacity by 20%.
This transformation ispart of the company’s current strategy, which aims to mitigate the effects ofbelly capacity restrictions: to maximize its assets’ capacity and optimize itsresources by utilizing passenger aircraft exclusively for cargo transportation.This way, LATAM Cargo Group will be able to increase its cargo capacity andsatisfy Latin America’s current transportation needs.
Latam B777 Retrofit
See the features of the B777 aircraft equipped with Seatback On-demand Entertainment. Aircraft specifications. Cruise Speed: 557 mph. Propulsion: Two General Electric GE90-115B turbofan engines, rated up to 115,300 pounds of thrust each. Wingspan: 212 feet, 7 inches. The LATAM Boeing 777-300ER is the largest aircraft in the airline's fleet. The aircraft is configured with 38 Thompson Vantage XL open suites offering many entertainment amenities, personal privacy, direct access to the aisle, and a seat that tranforms into a 76 inch long bed. This type of material is already within LATAM fleet, therefore protocols and procedures defined for this type of aircraft will be applied. Note: Baby Bassinet service (BSCT) will not be available for the SCL IPC route when B777 is operating.
Tfs B777 Latam Livery
Due to its suitabilityfor long haul routes, LATAM Cargo Group decided to modify this aircraft toachieve its new challenge: to temporarily fly to Asia in order to collectmedical supplies for Latin America.
“The changes we have implemented aim to quickly mitigate the impact of the reductions in belly capacity, thereby offering our clients additional alternatives. Utilizing passenger aircraft exclusively for cargo transportation allows us to move towards this goal and also to continue supporting our clients at a critical time for their businesses”, stated Andrés Bianchi, LATAM Cargo Group’s CEO.
Teams with technicalexpertise were involved in this complex project; these include people fromMaintenance, Engineering, Flight Operations, Cabin Maintenance, DCO and CargoOperations areas, among others. Once they were authorized by the competentauthorities, these teams began working on the changes.
“I am deeply grateful for the teams’ commitment, diligence and effort to this time-critical project. Thanks to them, we are able to support the supply chain and meet both countries’ and our clients’ needs in due time and form”, added Bianchi.