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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 2:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Trotamundo
Lan Argentina should have the same status as Lan Ecuador. Lan Chile will own only 49% of Lan Argentina (as in Ecuador, in Argentina a foreign company cannot own a majority share of a local airline), that makes it 1% less of what is necessary to become a subsidiarie, 1% less of what is necessary to enjoy automatic inclusion in Oneworld under Lan Chile's membership.

Since Lan Argentina will be a completely separate entity from Lan Chile, the airline would need to be made a Oneworld member on an individual basis before being considered a part of Oneworld.
To the best of my knowledge, LAN Peru was made a member of OW on the basis of its affiliation with LAN Chile, even though LAN only owned a minority holding. So I don't see a need for LAN Argentina to be made a member of OW on an individual basis. That said, I don't understand what the distinction/logic is behind the inclusion of LANs Chile and Peru vs. the exclusion of Ecuador....
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