LATAM Cargo has transported more than 300 tonnes of humanitarian supplies into earthquake-hit Venezuela in the first week of a coordinated emergency response.
The cargo arm of LATAM Airlines Group has operated six freighter flights and four passenger services carrying humanitarian cargo since Venezuela’s earthquake, moving more than 300 tonnes of essential supplies in seven days.
The airlift drew on freighter flights from Miami, Panama, Bogota and Quito, alongside cargo carried in the holds of passenger aircraft, pulling in aid from points across the Americas.
According to the airline group, the volume is equivalent to transporting 52,000 water bottles, delivered as organisations and partners from the United States, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Panama coordinated their response in the days after the disaster.
What was carried, who was involved
The aid includes critical medical supplies, power generators and field hospital modules, all now arrived in Venezuela and available to the humanitarian organisations providing direct assistance.
The operation ran through a broad humanitarian and logistics network. Groups including GEM, TAAP, Fundana, UNHCR, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Camara de Comercio Venezolana Ecuatoriana and Peru Pendiente entrusted supplies to the airline’s Solidarity Plane Program.
More than four logistics operators, including KOPE and Kuehne+Nagel, supported customs clearance and freight handling.
“We are deeply proud to support Venezuela,” said LATAM Cargo CEO Andres Bianchi.
“Our team showed remarkable commitment, working hand in hand with the broader ecosystem against the clock. That commitment reflects the human purpose behind our work.”
How the program works
The 15-year-old program provides LATAM’s connectivity and transport capacity free of charge to support health, environmental and emergency response causes across the countries where the airline operates.
It has established more than 50 alliances with social organisations, foundations and government entities in Chile, Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. Since 2021, it has mobilised 23,000 passengers and transported more than 9,000 tonnes of cargo.
Where LATAM fits for travel advisors
LATAM Airlines Group is the principal group of airlines in Latin America, with domestic operations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and international flying that includes services to and from Oceania.
For advisors sending Australian clients to South America, the carrier remains a key connecting option across the region, with the emergency effort a further reminder of the wider network its cargo and passenger fleets sustain.
KARRYON UNPACKS: A cargo airlift is not a booking, but it is the kind of story that shapes how travellers and sellers feel about a carrier. For advisors placing clients across Latin America, LATAM’s reach and reliability are the practical takeaway sitting behind the humanitarian headline.
