Plane lands on LAN Mataveri International Airport in Easter Island LAN Airlines has received several awards in recent years due to its quality of service. Since 2000, LAN has been chosen 8 times in succession (except for second place in 2004) as the best airline in the Caribbean, Central and South America for their service, comfort and punctuality by Skytrax. That same year, the journal The Americas Duty Free Magazine "category LAN gives better Inflight Duty Free South American Airline. Meanwhile, the U.S. Forbes magazine called the VIP room LAN, within the 10 best in the world. In late 2007 he received the award as the best airline in South America in the World Travel Awards. In April 2004, the aircraft manufacturer Airbus LAN ranked as the best operator of Airbus A340 fleet in the category of airlines with less than 10 aircraft fleet.Furthermore, in July 2004, the British magazine "Airline Business" LAN rewarded for his successful strategy to work to turn the alliance into the best alternative to air transportation in Latin America, highlighting its comprehensive network of destinations and products. In February 2005 the third consecutive year, LAN was selected as the airline that offers the best food on board and Latin America for the second time, the Neruda VIP lounge at the airport of Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez, was selected as the most prominent in the region. The results were obtained by the survey "Best of Latin America" by the prestigious American business magazine, Latin Trade, which considered the opinion of 110,000 executives who chose the best of the subcontinent in reference to services related to business travel throughout the region. In September and November 2005, the magazine "in" LAN, which is delivered free of charge for reading the passengers on board, received important recognition.In September it received the second prize in the category "Best inflight magazine in the contest organized by the World Airline Entertainment. In this award, LAN was also recognized as the second best airline in-flight entertainment program in the category of companies with fewer than 50 aircraft. National Magazine Exchange In turn, in November received three awards at the prestigious Pearl Awards annual event, held in New York: Gold Prize for the best home for their issue on cars in June 2005 and silver award for the cover of September 2004 and the same award at the May 2005 to make the best communication strategy combined with multimedia. In November 2005, LAN was selected from international companies with the best service in the U.S.. A study by consultancy SAGAT to 5277 passengers on U.S. airlines, listed the LAN service as "very good to excellent".Of a total of 22 international and 55 U.S. companies evaluated, said LAN SAGAT efficient, approach to service, modern aircraft and various facilities and products available to the passengers: "This is a very competent Chilean company, member of Oneworld, which many have described as the most reliable airline in Latin America ". For Premium describes classes" can be a real pleasure thanks to personalized attention, good food and reasonable accommodation. "In April 2006, the prestigious European magazine dedicated Euromoney selected LAN as the best managed company in Latin America in the transportation category, according to a recent study by this publication that considered the opinion of about 500 analysts specializing in the region.In May of that year, LAN was selected for the sixth consecutive year as the best airline of Central and South America and the Caribbean, receiving the award from OAG, Official Airline Guide, the guide worldwide leader in air route information. LAN Airlines also ranked among the eight companies that were finalists for the Airline of the Year Award 2006, alongside major international airlines such as British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Continental Airlines, Emirates, Qantas, CSA Czech Airlines and South African Airways. In October of that year, LAN Argentina has been distinguished as the best airline cabotage and international best airline in Latin America by the magazine market that month, in addition to being selected as one of the 100 most admired companies in the country in the daily Clarin. LAN also appeared that year in the top 100 most admired companies in Argentina, the only airline in this classification.For a new consecutive year, LAN Airlines was chosen as the best airline in the region, according to the ranking "Best of Latin America 2008" prepared by the prestigious American magazine Latin Trade specialized business.