LAN Airlines Official International Airline of NASDAQ-100 Open for Sec

    Business Editors/Travel Editors

    MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2005--For the second consecutive year, LAN Airlines is the official international airline of the NASDAQ-100 Open. Slated to take place March 23 - April 3, 2005, in Key Biscayne, Florida, the NASDAQ-100 Open is the largest tennis tournament in the world with title sponsorship and is considered one of the most prestigious titles in professional tennis.
    "We are looking forward to another great year as the official international airline sponsor of the NASDAQ-100 Open," said Pablo Montesinos, LAN Airlines' Vice President North/Central America and Asia. "This is a tremendous opportunity for tournament spectators to experience first-hand the superior products and services of LAN Airlines and its alliance members while attending the tournament."
    This year, LAN Airlines is expanding its tournament sponsorship and will have a more wide-spread presence throughout the event. Tournament goers will have the opportunity to visit "The LAN Travel Experience," to be located in the center of the tournament grounds, where they will have the chance to participate in a variety of LAN Airlines promotional activities, including trip giveaways and other prizes, among others. In addition, during two of the evening matches, spectators will be selected to test their tennis skills in order to win round-trip tickets to various destinations in South America.
    To promote LAN Airline's presence at this year's tournament, NASDAQ-oriented ads highlighting LAN's excellent "service" to South America are running at Miami International Airport, as well as in the company's new award-winning inflight magazine.
    In addition, the LAN Alliance members are actively promoting tourism to Miami from a variety of South American destinations for the two-week event with a variety of packages for travelers attending the tournament from Chile, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador.
    The LAN service alliance participating airlines LAN Airlines (NYSE:LFL), LAN PERU and LAN ECUADOR offer a united spirit of reliability and charm that provides passengers the highest level of service and safety with the complete travel experience throughout the skies of the Americas.
    The LAN alliance's vast route network reaches a large number of destinations throughout the world, including the Americas, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. The alliance offers non-stop and direct flights from North America to Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela with service from 30 North American cities, including daily flights from its Miami, New York and Los Angeles gateways. Passengers traveling with any of the LAN service alliance participating airlines may accumulate frequent flier kilometers in LANPASS. Additionally, passengers traveling with LAN AIRLINES or LAN PERU may also accumulate frequent flier miles in American Airlines' AAdvantage or any of the oneworld(TM) member frequent flyer programs.
    For additional information, contact LAN toll-free at 1 (866) I-FLY-LAN. Visit LAN's website at http://www.lan.com.

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