LanChile Cargo y el Grupo Ultramar han desarrollado una de las más modernas infraestructuras en Sudamérica para el manipuleo de cargas, brindando protección y preservando cargas perecederas a ser exportadas por vía aérea.LanChile Cargo and Ultramar Group have developed one of the most modern infrastructures in South America to handle cargo, protecting and preserving perishable cargo goods to be exported by air.

With 9.000 m2, TEISA's facilities, located at Arturo Merino Benitez Airport in Santiago de Chile, are the largest of their kind. Were shown to the media and to 300 guests invited to the ceremony.

Government authorities like Mr. Jorge Rodríguez Grossi, Secretary of Economy and Energy and Mr. Jorge Awad, Lan Chile's Chairman of the Board, who highlighted the important role of air transportation for our country.Mr. Awad said "Chile is an exporter country and after the copper and cellulose, the air transportation is the third most important exported product with more than US$ 1000 millions annualy"

The US$3 millions invested in TEISA are reflected in the modern facilities of the Terminal: two controled atmosphere rooms (-5 °C) for cargo receiving, totalling 5000 m2, three cold storage rooms with temperature control between 0 and -18 °C and two dry cargo receiving areas of 1000 m2. "This allows us to have no interruptions on the cold chain under no circumstances" said TEISA's General Manager, Alvaro Faret.

This International Export Terminal "it is a reallity that places us at the world commerce forefront"- Awad said-, because the group of 160 persons involved in this service have the comittment of expedited service, team work, safety and customer service. Therefore "we expect that the best of our land and the freshest of our ocean would be consumed worlwide" the Chairman of our company said.

LanChile created its new LanChile Cargo division offering airport-to-airport, door-to-door, courier and logistics services in more than 20 countries, focussing particularly on Latin America.