(GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) --Santiago, Chile, May 9, 2018- LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its subsidiaries, ("LATAM Airlines Group" or "the Company") (NYSE: LTM / IPSA: LTM), the leading airline group in Latin America, today reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for April 2018 compared to April 2017.

System passenger traffic increased 0.8%, while capacity rose by 1.4%. As a result, the Company's load factor for the month fell 0.5 percentage points to 83.4%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 60% of the month's total passenger traffic.

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LATAM Airlines Group Operating Statistics - April 2018 (ENG) - http://hugin.info/152278/R/2191780/848579.pdf