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Trolleybuses in Valparaíso, Chile, have provided a portion of the public transit service since 1952.The trolleybus system is the second-oldest in South America. [1] The originally state-owned system has been privately owned since 1982, and since 1994 it has been Chile's only operational trolleybus system.
"IATA Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "UN Location Codes: Chile". UN/LOCODE 2012-1. UNECE. 14 September 2012. - includes IATA codes; Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Chile – IATA and ICAO codes; World Aero Data: Chile – ICAO codes; Airport records for Chile at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-29
On 28 April 1969, LAN Chile Flight 160, a Boeing 727 arriving from Buenos Aires's Ministro Pistarini International Airport, crash-landed 24 km (14 mi) north of Colina, Chile, roughly 50 km (31 mi) north of Arturo Merino Benítez Airport. None of the 60 passengers or crew were injured in the accident, though the aircraft was written-off.
Transantiago, Santiago's public bus system. Buses are now the main means of long-distance transportation in Chile, following the decline of the rail network. [2] The bus system covers the whole country, from Arica to Santiago (a 30-hour journey) and from Santiago to Punta Arenas (about 40 hours, with a change at Osorno).
Rank Airport IATA code Location Passengers Annual change Rank change 1: Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport: SCL: Santiago: 9'916,293: 16.90% : 2: Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport
An electric bus implementation program in Santiago, Chile, inspired by the buses in Bogotá, Colombia, began in 2014 through a partnership between the Chilean Ministry of Transport and two privately held companies, Enel X and BYD, an Italian electric company and a Chinese bus making manufacturer, respectively.
Teniente Julio Gallardo Airport (Spanish: Aeródromo Teniente Julio Gallardo), (IATA: PNT, ICAO: SCNT) is an airport serving Puerto Natales, a city in the Magallanes Region of Chile. The airport is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-northwest of Puerto Natales, which is on the Admiral Montt Gulf (es) , a long fjord that reaches inland close to the ...
Eulogio Sánchez Airport (Spanish: Aeródromo Eulogio Sánchez) (ICAO: SCTB), also known as Tobalaba Airport, is an airport in La Reina, an eastern suburb of Santiago, Chile. It is two-thirds owned by the Club Aéreo de Santiago and one-third owned by the Club Aéreo de Carabineros de Chile .