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Latin American And Caribbean Air Transport Association

Abbreviation	ALTA
Predecessor	Latin American International Air Transport Association
Formation	April 1980 (1980-04) Bogotá, Colombia (as Latin American International Air Transport Association)
Key people	Roberto Kriete Enrique Cueto
Website	www.alta.aero

Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (Spanish: Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Transporte Aéreo), more commonly known by the acronym ALTA, which refers to Asociación Latinoamericana de Transporte Aéreo (English: Latin American Air Transport Association), is an airline association. It was founded as Latin American International Air Transport Association (Spanish: Asociación Internacional de Líneas Aéreas Lationoamericanas, AITAL) by eleven Latin American flag carriers in April 1980 (1980-04) in Bogotá, Colombia.

Membership

Full members

Only airlines qualify as full members. The association was founded in April 1980 (1980-04) by eleven flag carriers, of which only four are active, as of March 2012. The following is a list showing the full members of the association.

Company	Active/defunct	Founding member
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Active	Yes
Aeroméxico	Active	Yes
Aeroméxico Connect	Active	No
Aeroperú	Defunct	Yes
AeroSur	Active	No
Air Jamaica	Active	No
Avianca	Active	Yes
Avianca Brasil	Active	No
Caribbean Airlines	Active	No
Cayman Airways	Active	No
Copa Airlines	Active	No
Copa Airlines Colombia	Active	No
Cubana	Active	No
Ecuatoriana	Defunct	Yes
GOL Airlines	Active	No
Insel Air	Active	No
Lacsa	Active	Yes
LAN Airlines	Active	No
LAN Ecuador	Active	No
LAN Perú	Active	No
LIAT	Active	No
Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas	Defunct	Yes
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano	Defunct	Yes
Mexicana de Aviación	Defunct	Yes
PLUNA	Active	No
TACA Perú	Active	No
TAM	Active	No
TAM Mercosur	Active	No
TAME	Active	No
Varig–Cruzeiro	Defunct	Yes
Viasa	Defunct	Yes
Volaris	Active	No