LATAM Airlines Group is the latest operator in Latin America working to strike a fleet balance and has asked the bankruptcy court overseeing its restructuring to approve the purchase of 28 new Airbus narrowbodies.

Despite facing lingering headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic, Copa Airlines has opted to keep six Boeing 737-700s, and is in talks with Boeing about advancing some 737-9 deliveries.

Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group continue to stress their proposed immunized joint venture is a necessary counterbalance to American Airlines’ dominance on routes from the U.S. to Latin America.