Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL / SCEL

Market leader in ground handling in Chile (~800 employees, 15 Chilean airports); provides passenger check-in/boarding, ramp and lost-and-found services at its main base, SCL. Reported to have won the SKY Airline ground-handling contract in 2025, becoming the country's top handler by volume (unverified independently); based at Diego Barros Ortiz s/n, Bodega 6 Sur Poniente, Aeropuerto A. Merino Benítez.

JV between Menzies Aviation and Agencias Universales S.A. (AGUNSA); delivers passenger, ramp and cabin-cleaning services at SCL for JetSMART (>28,000 turns/year), American Airlines, United, Delta, Korean Air Cargo, Kalitta and Qatar Cargo.

In-house, LATAM: self-handles its own ramp/passenger operations at its principal SCL hub as the airport's largest-based carrier; unconfirmed whether it also third-party handles other carriers here.

Chile's leading aviation fuel supplier (58% national market share); present at SCL with 67% of the airport's fuel storage capacity; into-plane fuelling operations run to JIG (Joint Inspection Group) standard.

Secondary Jet A-1 fuel supplier at Chilean airports including SCL, per company's aviation solutions line; shareholder in the SCL fuel storage/supply infrastructure alongside Copec, Esmax and ENAP.

MRO based at Diego Barros Ortiz 2074, Aeropuerto AMB, Pudahuel (55,000+ m² of facilities within SCL, confirmed via company site); performs transit/daily/weekly inspections, troubleshooting, LRU replacement, on-wing engine support and 24/7 AOG response for A320/B737 fleets. · 24/7 AOG

Claimed DGAC-certified Centro de Mantenimiento Aeronáutico (CMA No. 592) based at Diego Barros Ortiz 2012, Pudahuel, at SCL since 2014, providing ramp/transit/daily/weekly line maintenance and AOG support for Airbus A320/321 and Boeing 737NG fleets, with Depósito Franco Aéreo logistics; company could not be independently corroborated through public web sources — treat as unconfirmed pending direct verification.

Certified C-Checks and major inspections including structural work, fuel-tank repairs, landing-gear replacement and cabin modifications for A320/B737 fleets at its SCL facility (confirmed via company site: three hangars, five C-Check lines).

Operates its long-standing Centro de Mantenimiento en Santiago (30+ years), a heavy-maintenance base for the group's own fleet at/near SCL; company confirms current heavy Boeing 787 maintenance work continues in Chile.

Engine shop — dedicated engine shop and hangar at Diego Barros Ortiz 2074, Aeropuerto AMB, Pudahuel, inside the SCL perimeter; minor maintenance, preservation, engine wash, QEC kit swaps, gearbox replacement, thrust-rating modification, borescope inspection and module condition checks for CFM-powered A320 family (CEO/NEO) and Boeing 737 powerplants, on-wing and off-wing; approvals held by this station: DGAC Chile CMA-655, FAA CRS APAY048E, ANAC Argentina, AFAC Mexico CO-267/24, IDAC Dominican Republic and OMA Colombia No. 243 (specific class/rating breakdown unconfirmed).

Oxygen shop — servicing and repair of oxygen bottles, regulators and oxygen-system components in the in-house accessory shops at the SCL facility; covered by this station's DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E, exact class rating unconfirmed.

Hydraulics / pneumatics shop — repair and overhaul of hydraulic and pneumatic valves, actuators and pressure components in the SCL accessory shops, with pressure-integrity and proof testing to certify hydraulic components after repair; DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E held at this station, class rating unconfirmed.

Avionics / instrument bench — inspection, testing and repair of electronic modules, avionics components and communication and navigation units in the SCL accessory shops; DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E held at this station, class rating unconfirmed.

Wheels and brakes shop — inspection, restoration and overhaul of wheel assemblies and brake components, including tyre-condition evaluation during wheel servicing, in the SCL accessory shops; DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E held at this station, class rating unconfirmed.

Battery shop — inspection, testing and certification of aircraft battery systems in-house at the SCL accessory shops; DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E held at this station, chemistry coverage and class rating unconfirmed.

Servo control / flight-control accessory bench — maintenance of precision servo control units supporting primary and secondary flight control systems, listed among the SCL accessory shops; DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E held at this station, class rating unconfirmed.

Composite / structures / sheet-metal shop — airframe back-shops at SCL covering radome repair, composite fairings and panels, sheet-metal fabrication and structural panel repair, plus component paint restoration; DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E held at this station, class rating unconfirmed.

NDT — in-house non-destructive testing at SCL supporting the structural and component shops, covering fluorescent penetrant, eddy current, magnetic particle and ultrasonic inspection; DGAC Chile CMA-655 and FAA CRS APAY048E held at this station, D1-equivalent rating unconfirmed.

Calibration laboratory — in-house calibration lab at SCL covering force, torque and mass calibration of tooling and test equipment supporting the component shops; ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation status unconfirmed.

Component repair and overhaul back-shops — in-house, LATAM Airlines; at the Santiago maintenance base on the SCL perimeter (Cesar Lavin Toro 2198, Pudahuel), components removed from the aircraft in the hangar bays are routed to the back-shops for analysis, bench test and overhaul, covering the A320 and A330 families, B767/B787, ATR 42/72 and E170/E190. The Santiago base operates under DGAC Chile approval; the group's FAA and EASA approvals are associated with the São Carlos MRO and are not confirmed for this station. Individual shop class ratings unconfirmed, and heavy engine overhaul is not performed here. · 24/7

Oxygen shop — overhaul and repair of aircraft oxygen system components (bottles, regulators, system equipment) at its component-MRO workshop at Claudio Arrau 7050A, Pudahuel, the commune that hosts SCL; FAA repair station, DGAC Chile CMA and US DOT authorisation cited on the company site without published certificate numbers, exact class rating unconfirmed.

Emergency-equipment shop — servicing of aircraft emergency equipment including hydrostatic testing of pressure cylinders and fire bottles at the Pudahuel workshop; FAA, DGAC Chile and DOT approvals cited without published numbers, class rating unconfirmed.

Hydraulics / auxiliary-systems shop — component-level MRO of hydraulic and auxiliary-system components for civil and military aircraft at the Pudahuel workshop; FAA and DGAC Chile approvals cited without published numbers, class rating unconfirmed.

Electromechanical / electrical accessory shop — overhaul and bench test of electromechanical components and aircraft system equipment at the Pudahuel workshop; FAA and DGAC Chile approvals cited without published numbers, class rating unconfirmed.

Engine shop — turbine and reciprocating engine overhaul at El Bosque, Santiago (Gran Avenida José Miguel Carrera 11087), roughly 20 km from SCL, with two independent test cells: a PLC-controlled turbo cell with fuel, air and water auxiliary systems testing T53, T56 series, PT6A series and PT6T-3B turboprops, and a second cell for turbojet and conventional reciprocating engines, plus engine preservation runs; holds DGAC Chile CMA-121 and Lockheed Martin C-130 logistic-support authorisation. · Mon-Thu 07:30-17:00, Fri 07:30-14:50

Propeller shop — propeller and governor component overhaul at El Bosque (reported capability list of over 1,100 part numbers covering C-130, C-212, DHC-6, Extra 300 and T-35 Pillán), with dimensional inspection, magnetic-particle inspection, static suspension balancing and static and dynamic functional testing; Hartzell Propeller authorisations cited, including shot-peening and rolling-machine processes, under DGAC Chile CMA-121.

Hydraulics shop — component MRO of landing gear assemblies, hydraulic pumps, actuators, motors and servo controls at El Bosque (reported coverage of close to 3,000 part numbers); DGAC Chile CMA-121, class rating unconfirmed.

Pneumatics shop — air-cycle and cooling turbines, compressor bleed valves and fire extinguishers at El Bosque (reported coverage of 750 plus part numbers); DGAC Chile CMA-121, class rating unconfirmed.

Oxygen shop — maintenance and repair of oxygen regulators, cylinders and emergency and cabin oxygen systems with dedicated oxygen test benches at El Bosque; DGAC Chile CMA-121, class rating unconfirmed.

Fuel accessory shop — fuel control units, pumps, transmitters, nozzles and manifolds at El Bosque (reported coverage of approximately 1,500 part numbers); DGAC Chile CMA-121, class rating unconfirmed.

Electrical accessory shop — maintenance and repair of generators, alternators and general aircraft electrical equipment at El Bosque; DGAC Chile CMA-121, class rating unconfirmed.

Helicopter dynamic-components shop — inspection, repair and functional testing of UH-1H transmissions, main and tail rotor hubs and 42 and 90 degree gearboxes at El Bosque (reported coverage of 450 plus part numbers); DGAC Chile CMA-121 plus Bell authorisation cited, class rating unconfirmed.

NDT and metrology — magnetic-particle and dimensional inspection supporting the component and propeller shops at El Bosque, alongside national-standards custody laboratories for pressure and thermometry with traceable calibration; D1-equivalent rating unconfirmed.

Composite / structures shop — aerostructure manufacture and structural component repair with CNC machining at El Bosque under AS9100/EN9100 quality approval; repair-station class rating for this shop unconfirmed.

Wheels and brakes shop — certified wheel and brake workshop at Diego Barros Ortiz 2012C, Aeropuerto AMB (SCL), supporting its own A320/A321 and B737NG line and base maintenance customers; DGAC Chile CMA No. 592 cited, class rating unconfirmed and shop details not re-confirmed against a primary source.

Oxygen shop — certified oxygen workshop for bottle servicing and oxygen-system components at the SCL facility; DGAC Chile CMA No. 592 cited, class rating unconfirmed and shop details not re-confirmed against a primary source.

Battery shop — certified aircraft battery workshop at the SCL facility; DGAC Chile CMA No. 592 cited, chemistry coverage and class rating unconfirmed and shop details not re-confirmed against a primary source.

Battery shop — aircraft battery servicing at Diego Barros Ortiz 2065, Aeropuerto AMB (SCL): lead-acid and Ni-Cd cell replacement and capacity and deep-cycle testing; the station is an approved Centro de Mantenimiento Aeronáutico under DGAC Chile with an FAA repair station certificate, certificate numbers and class rating unconfirmed.

Engine shop — Rolls-Royce M250 (250 series) turboshaft and turboprop engine maintenance workshop at its SCL facility, alongside a Leonardo Helicopters service-centre appointment; DGAC Chile and FAA repair station approvals held at this station, powerplant rating scope and certificate numbers unconfirmed.

Avionics / instrument bench — pitot-static and altimetry system testing and transponder verification and certification performed in shop at SCL; DGAC Chile and FAA repair station approvals held at this station, radio class rating unconfirmed.

Composite / structures / sheet-metal shop — Bell-appointed structures department at Chicureo, Colina, in the Santiago metro area roughly 35 km from SCL, handling metal, composite and tubular structures, main and tail rotor blade repair, and STC design and fabrication; Chilean DGAC maintenance approval cited, certificate number and class rating unconfirmed.

Avionics shop — installation, upgrade and shop-level repair of Garmin, Honeywell, Universal Avionics, L3 and Avidyne equipment (MFD/PFD, ADS-B transponders, HTAWS, TCAS) at the Chicureo facility; bench-repair scope and radio class rating unconfirmed.

Helicopter dynamic-components shop — repair, overhaul, inspection and exchange of Bell 204/205/212/412/407/505 dynamic components including transmission leak testing at the Chicureo facility; class rating unconfirmed. Note: the group's T53 and Rolls-Royce M250 engine overhaul is performed by its Ozark Aeroworks partnership in the United States, not at this Chilean station.

Flight kitchen operating as Sky Chefs Chile SA (LSG Group location listed as "Santiago de Chile - Pudahuel/SCL"), providing airline onboard catering at Arturo Merino Benítez; listed as an FBO/handler-adjacent aircraft services provider in AC-U-KWIK.

Positioned in prior sourcing as Chile's largest national provider of aircraft cleaning, specialised and focused on airport work (interior/exterior aircraft cleaning on the SCL platform and at maintenance bases). Note: ecoblanc.cl now redirects to parent group GrupoExpro, whose current public site describes a general facility-cleaning/maintenance business ("ExproFacility") headquartered at Almirante Pastene 244, Providencia, not a Pudahuel/SCL address; the aviation-specific SCL claim is unconfirmed post-rebrand.

Provides ground support equipment/services at SCL: aircraft towing, GPU/GSU/ASU/HGPU, potable water and wastewater servicing, wing-walker assistance, service stairs and engine safety cages.

Comprehensive cargo handling/management services at SCL alongside its passenger and ramp operations.

LATAM's own export cargo terminal at SCL — one of three cargo facilities totalling roughly 19,000 m² — secured in 2024 after outbidding the airport's decades-long incumbent concessionaire Andes del Sur Cargo (operating there since 1992); handles high-capacity refrigerated/perishables export cargo, mainly Chilean salmon and produce.

AVSEC company (founded 1993, operating in 16 Latin American/Caribbean countries) providing airport/aviation security screening at Arturo Merino Benítez; company job postings for OS-10-certified guards at Pudahuel and an SCL-specific contact email ("scl" in address) corroborate an active SCL operation.

Airport security firm with offices inside SCL ("Terminal Aéreo AMB, oficina 229, piso 2" and "Terminal Aéreo rotonda oriente, piso 1", Pudahuel — confirmed via company site); provides guarding/escort services, CCTV, and cargo/baggage inspection. Self-describes as part of the Cargo Mobility group.

Airport-services company with 19 years' experience and 800+ staff (confirmed via company site: Handling & Ground-Handling, Movilización, MRO and cargo-agency service lines; offices at Terminal Aéreo AMB, oficina 229, piso 2, Pudahuel). The specific claim of a December appointment by airport operator Nuevo Pudahuel to run SCL's official 'Mobility Assistance' service for crew/passenger ramp mobilisation could not be independently corroborated and is treated as unconfirmed.

Business-aviation FBO at SCL (Diego Barros Ortiz 2065, Aeropuerto AMB), member of the Air Elite global alliance, IS-BAH/ISO 9001/ARGUS Gold Plus certified (confirmed via company site); provides flight-plan filing, fuel coordination (Jet A-1/AVGAS), catering orders, migration/customs/SAG coordination, GPU/potable water/lavatory servicing, baggage handling and marshalling for GA/executive traffic.

Listed as an FBO/Handler at SCEL-SCL (Arturo Merino Benítez International/Pudahuel International) in flight-services directories (FlightBridge); specific service scope and contact details not independently confirmed beyond the directory listing.

Listed as an FBO/Handler at SCEL-SCL in flight-services directories (FlightBridge, AC-U-KWIK); specific service scope and contact details not independently confirmed beyond the directory listing.