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CONTINGENCIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Jul. 25, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2007
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed |  | $ 12,750 |  |  |
Agreement term |  | 3 years |  |  |
Explanation of possibility of reimbursement, contingent liabilities |  | Paid a fine of KUS$6,744 and interest of ThUS$ 2,694. |  |  |
Payable to SEC | [1] |  | $ 4,719 |  |
Lan Airlines S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Investigation of payments |  |  |  |  | $ 1,150,000
Atlantic Aviation Investments, LLC (AAI) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 10,976 |  |  |
LATAM Airlines Group S.A. y Lan Cargo S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 9,892 |  |  |
Investigation of payments |  |  |  | $ 6,744 |
Lan Cargo S.A. y LATAM Airlines Group S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 0 |  |  |
Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 11,828 |  |  |
Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 15,811 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 66,258 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 100,240 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 64,383 |  |  |
Aerovias de Integracion Regional, AIRES S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 12,443 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 73,890 |  |  |
Tam Viagens S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 108,396 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 16,170 |  |  |
TAM S.A. and Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 149,031 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 17,230 |  |  |
LATAM Airlines Group S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 21,547 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 42,548 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 15,910 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 17,657 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 17,844 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 14,647 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 10,808 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 27,226 |  |  |
Pantanal Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 10,877 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 27,369 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 9,983 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 22,253 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 16,079 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 34,321 |  |  |
SNEA (Sindicato Nacional das empresas aeroviarias) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | 23,118 |  |  |
Tam Linhas Aereas S.A. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Amounts committed | [2] | $ 0 |  |  |
[1] | Provision made for payments of fines, on July 25, 2016 LATAM reached agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") U.S. and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") both authorities of the United States of America, in force as of this date, regarding the investigation on payments by LAN Airlines S.A. made in 2006-2007 to a consultant who advised on the resolution of labor matters in Argentina. The amount to the SEC agreement is ThUS$ 6,744 plus interests of ThUS$ 2,694.
[2] | The Company has reported the amounts involved only for the lawsuits for which a reliable estimation can be made of the financial impacts and of the possibility of any recovery, pursuant to Paragraph 86 of IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.

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