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CONTINGENCIES (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 12 Months Ended
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.