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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2011
Registration No.  333-


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
For Depositary Shares Evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
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Lan Airlines S.A.
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

n/a
(Translation of issuer's name into English)

Chile
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, Floor 21, New York, NY, 10005-1401
Telephone (800) 990-1135
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)
____________________
 
Kaplan, Massamillo & Andrews LLC
70 East 55th Street, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 922-0450
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Copy to:
 
Scott A. Ziegler, Esq.
Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP
570 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, New York  10022
(212) 319-7600
 
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
o immediately upon filing
o on (Date) at (Time)        

If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box. o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
Securities to be registered
Amount
to be registered
Proposed maximum aggregate price per unit (1)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts, each American Depositary Share representing one ordinary share of  Lan Airlines S.A.
200,000,000
American
Depositary Shares
$0.05
$10,000,000
$1146
(1)
Each unit represents one American Depositary Share.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  Pursuant to Rule 457(k), such estimate is computed on the basis of the maximum aggregate fees or charges to be imposed in connection with the issuance of American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares.
 
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 
 

 
 
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
The Prospectus consists of the proposed form of American Depositary Receipt (“ADR” or “American Depositary Receipt”) included as Exhibit A to the Second Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit (a) to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
 
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
 
Item 1.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
       
Location in Form of American Depositary
Item Number and Caption
 
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
         
(1)
Name and address of Depositary
 
Introductory paragraph and bottom of face of American Depositary Receipt
       
(2)
Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities
 
Face of American Depositary Receipt, top center
       
 
Terms of Deposit:
   
         
 
(i)
Amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Shares
 
Face of American Depositary Receipt, upper right corner
         
 
(ii)
Procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities
 
Paragraph (12)
         
 
(iii)
Collection and distribution of dividends
 
Paragraphs (4), (5), (7) and (10)
         
 
(iv)
Transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
 
Paragraphs (3), (8) and (12)
         
 
(v)
Sale or exercise of rights
 
Paragraphs (4), (5) and (10)
         
 
(vi)
Deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
 
Paragraphs (4), (5), (10) and (13)
         
 
(vii)
Amendment, extension or termination of the Deposit Agreement
 
Paragraphs (16) and (17)
         
 
(viii)
Rights of holders of ADRs to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of Holders of ADRs
 
Paragraph (3)
         
 
(ix)
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
 
Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5)
         
 
(x)
Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
 
Paragraph (14)
       
(3)
Fees and Charges
 
Paragraph (7)
 
 
 

 
 
Item 2.  AVAILABLE INFORMATION

     
Location in Form of American Depositary
Item Number and Caption
 
Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus
       
(b)
Statement that Lan Airlines S.A. is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, accordingly files certain reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such reports can be inspected by holders of American Depositary Receipts and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.
 
Paragraph (8)
 
   
 
 
 

 
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3.  EXHIBITS
 
 
(a)
Form of Deposit Agreement. Form of  Second Amended  and Restated Agreement dated as of           , 2011 among Lan Airlines S.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all holders from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (the "Deposit Agreement"), including the Form of American Depositary Receipt, is filed herewith as Exhibit (a).
 
 
(b)
Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder or the custody of the deposited securities represented thereby.  Not Applicable.
 
 
(c)
Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years.  Not Applicable.
 
 
(d)
Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities being registered.  Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).
 
 
(e)
Certification under Rule 466.  Not applicable.
 
Item 4.  UNDERTAKINGS
 
 
(a)
The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the American Depositary Receipts, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.
 
 
(b)
If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request.  The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an American Depositary Receipt thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.
 
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. on behalf of the legal entity created by the Deposit Agreement, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on October 25, 2011.
 
 
Legal entity created by the form of Deposit Agreement for the issuance of ADRs evidencing American Depositary Shares
       
 
By: 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Depositary
       
       
 
By: 
/s/ Gregory A. Levendis
 
 
Name:  
Gregory A. Levendis
 
  Title: Vice President  
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Lan Airlines S.A. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on October 25, 2011.
 
 
Lan Airlines S.A.
 
       
       
 
By: 
/s/ Alejandro de la Fuente
 
  Name:  
Alejandro de la Fuente
 
 
Title: 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mr. Alejandro de la Fuente and Mr. Andres del Valle, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities the Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and any documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys full power to act with or without the other, and full power and authority to do and perform, in his name and on his behalf, every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Under the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on October 25, 2011, in the capacities indicated.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Signature
 
Title
     
/s/ Jorge Awad Mehech
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Jorge Awad Mehech
   
     
/s/ Enrique Cueto Plaza
 
Chief Executive Officer
Enrique Cueto Plaza
   
     
/s/ Alejandro de la Fuente  
Chief Financial Officer
Alejandro de la Fuente
   
     
/s/ Dario Calderon Gonzalez
 
Director
Dario Calderon Gonzalez
   
     
/s/ Jose Cox Donoso
 
Director
Jose Cox Donoso
   
     
/s/ Juan Jose Cueto Plaza
 
Director
Juan Jose Cueto Plaza
   
     
/s/ Juan Gerardo Jofré Marín  
Director
Juan Gerardo Jofré Marín
 
 
     
/s/ Carlos Heller Solari  
Director
Carlos Heller Solari
 
 
     
/s/ Ramon Eblen Kadis
 
Director
Ramon Eblen Kadis
   
     
/s/ Bernardo Fontaine Talavera
 
Director
Bernardo Fontaine Talavera
   
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
 
Under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Lan Airlines S.A., has signed this Registration Statement in Miami, Florida, on October 26, 2011.
 
 
Authorized U.S. Representative
 
       
       
 
By: 
/s/ Juan Carlos Mencio
 
  Name:   
Juan Carlos Mencio
 
 
 
 

 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 
Exhibit Number
   
     
(a)
Form of Second Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement.
 
     
(d)
Opinion of Ziegler, Ziegler & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, as to the legality of the securities to be registered.