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based in
El Salvador
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. As TACA, it still currently operates as the
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of
El Salvador
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. As Avianca El Salvador, it is one of the seven national branded airlines in the
Avianca Group
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of Latin American airlines, and has been in operation for 75 years.
TACA owned and operated five other airlines in Central America, and its name was originally an acronym meaning ''Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos'' (Central American Air Transport), but this was changed to ''Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano'' (Air Transport of the American Continent), reflecting its expansion to North, Central, South America and the Caribbean.
On October 7, 2009, it was announced that TACA would merge with
Avianca, though TACA maintained its name until the merger was officially completed on May 21, 2013. TACA was the second-oldest continuously operating airline brand in Central America and the Caribbean after
Cubana de Aviación
Cubana de Aviación S.A., commonly known as Cubana, is Cuba's flag carrier, as well as the country's largest airline. It was founded in , becoming one of the earliest airlines to emerge in Latin America. It has its corporate headquarters in Ha ...
.
History
Inauguration (1931–1980)
![TACA DC4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/TACA_DC4.jpg)
TACA was founded in 1931 in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
by New Zealander
Lowell Yerex. TACA began operations with a single-engine Stinson plane. Since its beginnings, routes covered all the national territory and its aircraft sported the XH Mexican registration (which were changed later by HR). The idea of its founder was to establish one airline in each Latin-American country, such as
Aerovias Brasil in Brazil and other TACAs in Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia. Out of all the TACA franchise airlines created, only TACA International of
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
survived.
As a consequence, in 1945 Yerex left the company and TACA moved its headquarters to the Republic of El Salvador where it was modernized and expanded, the company then established investment groups in other Latin American countries to be sold to domestic airlines, which in the case of Honduras TACA was sold to
SAHSA
''Servicio Aéreo de Honduras S.A.'' otherwise known as SAHSA Airlines was the national flag carrier airline of Honduras from October 22, 1945, to January 14, 1994. The airline was a subsidiary of Pan American Airways and merged with ''Transpor ...
. Later TACA was organized as an international company having its headquarters in San Salvador only under the name of TACA International.
![Lockheed L-188AF YS-06C TACA MIA 24](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Lockheed_L-188AF_YS-06C_TACA_MIA_24.02.78_edited-3.jpg)
During the 1940s and 1950s, the airline began to acquire larger piston engine airliners including the
Douglas DC-3
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner
manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.
It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper versi ...
and the
Douglas DC-4
The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Military versions of the plane, the C-54 and R5D, served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960 ...
. The
Vickers Viscount
The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee, it entered service in 1953 and was the first turboprop-powered airliner.
The Vi ...
turboprop passenger airliner followed in order to expand its route network around the Americas.
On December 28, 1966, TACA International entered the jet age when it inaugurated their first jet, a
BAC One Eleven
The BAC One-Eleven (or BAC-111/BAC 1-11) was an early jet airliner produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Originally conceived by Hunting Aircraft as a 30-seat jet, before its merger into BAC in 1960, it was launched as an 80-se ...
(which was a popular twin jet airplane at the time with other airlines in Latin America). The aircraft model was used until June 1, 1988, when it was phased out in favor of the
Boeing 737-200
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Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two u ...
. The
Lockheed L-188 Electra
The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed. First flown in 1957, it was the first large turboprop airliner built in the United States. Initial sales were good, but after two fatal crashes that led to expensiv ...
four engine turboprop airliner was operated from 1976 by ''TACA Air Cargo'' including freight flights to Miami, Florida.
Expansion years (1980–2009)
![TACA International Airlines Boeing 737-300 JetPix](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/TACA_International_Airlines_Boeing_737-300_JetPix.jpg)
Until 1980, TACA was owned by a United States company and had its corporate headquarters in
(due to the civil war raging in El Salvador) under the administration of the
Kriete Family of
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
, who owned a minority stock and ended up buying all the shares.
According to the July 1983 TACA route map, the air carrier was operating jet service to four destinations in the U.S. from Central America including
Houston
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,
Los Angeles
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,
Miami
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and
). The airline also made several upgrades to its fleet during the 1980s by replacing the older turboprops as well as BAC One Eleven jetliners with more efficient aircraft, such as the
Boeing 737-200
The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington.
Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two u ...
Advanced and
737-300
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Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, ...
with the latter type being a member of the
Boeing 737 Classic
The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft.
Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, ...
series. TACA later operated wide body
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body aircraft developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified o ...
s on its scheduled passenger services including international flights to Los Angeles and Miami.
Between 1990 and 1995, TACA bought the majority shares of the
flag carrier
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airlines;
Aviateca,
LACSA
Avianca Costa Rica S.A., formerly known as LACSA (''Spanish: Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses S.A.''), minority owned by the Synergy Group, is the national airline of Costa Rica and is based in San José. It operates international scheduled service ...
, and
Nicaragüense de Aviación
Nicaragüense de Aviación (also known as NICA) was an airline based in Nicaragua. Its main hub was the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport. The commercial airline was a full associate member of the Grupo TACA alliance of El Salvador.
His ...
, consolidating operations under a new brand group name, Grupo TACA.
In the 1990s, TACA International became the launch customer and principal users of the
Airbus A320
The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus.
The A320 was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air France.
The first member of the fam ...
in Latin America. These aircraft were substitutes for the aging Boeing 737-200 and the 737-300/-400 series aircraft that were on the fleet, which were gradually retired until 1999.
![TACA Airbus A319 Ramirez](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/TACA_Airbus_A319_Ramirez.jpg)
In 1992, TACA signed a strategic alliance with
Panama
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-based
Copa Airlines
Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A., (commonly referred to as Copa and branded simply as "Copa Airlines") is the flag carrier of Panama. It is headquartered in Panama City, Panama, with its main hub at Tocumen International Airport. Copa i ...
, and the airline began flying to
Tocumen International Airport
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, making it the first flight connection center in Latin America. As a consequence, Tocumen airport
became the "Hub of the Americas" and the integration of several Latin American airlines to the alliance took place. The alliance ended in 1998 after the six-year period established in the agreement expired.
Then in 2001, having its main hubs in San Salvador and San Jose, the airline set an operations base at Lima, Peru, its first base in South America, causing as a consequence the founding of
TACA Perú
TACA may refer to:
* TACA International Airlines, a group of five Central American airlines
* The Autism Community in Action (formerly Talk About Curing Autism; same initialism)
* Turkish American Cultural Alliance
See also
* Taqa (disambigua ...
, of which TACA had 49% shares at. With this new addition, Grupo TACA began to offer a comprehensive network of routes throughout the Americas.
In 2005, TACA International was one of the founding members of the Mexican airline Volaris. In the same year, TACA became the first airline of Latin America to operate the
Airbus A321
The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the b ...
.
In 2008 the board of directors decided to revert to the original name, TACA International (since the consolidation of the acquired airlines was completed), and the airline' headquarters returned to
San Salvador
San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital it ...
,
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
to a new building which was inaugurated shortly afterwards. Also, it revealed a renovation in its corporate image. That same year, TACA became the second user of the Brazilian
Embraer 190
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The E-Jet was designed as a complement to the preceding ...
in Latin America.
AviancaTACA and modernization (2009–12)
![TACA airplanes SJO 04 2005](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/TACA_airplanes_SJO_04_2005.jpg)
On October 7, 2009, it was announced that TACA International would merge its assets in a strategic alliance with Colombian flag carrier
Avianca, in which case each will maintain its own trademark and operations. Avianca and TACA International operated a combined fleet of 129 aircraft, serving over 100 destinations in several countries in America and Europe.
In December 2009 approval for the merger was given by the Colombian Civil Aeronautical Agency. The merger of Colombia's Avianca and El Salvador-based TACA is the latest sign that consolidation in the Latin American airline sector is picking up.
In June 2011, AviancaTaca signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 51 A320 family aircraft, including 33 eco-efficient
Airbus A320neos. This made it the largest order for the A320neo in Latin America.
Star Alliance (2010–12)
On November 10, 2010, Star Alliance announced that Avianca and TACA International were to become full members in mid-2012.
Completion of merger and final flight
Avianca and TACA completed their merger on May 21, 2013. On May 20, 2013, just before midnight (12:00 AM), TACA International began to remove all its signs bearing the TACA logo from airports across the US, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. However, most of the former TACA International Airbus and Embraer jets as well as the TACA Regional jets still have the TACA logo painted on it. These aircraft are expected to be painted with the Avianca logo at a later date. The last flight with the TACA callsign took place on May 20, 2013. The flight was TACA Flight 566 from
Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in
San Salvador
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to
John F. Kennedy International Airport
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in New York City. It departed San Salvador at 7:50 pm MST and landed in New York at 2:35 am EST. The flight landed two hours and thirty-five minutes after the official re-branding of the airlines; thus, the flight departed with the TACA callsign and landed with the Avianca callsign. The final official TACA flight to have the TACA callsign was TACA Flight 520 from San Salvador to
Los Angeles
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. This flight departed at 7:20 pm MST and landed at 11:50 pm PDT. The first flight departing operated by Avianca El Salvador took place on May 21, 2013. The flight was Avianca El Salvador Flight 561 from
San Francisco
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to San Salvador. The flight departed at 1:25 am PDT and landed at 7:55 am MST. This was followed by Avianca El Salvador Flight 521 from Los Angeles to San Salvador. This flight departed at 1:30 am PDT and landed at 7:30 am MST.
Merger and controversy in Costa Rica (2012–13)
![TACA - Flickr - skinnylawyer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/TACA_-_Flickr_-_skinnylawyer.jpg)
On October 10, 2012, it was reported in a press conference that the trade name TACA International was going to disappear from the public eye and the promotion and marketing strategies were going to be owned by Avianca, according to representatives of the group that controls the brand. The Avianca-Taca's CEO, Fabio Villegas, explained that the use of the single brand for the group would occur in the first half of 2013. Eventually the TACA trade name wouldn't disappear from the public eye TACA will continue to operate but it will operate under the Avianca El Salvador brand and it will remain a full member of
Star Alliance
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. Despite the TACA name permanently retired, Avianca El Salvador still continued to use the IACA and IACO identifiers "TA" and "TAI", along with the call sign "TACA" for Avianca El Salvador Operated flights.
On May 18, 2013, the Avianca-Taca Holding group downgraded the
Juan Santamaría International Airport
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Hub in
San José, Costa Rica
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to a base of operations as part of post-merger restructuring. This included the discontinuation of more than five non-stop flights made by the airline to and from San Jose, including flights to all cities in the United States. As a consequence, more than 200 employees lost their jobs (equivalent to 20% of the work force of the airline). This was controversial in Costa Rica and led to an extensive investigation by the civil aviation authorities of that country against the holding company.
Services
![TACA Airlines A321 LAX](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/TACA_Airlines_A321_LAX.JPG)
The former airlines that made up Grupo TACA were:
* TACA International
**
TACA Regional
Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano, (''Air Transports of the American Continent'', known and branded formerly as TACA International), operating as Avianca El Salvador, is an airline owned by Kingsland Holdings based in El Salvador. As ...
*
Aviateca
**
Inter Regional - operated under Aviateca's code.
*
Isleña Airlines
Isleña de Inversiones S.A. de C.V. branded Avianca Honduras was an regional airline based in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. It offered mostly scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of its hub at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airpo ...
*
LACSA
Avianca Costa Rica S.A., formerly known as LACSA (''Spanish: Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses S.A.''), minority owned by the Synergy Group, is the national airline of Costa Rica and is based in San José. It operates international scheduled service ...
*
Nicaragüense de Aviación
Nicaragüense de Aviación (also known as NICA) was an airline based in Nicaragua. Its main hub was the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport. The commercial airline was a full associate member of the Grupo TACA alliance of El Salvador.
His ...
*
TACA Perú
TACA may refer to:
* TACA International Airlines, a group of five Central American airlines
* The Autism Community in Action (formerly Talk About Curing Autism; same initialism)
* Turkish American Cultural Alliance
See also
* Taqa (disambigua ...
The airline's hubs before Avianca merger were:
*
Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in
San Salvador
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,
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
*
Jorge Chávez International Airport
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in
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
,
Peru
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, national_motto = "Fi ...
*
Juan Santamaría International Airport
Juan Santamaría International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in the city of Alajuela, 20 km (12 miles) west of downto ...
in
San José, Costa Rica
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''ended in May 2013''
Destinations
Avianca El Salvador serves 28 destinations throughout North, Latin, and South America.
Codeshare agreements
The airline has
codeshare agreement
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s with the following airlines:
*
Avianca
*
Cubana de Aviacion
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* a woman born in Cuba
* Cubana de Aviación, an airline of Cuba
* Cubana, West Virginia
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*
Iberia
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
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*
United Airlines
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Fleet
Current fleet
The Avianca El Salvador fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2022):
Parent company
Avianca has a firm order for 100
Airbus A320neos, and some of the aircraft will likely go to Avianca El Salvador.
Former fleet
TACA International operated the following aircraft:
Reciprocal frequent-flyer agreements
LifeMiles is the frequent-flyer program of Avianca and TACA International as of 2009, because of the merger with Avianca. It replaced the old "Distancia" program.
Accidents and incidents
![Taca Guatemala](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Taca_Guatemala.jpg)
*On March 5, 1959, a
Vickers Viscount
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The Vi ...
(registered YS-09C) crashed shortly after take-off from
Managua International Airport
Augusto C. Sandino International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Augusto C. Sandino) or ACS is the main joint civil-military public international airport in Managua, Nicaragua. It is named after Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto ...
at
Managua
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Nicaragua
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when both port engines failed. 15 of the 19 people on board were killed.
*On May 24, 1988,
TACA Flight 110
TACA Flight 110 was an international scheduled airline flight operated by TACA International, traveling from Belize City to New Orleans. On May 24, 1988, the flight encountered severe thunderstorm activity on its final approach to its destinat ...
, a
Boeing 737-300
The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft.
Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Febru ...
operating to
, suffered a double engine flame-out due to water ingestion, a result of an in-flight encounter with an area of very heavy rain and hail. The design of the engines and FAA water ingestion certification standards did not take into account the higher water volume of strong or severe thunderstorms while operating at lower power. The plane landed without further damage on a grass levee at the
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
Michoud Assembly Facility
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. All 45 passengers were uninjured.
*On April 5, 1993, TACA Flight 510, a
Boeing 767-200
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The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on ...
, overran the runway at
Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...
's
La Aurora International Airport
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due to an inability to brake on the flooded runway.
*On May 30, 2008,
TACA Flight 390
TACA Flight 390 was a scheduled flight on May 30, 2008, by TACA International from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Miami, Florida, United States, with intermediate stops at Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula in Honduras. The aircraft, an Airbus ...
, an
Airbus A320-200
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(registered EI-TAF), overran a rain-soaked runway on landing at
Toncontín International Airport
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The History Channel programme ''Most Extreme Airports'' ranks it as the secon ...
in
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
,
Honduras
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. There were 5 fatalities, 2 of which were on the ground.
See also
*
List of airlines of El Salvador
References
External links
Official website**
**
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