Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG) is a private passenger and cargo

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...

with its headquarters in Zone 13 of

Guatemala City Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capital city, national capital and largest city of the Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. It is also the Municipalities of Guatemala, municipal capital of the Guatemala Depa ...

, and with its main hub at

La Aurora International Airport La Aurora International Airport (, ) serves Guatemala City, Guatemala. It is located south of Guatemala City's center and from Antigua Guatemala. It is administered by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (Guatemala), General Directora ...

. It was founded in 1969 in Guatemala City. It currently has a fleet of 6 aircraft. TAG has around 400 employees and operates a maintenance facility at La Aurora International Airport. The hangars are located opposite to the main terminal building, on the east side of the airport. It operates regular flights between the capital and

Mundo Maya International Airport Mundo Maya International Airport (, ), formerly Flores International Airport as indicated by its IATA code, is an international airport located in the suburb of Santa Elena, in the city of Flores, Guatemala. It serves national and internation ...

Flores Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Administratively, it forms the largest island in the East Nusa Tenggara Province. The area is 14,250 km2. Including Komodo and Rinca islands ...

and offers

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flights and agricultural flights, both domestic and to Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. TAG is the first airline in Guatemala to be certified by the

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Scheduled destinations

Guatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the national capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala. It is also the municipal capital of the Guatemala Department and the most populous urban metropolitan are ...

* Flores, Guatemala * Puerto Barrios, Guatemala *

Belize City, Belize Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2022 census, Belize City has a population of 63,999 people. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, which is a distributary ...

San Salvador, El Salvador San Salvador () is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its San Salvador Department, eponymous department. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and fin ...

* Cancún, Mexico * Roatán, Honduras *

San Pedro Sula, Honduras San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701,200 ...

* Tapachula, Mexico * Merida Yucatán, Mexico

Charter destinations

* Puerto Barrios Airport, Quetzaltenango Airport, Retalhuleu/Xetulul,

Zacapa Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departments of Guatemala. It is located approximately from Guatemala City Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capit ...

Chiquimula Chiquimula is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Chiquimula and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located some 174 km from Guatemala City and within Guatemala known as "La p ...

Antigua Guatemala Antigua Guatemala (), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the Guatemalan Highlands, central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque- ...

(helicopters),

Panajachel Panajachel (, Pana) is a town in the southwestern part of the Guatemalan Highlands, less than from Guatemala City, in the Departments of Guatemala, department of Sololá (department), Sololá. It serves as the administrative centre for the surro ...

(helicopters) * Copán, Roatán, Utila, Belize and other Central American destinations * Cancún, Chetumal, Mexico City, All charter flights operate depending on demand.

Fleet

In 1972, the airline added a

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to its fleet, competing with the state-owned

Aviateca Aviateca S.A. branded Avianca Guatemala is a regional airline headquartered in Guatemala City that serves as the flag carrier of Guatemala. Aviateca was under government ownership and remained so until 1989 when it joined the Grupo TACA alliance ...

. As of May 2024, the TAG fleet includes the following aircraft:

Historical fleet

BAe Jetstream The British Aerospace Jetstream is a small twin turboprop airliner, with a pressurised fuselage, developed as the ''Jetstream 31'' from the earlier Handley Page Jetstream. A larger version of the Jetstream was also manufactured, the Britis ...

31 TG-TAK *3

Let L-410 The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft designed and produced by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice (named Aircraft Industries since 2005). It was developed as the ''L-400'' during the 1960s in response t ...

TG-TAG, TG-TAY, TG-TAJ *1

Embraer 110 The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (English: ''pioneer'') is a Brazilian twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed by Embraer for military and civil use. The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max Holste; it had been designed in li ...

TG-TAN, TG-TAY, TG-TAM, TG-TAG *2

Piper PA-34 The Piper PA-34 Seneca is a twin-engined light aircraft, produced in the United States by Piper Aircraft. It has been in non-continuous production since 1971. The Seneca is primarily used for personal and business flying as well as multi-engine ...

TG-TAA, TG-TAH *1 Beechcraft BE-300

Incidents

* 2 June 2005: A

Let 410 The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft designed and produced by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice (named Aircraft Industries since 2005). It was developed as the ''L-400'' during the 1960s in response t ...

, reg. TG-TAG, with 17 passengers on board crashed while returning to

airport. Shortly after take-off the crew reported technical problems. All occupants survived the accident. * 14 February 2008: A

Bell 206 The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter progr ...

, reg. TG-TAB, with 4 passengers on board crashed near Rio Dulce while on-route to Puerto Barrios. The pilot, Carlos Maldonado managed to make an emergency landing. All four occupants were injured.

References

External links

Official websitevideo of TAG Saab 340 landing in Guatemala Cityvideo of TAG Saab 340 landing in Puerto San José
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