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Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos

Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos

Guatemalan airline

Not to be confused with TAAG Angola Airlines or TAG Airlines.

Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG) is a private passenger and cargo airline with its headquarters in Zone 13 of Guatemala City,[2] and with its main hub at La Aurora International Airport. It was founded in 1969 in Guatemala City. In 1972 the airline added a Douglas DC-3 to its fleet, competing with the state-owned Aviateca.

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Today TAG has around 70 employees and operates an own maintenance facility at La Aurora International Airport. The hangars are located opposite to the main terminal building, on the east side of the airport. Besides regular flights between the capital and Mundo Maya International Airport of Flores, the airline offers charters, ambulance flights and agricultural flights, both domestic and international, e.g. to Copán, Honduras.

TAG is the first airline in Guatemala to be certified by the ICAO.[3]

Regular destinations

Charter destinations

All charter flights operate depending on demand.

Fleet

As of December 2023, the TAG fleet includes the following aircraft:[1]

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Historical fleet

Incidents

  • 2 June 2005: A Let 410, reg. TG-TAG, with 17 passengers on board crashed while returning to Zacapa airport. Shortly after take-off the crew reported technical problems. All occupants survived the accident.[6][7]
  • 14 February 2008: A Bell 206, 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.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Guatemala's TAG Airlines Receives Its First ATR Aircraft". Simply Flying. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Contact Us." Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos. Retrieved on March 3, 2016. "Ave. Hincapie y 18 calle, zona 13 Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala 1013"
  3. [3]
    "Trasnportes Aereos Guatemaltecos". www.tag.com.gt. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    "MyAviation.net - Aviation Photo Gallery". www.myaviation.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
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    "Foto Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (TAG) British Aerospace Jetstream 31 TG-TAK".
  6. [6]
    "PrensaLibre.com - Cae avioneta en Zacapa". www.prensalibre.com. Archived from the original on 2005-06-05.
  7. [7]
    "Foto Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (TAG) LET L-410UVP-E Turbolet TG-TAG".
  8. [8]
    "14, 15 y 20 de enero – Prensa Libre". Archived from the original on 2008-06-23.
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