15 Facts About TACA Airlines

On October 7,2009, it was announced that TACA Airlines would merge with Avianca, though TACA Airlines maintained its name until the merger was officially completed on May 21,2013.

TACA Airlines was the second-oldest continuously operating airline brand in Central America and the Caribbean after Cubana de Aviacion.

TACA Airlines was founded in 1931 in Honduras by New Zealander Lowell Yerex.

Later TACA Airlines was organized as an international company having its headquarters in San Salvador only under the name of TACA Airlines International.

On December 28,1966, TACA International entered the jet age when it inaugurated their first jet, a BAC One Eleven.

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Until 1980, TACA Airlines was owned by a United States company and had its corporate headquarters in New Orleans under the administration of the Kriete Family of El Salvador, who owned a minority stock and ended up buying all the shares.

Between 1940 and 1995, TACA bought the majority shares of the flag carrier airlines; Aviateca, LACSA, and Nicaraguense de Aviacion, consolidating operations under a new brand group name, Grupo TACA.

In 1992, TACA signed a strategic alliance with Panama-based Copa Airlines, and the airline began flying to Tocumen International Airport, making it the first flight connection center in Latin America.

In 2005, TACA Airlines International was one of the founding members of the Mexican airline Volaris.

Avianca and TACA Airlines International operated a combined fleet of 129 aircraft, serving over 100 destinations in several countries in America and Europe.

The merger of Colombia's Avianca and El Salvador-based TACA Airlines is the latest sign that consolidation in the Latin American airline sector is picking up.

In June 2011, AviancaTACA Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 51 A320 Family aircraft, including 33 eco-efficient A320neo.

On November 10,2010, Star Alliance announced that Avianca and TACA Airlines International were to become full members in mid-2012.

On May 20,2013, just before midnight, TACA Airlines International began to remove all its signs bearing the TACA Airlines logo from airports across the US, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

On October 10,2012, it was reported in a press conference that the trade name TACA Airlines 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.