TACA is an airline in Latin America. Its name stands for Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos, or Central American Air Transport. Grupo TACA, as it was formerly known, was created by a merger between four national airlines in the 1980's:
In addition, TACA Perú is now an important member of the group.
The airline's logo is five golden macaws, representing the five original constituent airlines. Each airline flies similar aircraft in similar livery, but retains its own name on the fuselage.
Today, TACA has scheduled flights to most major airports in the Western Hemisphere. Its three flight hubs or "Centros de Conexiones" are:
TACA was founded in Honduras in 1931 by New Zealander Lowell Yerex.
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