TACV

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TACV Cabo Verde Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
VR TCV CABOVERDE
Founded 1958
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program TACV Club
Fleet size 5
Destinations 19
Company slogan O prazer de viajar bem ("A pleasurable way of flying ")
Headquarters Cape VerdePraia, Cape Verde
Key people Joao Pereira Silva (CEO)
Website flytacv.com

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines (TACV is an acronym for Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde, meaning “Air Transportation of Cape Verde” in Portuguese) is a scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo airline based in Praia, Cape Verde.[1] It is the national flag carrier of Cape Verde, operating inter-island services and flights to Europe, North America, South America and the West African mainland. Its main base is Sal Airport, with smaller ones at Praia International Airport and São Pedro Airport. TACV is also a ground handling company serving all airports in Cape Verde.

History

TACV was established in 1958. In July 1975, following the independence of Cape Verde, the airline was designated as the national carrier and became a public company (that means government-owned) in 1983. It employs 788 staff. The Cape Verdean government is currently preparing the airline for privatization.

European flights began in 1985, with Lisbon as first European destination of TACV. In 1996 TACV got its first Boeing 757-200, brand new and directly from the Boeing factory, in Seattle, considered as “the pride and joy of Cape Verde Airlines", baptized with the name B.Leza. With B.Leza (registration D4-CBG), TACV begins flying to Europe with its own aircraft and crew.

In 2004 another Boeing 757-200 joined the TACV fleet named Emigranti (registration D4-CBP). After several years the Boeing 757 pair operated on all of TACV's international routes. Before one being replaced by two smaller Boeing 737-800's.

Destinations

Main article: TACV destinations

The TACV logo includes a blue wing with seven lines that represent the number of domestic inter-island flights offered by the airline.

Codeshares

As of August 2012, TACV Cabo Verde Airlines had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Current fleet

TACV Boeing 757-200 in the old livery.
TACV ATR-42 in the current livery .

As of March 2016, the TACV fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2]

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
J Y Total
ATR 42-500
1
0 48 48
ATR 72-500
2
0 68 68
ATR 72-600
0
3
TBA TBA TBA
Boeing 737-800
1
0 189 189 CS-TQU leased from Euro Atlantic Airways
Boeing 757-200
1
0 210 210
Total 5 3

Incidents and accidents

See also

References

  1. "Membership." iata.org, retrieved 14 December 2011
  2. TACV fleet list at ch-aviation. ch-aviation.com, retrieved 19 July 2015
  3. Harro Ranter. "Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Cape Verde > TACV - Cabo Verde Airlines". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. Harro Ranter (7 August 1999). "ASN Aircraft accident Dornier 228-201 D4-CBC Santo Antão Island". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. Harro Ranter (24 October 2005). "ASN Aircraft accident ATR-42-320 D4-CBH Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR)". Retrieved 24 April 2015.

External links

Media related to TACV at Wikimedia Commons

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