What is TACA Airlines?
{{Infobox Airline |airline=TACA Airlines |logo=File:TACA Wordmark.png |logo_size= |fleet_size=44 |IATA=TA |ICAO=TAI |callsign=TACA |founded=1931 |ceased=2013 |headquarters=[[El Salvador]] |hubs=[[San Salvador]] |website=[http://www.taca.com] }} '''TACA Airlines''' ('''Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano''') is an [[airline]] from [[El Salvador]]. In 2009 it was merged with [[Avianca]]. The two airlines continued to operate separately.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/avianca-confirms-39strategic-merger39-with-taca-333194/ |title=Avianca confirms 'strategic merger' with TACA |author=Brendan Sobie |date=7 Oct 2009 |website= |publisher=Reed Business Information |accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref> TACA has had two major air crashes since 1970.<ref>{{cite web|author=|date=|title=TACA airlines plane crashes|url=http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/taca.htm|website=|publisher=AirSafe.com, LLC|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref> == Gallery == <gallery> File:Logo AviancaTaca.jpeg|Logo of the AviancaTaca Air Holdings File:TACAHQSanSalvador0.jpg|The old TACA headquarters in El Salvador File:N769TA B767-3S1ER TACA LAX 18JAN99 (6759745481).jpg|A TACA [[Boeing 767]] with the final paint-job used. File:168bg - TACA Airbus A320-233; N463TA@UIO;01.03.2002 (4790089767).jpg|A TACA [[A320]] in 2010. File:TACA BAC One-Eleven 407AW Volpati-1.jpg|A TACA [[BAC 1-11]] at [[Guatemala City]]. </gallery> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1931 establishments in North America]] [[Category:El Salvador]] [[Category:Airlines of North America]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in El Salvador]] [[Category:2013 disestablishments in North America]] {{transport-stub}}