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Avianca Merges With TACA. Colombian Avianca and Central-American, El Salvador based TACA have finalized their merger agreement to unite as one Latin-American airline company, keeping the two brands. The merger has been approved by antitrust and regulatory bodies.
US Airways participation in the Star Alliance lapsed. In 2012, in South America, LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines began their merger. In March 2014, with the merger complete, TAM left Star Alliance and became part of LAN in Oneworld. On September 21, 2015, the Vanilla Alliance was formed between several airlines based in the Indian Ocean region, in order to improve air connectivity within the region.