Lacsa

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Lacsa Airlane
IATA
LR
ICAO
LRC
Callsign
TACA
Lacsa
Founded 1946
Hubs Juan Santamaria International Airport
Alliance Grupo Taca
Fleet size 30
Destinations 36
Parent company Grupo Taca
Headquarters San José, Costa Rica
Key people Roberto Kriete (CEO), Kriete Family (Owner)
Website: http://www.taca.com

Lacsa (Lineas Aereas Costarricenses SA) is the national airline of Costa Rica and is based in San José. It operates international scheduled services [1]. It is one of the Grupo TACA airlines and now is operated in TACA livery. It is known as Grupo Taca Lacsa. [citation needed]

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[edit] History

The airline was established on 17 October 1945 by Pan American World Airways, the Costa Rican government and Costa Rican private interests. It started operations on 1 June 1946 and was designated the national carrier in 1949. Its domestic network was transferred to subsidiary Sansa in September 1959 [1].

[edit] Services

As of January 2005 Lacsa operated services to the following international scheduled destinations [1] : Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Chicago, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Havana, Lima, Los Angeles, Managua, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Panama City, Quito, San Salvador and Toronto.

[edit] Fleet

Lacsa's Fleet is operated by the Grupo Taca aircraft. Lacsa's own aircraft are now operating with other airlines. The aircraft that TACA operate on Lacsa flights are [citation needed]:

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Flight International 5-11 April 2005


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