TACV

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TACV Cabo Verde Airlines
IATA
VR		 ICAO
TCV		 Callsign
CABOVERDE
Founded 1958
Hubs Sal Airport and Praia Airport
Fleet size 6
Destinations 20
Headquarters Flag of Cape VerdePraia
Key people N/A
Website: http://www.flytacv.com

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines is a scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo airline based in Cape Verde. It is the national flag carrier of Cape Verde, operating an inter-island service and flights to Europe, North America, South America and the West African mainland. Its main base is Sal Airport (SID), with a hub at Praia Airport (RAI). TACV stands for "Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde" meaning Air Transportation of Cape Verde in Portuguese.

Praia Airport, which was opened to international flights on September 2005, caters mainly to the Cape Verdian diaspora; Sal Airport, which previously handled all international flights, currently serves mainly the tourist industry of Sal Island.

The government is currently preparing the airline for privatization. A new Chief Executive Officer, Gilles Filliatraut, from Canada, was appointed in December 2006.

TACV Boeing 757
TACV Boeing 757
TACV ATR72-500 with new colors in São Pedro
TACV ATR72-500 with new colors in São Pedro

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[edit] Logo

Its logo includes a blue wing with 7 lines that represent the plane in flight. The TACV letters are colored in red and the letter T hovers over the letters ACV.

[edit] History

Many visitors use TACV aircraft to fly between Cape Verde islands
Many visitors use TACV aircraft to fly between Cape Verde islands

The airline was established in 1958 and is 100% owned by the Cape Verdean government. In July 1975, following independence, the airline was designated as the national carrier and became a public company in 1983. It employs 788 staff.

[edit] Destinations

TACV flies to the following destinations ( year 2008):

[edit] Domestic

[edit] Cape Verde

[edit] International

[edit] Africa

[edit] Europe

[edit] North America

[edit] South America
ATR42 in Sal (Amilcar Cabral Airport)
ATR42 in Sal (Amilcar Cabral Airport)

Two islands are currently not served by domestic flights: Brava and Santo Antão.

[edit] Previous Routes and News

  • Service from Fortaleza to Sal Island will increase to twice weekly in November 2007.
  • Service between Praia International Airport and Munich, Paris, Amsterdam and Boston will increase to twice weekly in Winter 2007.
  • TACV lease Travel Service 737-800 Aircraft and will open new destinations as London and Warsaw in Poland to increase tourism in Cape Verde and Fortaleza the new hub in Brazil.
  • On October 13, 2007 TACV made a test flight between Amilcar Cabral airport and Rabil airport to conclude the operational certification of the new airport. This was the first operation of a jet (Boeing 757-200 [D4-CBP]) in Rabil Airport.
  • TACV will start operations to the new following destinations as Moscovo, Manchester e Marselha and Natal in Brazil.

TACV also could open new destinations to for this year to Scandinavian countries, Cabo Verde Airline is too waiting for an approval to start non stop flights between Lisbon and Bissau, may be this flight begin in March 23 current year.

  • Summer 2008 TACV will do some charters to Funchal, opereted by Soltropico with 737-800 170 seater.

[edit] Codeshares

As of November 2007, TACV Cabo Verde Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

[edit] Fleet

The TACV fleet includes the following aircraft (July 2007):

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers
(Business/Economy)		 Routes Notes
Boeing 757-200 2 210-185 (20/165) Short and long haul Europe, North and South America
Airbus A320-200 1 180 Short and mediun haul Lisbon and others European routes wet leased from LTE International Airways
ATR72-500 2 68 Short haul
Cape Verde islands flights, Dakar and Bissau		 Those ATR are first to fly between islands in Cape Verde they entered in service in summer to replace the old TACV ATR flaying since 1994
ATR42-500 1 46 Short haul
Cape Verde Islands and west African routes		 This small one will serve the smallest airports in Cape Verde, and increase TACV pax capacity
Total number of aircraft 6 Updated: June 2008

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