TAME
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| TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador | ||
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| IATA EQ |
ICAO TAE |
Callsign TAME |
| Founded | 1962 | |
| Hubs | Mariscal Sucre International Airport | |
| Frequent flyer program | FrecuenTAME | |
| Fleet size | 11 | |
| Destinations | 14 | |
| Parent company | Ecuadorian Air Force | |
| Headquarters | Quito | |
| Key people | Cesar Naranjo A. President | |
| Website: http://www.tame.com.ec | ||
TAME (Línea Aérea del Ecuador) is an airline based in Quito, Ecuador. It is the commercial branch of the Ecuadorian Air Force and operates scheduled domestic flights as well as one international route. The name is an acronym of Transportes Aéreos Militares Ecuatorianos, later changed to Transportes Aéreos Mercantiles Ecuatorianos.
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[edit] History
TAME was founded by the Ecuadorean military in 1962 with the aim of providing transportation from the urban centers to the remote areas of the country including routes which were important but not profitable for commercial airlines. The fleet evolved from Douglas, Lockheed and Avro props into a fleet of various Boeing and Fokker jets, and recently factory-new Airbus and Embraer planes in an effort to rejuvenate the fleet.[1] TAME has been involved in a number of tragic accidents, incidents and crashes. The current fleet renewal intends to elevate the safety record and lower the average age of the fleet, partly in order to gain permission to operate flights to the USA. TAME does not belong to an international airline alliance, but has in the past code-shared with Air France and Lufthansa on flights from Quito to Bogota, connecting to those airlines' transatlantic operations into Europe.
[edit] Destinations
TAME currently serves 13 cities in Ecuador and one city (Cali) in Colombia.[2] All destinations are served from the main hub in Quito (UIO) and the secondary hub in Guayaquil (GYE), except the flight to Cali which stops at Tulcan.
Ecuador-Domestic Destinations:
- Quito Hub
- Guayaquil Hub
- Esmeraldas (SETN/ESM)
- Tulcan (SETU/TUA)
- Lago Agrio (SENL/LGQ)
- Coca (SECO/OCC)
- Manta (SEMT/MEC)
- Portoviejo (SEPV/PVO)
- Macas (SEMC/XMS)
- Cuenca (SECU/CUE)
- Loja (SETM/LOH)
- Baltra (Galapagos) (SEGS/GPS)
- San Cristobal (Galapagos) (SEST/SCY)
- Machala (SEMH/MCH)
International Destinations:
Past Destinations: (no longer served)
Bogota (SKBO/BOG), Santiago de Chile (SCEL/SCL)
[edit] Fleet
| Type | Registration | Code | Serial | Seats | Year Built | With TAME Since | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320 | HC-CDY |
(none) | 2014 | Y162 | 2003 | 2003 | Ciudad de Quito |
| Airbus A320 | HC-CDZ |
(none) | 2044 | Y162 | 2003 | 2003 | Ciudad de Guayaquil |
| Boeing 727-2T3/Adv | HC-BHM |
FAE-078 | 22078/1644 | Y155 | 1980 | 1980 | Cotopaxi |
| Boeing 727-230/Adv | HC-BZS |
FAE-620 | 21620/1419 | Y155 | 1978 | 1999 | Imbabura |
| Embraer E-190-100LR | HC-CEZ |
(none) | 19000027 | Y104 | 2006 | 2006 | Ciudad de Cuenca |
| Embraer E-190-100LR | HC-CGF |
(none) | 19000137 | Y104 | 2007 | Dec 18, 2007 | Ciudad de Loja |
| Embraer E-190-100LR | HC-CGG |
(none) | 19000141 | Y104 | 2007 | Dec 18, 2007 | Ciudad de Manta |
| Embraer E-170-100LR | HC-CEX |
(none) | 17000087 | Y76 | 2006 | 2006 | Francisco de Orellana |
| Embraer E-170-100LR | HC-CEY |
(none | 17000092 | Y76 | 2006 | 2006 | Puerto Baquerizo Moreno |
| Embraer 120 | HC-CEM |
(none) | 11112 | Y32 | NN | 2007 | (none) |
| Embraer 120 | HC-CDM |
(none) | 11228 | Y32 | NN | 2007 | (none |
| Type | Registration | Code | Serial | Seats | Year Built | With TAME | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fokker F-28-4000 | HC-BZU "Morona Santiago" |
FAE-112 | 11112 | Y82 | 1976 | 1999-2007 | Replaced by an ERJ-190 |
| Fokker F-28-4000 | HC-CEH "Ciudad de Loja" |
FAE-228 | 11228 | Y70 | 1985 | 2004-2007 | Replaced by an ERJ-190 |
| Boeing 727-134 | HC-BLE "Manabi" |
FAE-691 | 19691/487 | Y123 | 1967 | 1984-? | Parked |
| Boeing 727-134 | HC-BLF "El Oro" |
FAE-692 | 19692/498 | ? | 1967 | ?-2002 | Crashed Jan 28, 2002 at Volcano Cumbal in Colombia. 92/92 Fatalities. [4] |
| Boeing 727-17 | HC-BLV "Azuay" |
FAE-328 | 20328/806 | ? | 1970 | 1985-? | Parked at Latacunga (SELT) |
| Boeing 727-230/Adv | HC-BSC "Galapagos" |
FAE-788 | 20788/1011 | ? | 1974 | 1993-? | Parked |
| Boeing 727-230/Adv | HC-BRI "Guayas" |
FAE-560 | 20560/887 | ? | 1972 | 1991-? | Parked at Latacunga (SELT) |
| Boeing 727-230/Adv | HC-BZR "Esmeraldas" |
FAE-618 | 21618/1404 | ? | 1978 | 1999-? | Parked at Latacunga (SELT) |
| Boeing 727-230/Adv | HC-BSU "Pichincha" |
FAE-622 | 21622/1431 | ? | 1979 | 1993-1998 | Crashed Apr 20, 1998 near Bogota (CFIT). 53/53 Fatalities.[5] |
| Boeing 757-23A |  XA-RLM |
(none) | 24566/255 | ? | ? | 1999 | Leased in from TAESA for a few months in 1999; wore full TAME colors. |
| Boeing 737-2V2 | HC-BIG "Ciudad de Loja" |
FAE-607 | 22607/775 | ? | 1981 | 1981-1983 | Crashed Jul 11, 1983 near Cuenca. 119/119 Fatalities. [6] |
| Fokker F-28-4000 | HC-BMD "Ciudad de Loja" |
FAE-220 | 11220 | ? | 1984 | 1985-2003 | Written off after overrunning runway at UIO on Jan 17, 2003. No Fatalities. [7] Replaced by HC-CEH in 2004, also named Loja. Previously involved in another runway overrun incident in 2001.[8] |
| Hawker Siddeley HS-748-285 | HC-BAZ (name?) |
FAE-738 | 1738 | ? | 1975 | ?-1987 | Written off after overrunning runway at Lago Agrio on Jun 23, 1987. No Fatalities. [9] Preserved at the Air Force museum at UIO. |
| Lockheed L-188C Electra | HC-AZL "Guayas" |
FAE-1050 | 1050 | ? | ? | 1974-? | Previously N278AC |
| Lockheed L-188C Electra | HC-AZT "Azuay" |
FAE-1040 | 1040 | ? | ? | 1975-? | Previously N9701C |
| Lockheed L-188C Electra | HC-AZJ "Pichincha" |
FAE-2004 | 2004 | ? | 1959 | 1975-1989 | Written off after a gear-up landing at Taura AFB on Sep 04, 1989. No Fatalities. [10] |
| Lockheed L-188C Electra | HC-AZY "Galapagos" |
FAE-1052 | 1052 | ? | 1959 | 1975-1988 | Crashed near Lago Agrio on Sep 12, 1988. 7/7 Fatalities. [11] |
| Douglas DC-6B | HC-AVH (name?) |
FAE44691 | 44691/552 | ? | 1953 | ?-? | Preserved at the Quito Air Base |
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- An Air France flight from Eldorado International Airport of Bogotá, Colombia to Quito, Ecuador, using an aircraft leased from TAME and flown with Ecuadorian crew, crashed on April 20, 1998 into a mountain near Bogotá. All 43 passengers and 10 crew died [1]
- On January 28, 2002, a Boeing 727-100 crashed in the Andes Mountains on the border of Colombia while landing in Tulcán, with no survivors. There was foggy weather at the time of the accident .
- On January 17, 2003, a Fokker F28 overran the runway in Quito after aborting take-off, causing no injuries[citation needed].
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ TAME: Historia. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ TAME: Itinerarios. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ Flota TAME. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident description. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident description. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident description. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident description. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident description. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident description. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ ASN Aircraft Accident description. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
