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Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG) is a private passenger and cargo airline with its headquarters in Zone 13 of Guatemala City,[1] and with its main hub at La Aurora International Airport. It was founded in 1969 in Guatemala City. In 1972 the airline added a Douglas DC-3 to its fleet, competing with the state-owned Aviateca.

Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos, S.A. (TAG)

IATA ICAO Callsign 5U TGU CHAPIN
Founded	1969
Hubs	La Aurora Int'l Airport
Focus cities	Mundo Maya Int'l Airport
Fleet size	10
Destinations	14
Headquarters	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Key people	Julio Gamero
Website	http://www.tag.com.gt

Today TAG has around 70 employees and operates an own maintenance facility at La Aurora International Airport. The hangars are located opposite to the main terminal building, on the east side of the airport. Besides regular flights between the capital and Mundo Maya International Airport of Flores, the airline offers charters, ambulance flights and agricultural flights, both domestic and international, e.g. to Copán, Honduras.

TAG is the first airline in Guatemala to be certified by the ICAO.[2] With the refurbishment of several airports within the country (San José Airport, Quetzaltenango Airport, Puerto Barrios Airport), TAG is expected to offer scheduled flights between these airports in the near future, being the largest Guatemalan airline by 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Regular destinations

• Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Flores, Guatemala
• Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
• Belize City, Belize
• Cancun, Mexico
• Roatán, Honduras
• San Pedro Sula, Honduras
• Tapachula, Mexico
• Merida Yucatan, Mexico

Charter destinations

• Puerto Barrios Airport, Quetzaltenango Airport, Retalhuleu/Xetulul, Zacapa, Chiquimula, Antigua Guatemala (helicopters), Panajachel (helicopters)
• Copán, Roatán, Utila, Belize and other Central American destinations
• Cancún, Chetumal, Mexico City, Acapulco
• San Salvador-Ilopango (SSS), El Salvador

All charter flights operate depending on demand.

Fleet

As of July 2022, the TAG fleet includes the following aircraft:[3]

TAG Fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Notes
Embraer 145-CRJ-LR	01
Saab 340A/B	08
ATR 72-500	01	3	[4]
Total	10	3

Historical Fleet

• 1 BAe Jetstream 31 TG-TAK[5][6]
• 3 Let L-410 TG-TAG, TG-TAY, TG-TAJ
• 1 Embraer 110 TG-TAN, TG-TAY, TG-TAM, TG-TAG
• 2 Piper PA-34 TG-TAA, TG-TAH
• 1 Beechcraft BE-300

Incidents

• 2 June 2005: A Let 410, reg. TG-TAG, with 17 passengers on board crashed while returning to Zacapa airport. Shortly after take-off the crew reported technical problems. All occupants survived the accident.[7][8]
• 14 February 2008: A Bell 206, reg. TG-TAB, with 4 passengers on board crashed near Rio Dulce while on-route to Puerto Barrios. The pilot, Carlos Maldonado managed to make an emergency landing. All four occupants were injured.[9]

References

External links

• Official website
• video of TAG Saab 340 landing in Guatemala City
• video of TAG Saab 340 landing in Puerto San José

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Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos ist eine guatemaltekische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Guatemala-Stadt.

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Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG Airlines) es una aerolínea dedicada al transporte comercial de pasajeros ejecutivos y turísticos, es la aerolínea de bandera en Guatemala con sede en la ciudad de Guatemala dentro del Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora. Fue fundada el 27 de agosto de 1969 en la Ciudad de Guatemala. En 1972 la compañía añadió un Douglas DC-3 a su flota, compitiendo con la empresa estatal de Aviateca. TAG hoy en día tiene alrededor de 150 empleados y opera con una instalación de mantenimiento propio en el Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora. Los hangares están situados enfrente de la terminal, en el lado este del aeropuerto. Además de vuelos regulares entre la capital, el Aeropuerto Internacional Mundo Maya y el Aeropuerto de Puerto Barrios cuenta con vuelos internacionales diarios a Honduras (Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula y Roatán), Belice, El Salvador y México (Tapachula y Cancún). La aerolínea también ofrece vuelos chárter, ambulancias aérea, fumigación aérea, publicidad aérea, filmación aérea, carga externa y servicios FBO, tanto nacionales como internacionales.

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