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TACA - Definition and Overview

TACA is an airline in Latin America. Its name stands for Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano, or American Continent Air Transport. Grupo TACA, as it was formerly known, was created by a merger between four national airlines in the 1980s:

In addition, TACA Panama and TACA Peru are now important members of the group. Grupo TACA is also considering opening airlines in Argentina and Chile; these would be named "TACA Argentina" and "TACA Chile" respectively; to compete with another large Latin American airline group, the Lan group.

A little known fact is that, during the 1940s, TACA also operated an airline named "TACA Venezuela".

The airline's logo is five golden macaws, representing the five original constituent airlines. Each airline flies similar aircraft in similar livery, but retains its own name on the fuselage.

Today, TACA has scheduled flights to most major airports in the Western Hemisphere. Its three flight hubs or "Centros de Conexiones" are:

TACA was founded in Honduras in 1931 by New Zealander Lowell Yerex.

TACA Int'l took a 49% stake in Nicaraguan airline Aeronica in 1992.

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Example Usage of TACA

anns_q: merda, a @larissavago vai passar DEZ dias aqui em casa. meu deus, vou tacá-la da janela QQQQN
danielms: @leitecruz morrendo de rir com a narcisa fake, ela tem tiradas incríveis, em homenagem acabei de jogar um taça pela janela, só ouvi o ploft!
top20fanatico: @GuuiP Ah axo q o vinho naum engorda,qm engorda eh você,huashusauh desculpa ,mas axo q 1 taça n eh problema naum ^^
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