Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG) is a private passenger and cargo airline with its headquarters in Zone 13 of Guatemala City, and with its main hub at La Aurora International Airport. It was founded in 1969 in Guatemala City. It currently has a fleet of 6 aircraft.
TAG has around 70 employees and operates a maintenance facility at La Aurora International Airport. The hangars are located opposite to the main terminal building, on the east side of the airport. It operates regular flights between the capital and Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores and offers charters, ambulance flights and agricultural flights, both domestic and to Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico.
TAG is the first airline in Guatemala to be certified by the ICAO.
Scheduled destinations
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Flores, Guatemala
- Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
- Belize City, Belize
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Cancún, Mexico
- Roatán, Honduras
- San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- Tapachula, Mexico
- Merida Yucatán, 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,
All charter flights operate depending on demand.
Fleet
In 1972, the airline added a Douglas DC-3 to its fleet, competing with the state-owned Aviateca.
As of May 2024, the TAG fleet includes the following aircraft:
Historical fleet
- 1 BAe Jetstream 31 TG-TAK
- 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.
- 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.
References
External links
- Official website
- video of TAG Saab 340 landing in Guatemala City
- video of TAG Saab 340 landing in Puerto San José
