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TACA Regional is the collective name given to 5 Central American Airlines, all independently named and IATA coded brought together to fly under one name, TACA Regional. Originally founded in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1931, Grupo TACA today is headquartered in San Salvador, El Salvador with its main hubs located at Comalapa International Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador, Juan Santamaria International Airport, San Jose Costa Rica and Jorge Chavez International Airport Lima, Peru.
The airlines making up TACA Regional Airlines, are, Regional flying under Aviateca of Guatemala, Sansa of Costa Rica, Islena Airlines of Honduras, La Costensa of Nicaragua and Aeroperlas of Panama. In October 2009 TACA and Avianca announced the merger of their 2 airlines yet flying under their respected names.
TACA Regional is a subsidiary of parent company, Synergy Group, which also owns OceanAir in Brazil, Avianca, SAM and Tampa Cargo in Colombia, AeroGal and VIP in Ecuador, Capital Airlines in Nigeria and Grupo TACA and its subsidiaries.
Today TACA Regional has a fleet of 31 aircraft offering 200 daily flights to 50 destinations throughout Central America, with extensive coverage throughout South America, North America Central America and the Caribbean.
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