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TACA Peru is the expansion of the TACA name into South America. TACA Peru is headquartered in Lima Peru with its main hub of operation out of Jorge Chavez International Airport Lima, Peru. Founded in 1999 by Daniel Ratti, today TACA Peru is owned 49% by Grupo TACA and 51% by Mr. Ratti.
TACA is the collective name given to 5 Central American and Peruvian Airlines, all independently named and IATA coded brought together to fly under one name, TACA. 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 Airlines, are, Aviateca of Guatemala, Lacsa of Costa Rica, Islena Airlines of Honduras, NICA of Nicaragua and TACA Peru of Peru. In October 2009 TACA and Avianca announced the merger of their 2 airlines yet flying under their respected names.
TACA 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 Peru has a fleet of 2 aircraft and serves 20 destinations in 15 countries, with extensive coverage throughout South America, North America Central America and the Caribbean.
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