Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos Explained

Airline:	Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos, S.A. (TAG)
Fleet Size:	6
Destinations:	13
Iata:	5U
Icao:	TGU
Callsign:	Tango Golf Uniform
Founded:	1969
Headquarters:	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Hubs:	La Aurora Int'l Airport
Focus Cities:	Mundo Maya Int'l Airport
Website:	http://www.tag.com.gt

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.

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]

Regular destinations

• Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Flores, Guatemala
• Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
• Belize City, Belize
• San Salvador, El Salvador
• Cancun, 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

As of May 2024, the TAG fleet includes the following aircraft:^[3]

TAG Fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Notes
Embraer 145LR	1
Saab 340A/B	1
ATR 72-500	4
Total	6	0

Historical fleet

• 1 BAe Jetstream 31 TG-TAK^{[4] [5]}
• 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.^{[6] [7]}
• 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.^[8]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. "Contact Us." Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos. Retrieved on March 3, 2016. "Ave. Hincapie y 18 calle, zona 13 Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala 1013"
2. Web site: Trasnportes Aereos Guatemaltecos . www.tag.com.gt . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017021642/http://www.tag.com.gt/espanol/index.php . 17 October 2007 . dead.
3. Web site: 7 May 2024 . TAG Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos fleet details . Airfleets.
4. Web site: MyAviation.net - Aviation Photo Gallery . www.myaviation.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055053/http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00031349 . 2011-07-28.
5. Web site: Foto Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (TAG) British Aerospace Jetstream 31 TG-TAK.
6. Web site: PrensaLibre.com - Cae avioneta en Zacapa . www.prensalibre.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050605030305/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2005/junio/03/115781.html . 2005-06-05.
7. Web site: Foto Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (TAG) LET L-410UVP-E Turbolet TG-TAG.
8. Web site: 14, 15 y 20 de enero – Prensa Libre. https://web.archive.org/web/20080623014814/http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/pl/2008/febrero/14/220616.html. 2008-06-23.