TAAG Air Angola
TAAG Air Angola is the main airline of Angola, a country in Africa. The TAAG stands for Transportadora Aérea AnGolana. which is Portuguese for Angolan Air Transport. TAAG's main base of operations is in Luanda International Airport, in the capital of Angola. TAAG is unlike many other African airlines as it is a very successful airline making a lot of money, most other airlines in the region do not make profits.
Destinations
Most of TAAG's flights are to other African countries. In Europe, they only fly to Portugal, a country Angola has close ties to. They also fly to South America and the Caribbean.
Fleet
- 2x Boeing 737-200
- 4x Boeing 737-700
- 2x Boeing 747-300
- 3x Boeing 777-200ER
TAAG Air Angola Media
A DTA Fokker F-27-200 at Benguela Airport in 1965
A TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 707-320C at Lisbon Portela Airport in 1991
A Portugal-registered Lockheed L-1011-500 wearing the TAAG Angola Airlines livery at Faro Airport in 1995
A now-retired TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 747-300M at Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2005
D2-TEE was one of the three Boeing 777s that TAAG Angola Airlines was allowed to use to relaunch operations to Europe following the partial lift of the EU ban on the airline in July 2009. The aircraft is seen here at Lisbon Portela Airport in May 2007.
The TAAG office in Beijing
A Boeing 777-300ER taking off from Lisbon Portela Airport (2012)
A TAAG Boeing 737-700 (2007)
D2-TBD, a TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737-200 Advanced, was involved in a mid-air collision with another aeroplane over Namibia on 26 December 2002. The aircraft is seen here at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1986.
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