 TACA : Grupo Taca is the flag airline of El Salvador, comprised of a group of five combined Central American airlines. The company is owned by the Kriete family of San Salvador. Originally an acronym of Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos (Central American Air Transport), it now stands for Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano (Air Transport of the American Continent), reflecting its expansion to North and South America. It flies to about 50 different countries.
The five airlines are:
Aviateca (Guatemala)
Lacsa (Costa Rica)
NICA (Nicaragua)
Taca (El Salvador)
Taca de Honduras (Honduras)
Lacsa is the only subsidiary of the group that operates flights with its own flight numbers. Its hub is at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica.
TACA Peru is now an important member of the group. Grupo Taca is also considering opening airlines in Panama, Argentina and Chile -- named "Taca Panama", "Taca Argentina" and "Taca Chile" respectively -- to compete with other large Latin American airline groups, including Copa Airlines, Aerolíneas Argentinas and the LAN Airlines group.
Taca's logo is five golden macaws flying in formation, representing the five original constituent airlines. Each airline flies similar aircraft in similar paint schemes, but retains its own name on the fuselage.
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