Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos
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| Founded | November 7, 1977 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Viru Viru International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 (scheduled) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Cochabamba, Bolivia[1] | ||||||
| Website | [1] | ||||||
Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos (abrreviated TAB, also known as TAB Airlines or TAB Cargo) is an airline, which operates civil cargo flights between Bolivia and the United States.
History[edit]
TAB was set up in 1977 as a sub-division of the Air Transport Management of the Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, abbreviated FAB) in 1977, originally operating on-demand medium to long-haul heavy cargo flights using a fleet of Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which were based at El Alto International Airport in La Paz. In 1992, TAB was shut down.
In 1999, the airline was reactivated as a civil company based at Cochabamba, then operating a single military C-130 and a L-382, the civil variant of the preceding. In 1999, TAB moved 84,649 kilograms of cargo, which was increased to over 2 million kilograms in 2000, to 4,176,429 kilograms in 2006.
TAB increased its fleet with the addition of 2 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and McDonnell Douglas MD-10. Currently, the airline is transporting more than 8 thousand tons a year
Destinations[edit]
As of May 2011, TAB operates scheduled flights to the following destinations: [2]
- Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
- La Paz - El Alto International Airport
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Viru Viru International Airport
Additionally, TAB serves a wide range of charter routes.
Fleet[edit]
The TAB fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[3]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Notes | |
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| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F | 1 | 0 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F | 1 | 0 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-10-30F | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 |
The airline previously operated a Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
References[edit]
- ^ a b TAB entry at airlineupdate.com
- ^ http://www.tabairlines.com/schedules.htm
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 7.
External links[edit]
 Airlines of Bolivia |
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