Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos

Not to be confused with TAAG Angola Airlines or TAG Airlines.

Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos, S.A. (TAG)

ATR 72-212A in La Aurora airport
IATA ICAO Call sign 5U TGU Tango Golf Uniform
Founded	1969;56 years ago (1969)
Hubs	La Aurora Int'l Airport
Focus cities	Mundo Maya Int'l Airport
Fleet size	5
Destinations	13
Headquarters	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Employees	400
Website	tagairlines.com/es-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. It currently has a fleet of 6 aircraft.

TAG has around 400 employees and operates a maintenance facility at La Aurora International Airport. The hangars are located opposite to the main terminal building, on the east side of the airport. It operates regular flights between the capital and Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores and offers charters, ambulance flights and agricultural flights, both domestic and to Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico.

TAG is the first airline in Guatemala to be certified by the ICAO. ^[2]

Scheduled destinations

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

ATR-72-500 - TG-ATB - TAG Airlines - La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City

As of August 2025 ^[update] , Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos operates the following aircraft: ^[3]

TAG Fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Notes
Embraer 145LR	1
ATR 72-500	4
Total	5	0

Historical fleet

In 1972, the airline added a Douglas DC-3 to its fleet, competing with the state-owned Aviateca.

• 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
• 1 Saab 340 ^{[ citation needed ]}

Incidents and accidents

• 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]

References

1. "Contact Us." Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos. "Ave. Hincapie y 18 calle, zona 13 Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala 1013"
2. "Trasnportes Aereos Guatemaltecos". www.tag.com.gt. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
3. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - FTAG Airlines". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 61.
4. "MyAviation.net - Aviation Photo Gallery". www.myaviation.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
5. "Foto Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (TAG) British Aerospace Jetstream 31 TG-TAK".
6. "PrensaLibre.com - Cae avioneta en Zacapa". www.prensalibre.com. Archived from the original on 2005-06-05.
7. "Foto Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (TAG) LET L-410UVP-E Turbolet TG-TAG".
8. "14, 15 y 20 de enero – Prensa Libre". Archived from the original on 2008-06-23.

External links

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