Mt99 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 6364 posts, RR: 7 Posted (6 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3113 times:
TACA is going to invest $84 million in doubling frequencies from Lima ( Caracas, Bogotá, São Paulo y Buenos Aires) and Increasing to 13 weekly flights between Lima and Quito.
Juanchito From Guatemala, joined Nov 2000, 1096 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (6 years 3 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3041 times:
That's really good news for Taca. This routes will offer flexibility for travellers. Claudia Arenas from TA have mention that they wan't to open more routes or frequencies from GUA but there aren't slots (gates) on peak times, by the end of this year there will be 10 more gates at GUA. Do they plan to expand routes in GUA.
RCS763AV From Colombia, joined Jun 2004, 4290 posts, RR: 13 Reply 3, posted (6 years 3 months 20 hours ago) and read 2931 times:
Quoting Mt99 (Thread starter): This to increase market share from 26% to 41%.
You mean 41% of the international market out of Lima...It would be impossible for them to have that share of the whole SA market. Just look at LA, AV, AR, JJ they are much bigger. And they wouldnt cover an extra 15% of the market with 5 new daily flights....
Though i am happy for TA, their LIM hub seems to be finally paying off. It would have been nicer that BOG-LIM had gone 2x daily, not 9x weekly.
Hope to see more of those airbii in Colombian skies.
TACAA320 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 3 months 13 hours ago) and read 2847 times:
Quoting RCS763AV (Reply 3):
You mean 41% of the international market out of Lima...
This may clarify the point [sorry in Spanish]: "
TACA con más destinos en países suramericanos
La aerolínea busca elevar 41% la participación de sus frecuencias en esa región.
La aerolínea TACA anunció ayer que aumentará sus frecuencias en Suramérica desde Perú, con una inversión de unos $84 millones y como parte de un plan con el que prevé elevar a un 41% su participación en el mercado de la región.
El vicepresidente comercial de TACA, Estuardo Ortiz, destacó que a partir del 15 de mayo TACA duplicará sus frecuencias diarias entre Lima y Caracas, Bogotá, São Paulo y Buenos Aires, e incrementará a 13 sus vuelos semanales entre Lima y Quito.
“Tenemos el gusto de informarles que hemos decidido hacer una inversión bastante fuerte este año en nuestro centro de conexiones suramericano (...) Esta inversión está más o menos alrededor de los $84 millones”, afirmó Ortiz."
Lear777 From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 290 posts, RR: 5 Reply 6, posted (6 years 3 months 3 hours ago) and read 2734 times:
I had the opportunity to fly CCS-LIM-CUS-LIM-CCS last week. I loved their A321 product, which has ample room for a tall person even when the person in front reclines.
I did have three complaints with the TACA Peru service....
1. We had 45 minutes to connect Cuzco-Lima-Caracas. The plane was late, and we (along with a dozen others) ended up running through Lima and barely made the Caracas connection. We got very little sympathy from TACA reps, who refused to even radio ahead that we had arrived and were on our way. In addition, when we asked the CSA about alternatives if we missed our flight, she quickly got flustered and we suddenly found ourselves subject to "random" secondary baggage screening. What a coincedence... This aside, I'd like to see TACA add additional Cuzco-Lima trips for better connectivity. LAN, after all, flies it ten times a day. TACA flies one.
2. Bussing. We were routinely bussed to and from the aircraft in Caracas and Lima. I am not generally picky, but this is a painfully slow process and not a very good show when the direct competition, LAN, is unloading at the gate right in front of you.
3. We experienced an hour long weather delay on LIM-CUS. Whereas LAN, Star Peru, and Aero Condor made numerous announcements about their flight status, TACA made none. The TACA representative at the gate remarked that he frankly had no idea what was happening or when the flight might leave. Again, not a huge problem, but it hurts when the competition is showing you up right in front of the customer.
I was also curious why we received a small sandwich snack on the 1 hr Cuzco flights, but had to pay for food on the 4 hr Caracas run.
I liked TACA inflight, and would fly their A321 again in a heartbeat. The Lima hub is modern and nice. However, I would seriously consider LAN in the future because it seems like they have their operation a bit more organized and efficient, and the ground service of TACA was quite the mess.
That all said, I do wish them luck- they will need it against LAN.
Juanchito From Guatemala, joined Nov 2000, 1096 posts, RR: 11 Reply 7, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2633 times:
Guys, really goods news in TACA they will start offering the food for free again.
Menú gratuito: A partir del 15 de abril se ofrecerá un selecto menú que puede comprender snacks –en caso de vuelos cortos- hasta platos de comida caliente acompañados de ensaladas y postres. Todo esto de forma gratuita y en una nueva, atractiva y cómoda presentación.
Andahuailas From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 137 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2581 times:
Quoting Lear777 (Reply 6): I liked TACA inflight, and would fly their A321 again in a heartbeat. The Lima hub is modern and nice. However, I would seriously consider LAN in the future because it seems like they have their operation a bit more organized and efficient, and the ground service of TACA was quite the mess.
Taca's service is non-existent system wide. Airport agents are not trained with basic courtesy and manners. Criticism to their agents is usually an invitation for further abuse. Their bording process in most airports resembles cattle moved around in a ranch.
TACAA320 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2530 times:
Quoting Lear777 (Reply 6): This aside, I'd like to see TACA add additional Cuzco-Lima trips for better connectivity.
Wish granted:
[Sorry only in Spanish]. "Con la citada expansión, desde Lima se operarán las siguientes frecuencias: A El Salvador: 9; a San José: 10; A Guayaquil, 4; a Quito, 13; a Bogotá: 14; a Caracas: 14; a Cuzco: 6; a Santiago de Chile, 7; a Buenos Aires: 14; a La Paz; 7; a Santa Cruz, Bolivia: 3; a Sao Paulo, 14. " Source" www.taca.com
6 frecuencies will be added to Cuzco.
Quoting Lear777 (Reply 6): I was also curious why we received a small sandwich snack on the 1 hr Cuzco flights, but had to pay for food on the 4 hr Caracas run.
This is going to change.
Begining April 15th.: [Sorry, in Spanish once again...] "Comida de cortesía a bordo
Para satisfacer plenamente a sus clientes, TACA implementará desde el 15 de abril próximo, su nuevo patrón de servicio de comidas a bordo.
Con nuevas y atractivas presentaciones, la aerolínea servirá comida de cortesía, dentro de 3 conceptos diferentes, así:
Servicio boquitas, en 3 opciones diferentes (pastelería dulce, pastelería salada o papalinas), durante los vuelos donde no hay un tiempo de comida, según el horario de la ruta.
Durante los vuelos de aproximadamente hora y media, se servirá un sándwich y un producto adicional, ya sea galleta o barra nutritiva.
En vuelos de más de 1 hora y media, TACA servirá un tiempo de comida completo, según el país donde se origine el vuelo.
El servicio de bebidas de cortesía seguirá vigente.
Por otra parte, se brindará un servicio más ligero en vuelos nocturnos y se incluirán boquitas al final de cada vuelo de larga duración. Los viajeros en Clase Ejecutiva recibirán comida caliente diferenciada en todos los vuelos.
Con el establecimiento de este nuevo patrón de servicio de comida, TACA demuestra su preocupación por ampliar la calidad de sus servicios en una de las fases más importantes de su cadena de atención al cliente, como es el tiempo de vuelo a bordo de las aeronaves."
Source:
Quoting Lear777 (Reply 6): I would seriously consider LAN in the future because it seems like they have their operation a bit more organized and efficient, and the ground service of TACA was quite the mess.
AF086 From France, joined Jan 2007, 1033 posts, RR: 9 Reply 13, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2526 times:
Quoting TACAA320 (Reply 12): [Sorry only in Spanish]. "Con la citada expansión, desde Lima se operarán las siguientes frecuencias: A El Salvador: 9; a San José: 10; A Guayaquil, 4; a Quito, 13; a Bogotá: 14; a Caracas: 14; a Cuzco: 6; a Santiago de Chile, 7; a Buenos Aires: 14; a La Paz; 7; a Santa Cruz, Bolivia: 3; a Sao Paulo, 14. "
I think it would be interesting for TA to fly to GIG (all of the Brazil - Peru flights are GRU-LIM). So the GIG-LIM market is totally neglected. Could we see TA serving Rio in the near future?
USADreamliner From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2485 times:
Quoting RCS763AV (Reply 3): You mean 41% of the international market out of Lima...It would be impossible for them to have that share of the whole SA market. Just look at LA, AV, AR, JJ they are much bigger. And they wouldnt cover an extra 15% of the market with 5 new daily flights....
I agree with you. No airline can have 41% of south america market... except for LAN, stretching its tentacles all over the region.
Tomascubero From Costa Rica, joined Jul 2005, 521 posts, RR: 10 Reply 21, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2415 times:
Quoting Andahuailas (Reply 10): Taca's service is non-existent system wide. Airport agents are not trained with basic courtesy and manners. Criticism to their agents is usually an invitation for further abuse. Their bording process in most airports resembles cattle moved around in a ranch.
You are wrong. TACA is not a rubbish airline and it actually is better in service than many other LatAm airlines. For starters, 90% or more of their flights are on-time and I can prove it because I always see them leave on time from SJO and when I fly them (and trust me I fly them a lot) they are always on time. Their agents are very friendly people, at least what I have seen in Central America and Miami and your last expression of "cattle moved around in a ranch" is absolutely not true, I have seen other airlines which are worse in that matter and I can guarantee you TA is not that.
Yes, TA behaves bad somtimes, like the time when they sued Copa for increasing frequencies to SAL and the court gave TA (of course) the win over CM, that was terrible but my point of view is for Lacsa flights, with Costa Rican crew and employees which are extremely friendly and professional.
CptGirmayTesfa From Peru, joined Oct 2003, 406 posts, RR: 3 Reply 22, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2381 times:
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 19): Actually, it's not 6 more frequencies, but 6 in total (including the already existing flights),
So no increase at all? If I am not mistaken they already fly to Cuzco 6 times a week?
Nice that they serve food again; a lot of our clients complained about this.
Good that they introduce more flights Lima-Quito. From the release, I assume that they will add Quito in the evening bank. At the moment, there are only two flights a day (LAN and Taca) more or less at the same time...
TACAA320 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 2348 times:
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 19): You know what I always say in these threads... it's so great to see TA expanding.
Indeed.
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 19):
Actually, it's not 6 more frequencies, but 6 in total (including the already existing flights),
Right.
Quoting Tomascubero (Reply 21): You are wrong. TACA is not a rubbish airline and it actually is better in service than many other LatAm airlines. For starters, 90% or more of their flights are on-time and I can prove it because I always see them leave on time from SJO and when I fly them (and trust me I fly them a lot) they are always on time. Their agents are very friendly people, at least what I have seen in Central America and Miami and your last expression of "cattle moved around in a ranch" is absolutely not true, I have seen other airlines which are worse in that matter and I can guarantee you TA is not that.
Very well said !
Quoting Andahuailas (Reply 10): Their bording process in most airports resembles cattle moved around in a ranch.
TACAA320 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (6 years 2 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2343 times:
Quoting Lear777 (Reply 6): This aside, I'd like to see TACA add additional Cuzco-Lima trips for better connectivity. LAN, after all, flies it ten times a day. TACA flies one.
Quoting CptGirmayTesfa (Reply 22): So no increase at all? If I am not mistaken they already fly to Cuzco 6 times a week?
If Lear777 said the truth [which I doubt it] TA is increasing such route with five additional flights.
25 Lear777: Check the schedules my friend- ten LAN flights a day LIM-CUZ-LIM. LAN also advertises their flights all over the Cuzco airport, including a big poste
26 TACAA320: I never said that they [LA] don't fly ten times a week to Cuzco. My doubt was about your statement regarding that ... which is definitely not true.[E
27 TACAA320: "Al respecto, cabe señalar que en el 2006 Taca obtuvo a nivel de Sudamérica, el promedio más alto de la industria: 99.66% en puntualidad y 99.22%
28 787KQ: When I have flown TACA it has been enjoyable, good service and clean comfortable aircraft. If you want a cattle-call for a boarding call, fly Lufthan
30 JRDC930: I flew TACA once, excellent service, excellent airline. Everyone in Latin America is lucky to have well run airlines with such high service standards
31 Willyj: Is the 90% figure an actual statistic, or is it just your estimate from what you've observed at one of their destinations and on the flights you've f
32 TACAA320: Is an statistic. He's just simply right. An in addition to the previous... " Category: Airlines It applies in: General Date: 1/29/2007 TACA: WORLD CL
33 Lear777: Too bad it is. TACA flies Lima-Cuzco six times per week- not even daily. If you don't believe me, check the schedules- it's TACA 008 and 007. I am no
34 TACAA320: I know that. So why did you say that "TACA flies one."[reply #6] Just show ONE airline that don't have delays.
35 Lear777: Interesting, I did not know that. Even for domestic flights, post-expansion? They also bussed out to the aircraft in Caracas, both for TACA and LACSA
36 Lear777: Oh my gosh. I said LAN flies ten flights per day. I said TACA flies one. I said it because it's true- if anything, I gave them credit for one flight
37 Airnewzealand: LMAO... I dont think TACA only serve SJO... their are other destinations also!!! That is indeed the airliners.net best quote of the year! Because you
38 Tomascubero: FYI SJO is one hub out of three, SAL and LIM are the other too. We have a lot of flights by them leave here, so that makes it quite a big chunk of fl
39 787KQ: After the additional gates are built, there should be enough for even domestic flights. Lima's airport is configured so that several gates can be use
41 Mt99: Last night took some American friends to the local (US) Pollo Campero branch. And the service made me thing about TACA's service and i came up with a
42 TACAA320: Is there a "Pollo Campero" at Bouvet Island?
43 Carmenlu15: Indeed they do serve more destinations than only SJO... still, that doesn't take away from the fact that their OTP is very good. Link (in English): h
44 TACAA320: GREAT! No Carmen. A few ones among us are just "fat".
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