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Established by Alfredo Machado Hernandez, Pedro Vallenilla Echeverria and Martin Marciales as a franchise of TACA Colombia. Taca de Venezuela Air Line. Airline obtained rights to operate Bogotá-Maracaibo-Maiquetía route previously held by TACA Colombia. In the beginning TACA used a pair of twin-engine Beechcraft C-45 that could carry six passengers. These were replaced with DC-3s. Airline was first in Venezuela to use a helicopter when it acquired one in 1949. TACA V was assinged V-C-AZA - YV-C-AZY sequence. Airline operated dense domestic network including dedicated freight flights. By 1952 airline was a subsidiary of LAV.

founded - demised (age)

August 18 1944 - 1954  (10)

headquarters

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base airports

SVMI Simón Bolívar International Caracas

HUB

related operators

Línea Aeropostal Venezolana	acquired by
TACA International Airlines