TAESA

Infobox Airline
airline=TAESA
logo=Logotaesa.pnglogo_size=250
fleet_size=30 (in average)
IATA=GD
ICAO=TEJ
callsign=Transejecutivos
founded=1988
ceased=2000
headquarters=Mexico City, Mexico
key_people=Alberto Abed Schekaiban(CEO)
hubs=Mexico City International Airport

TAESA (Transportes Aéreos Ejecutivos, SA) was a discount airline based in Mexico and owned by Alberto Abed Schekaiban. It was established on April 27, 1988 operating executive planes and later on 1989 received their first Boeing 727-100 launching regular service.

Taesa began growing rapidly with 727's later on 1991 received their first 757-200 and became the first commercial Airline in Mexico with this aircraft model, on the same year some 737-300's were added, later on more 757's and a sole 767-300 was added among a bunch of 737's 200/300/400/500 Taesa was at that time the first 737-500 operator in Latin America.

The first half of the 90's Taesa was quite successful flying cargo for DHL and Serpaprosa un their 727-100C's, on this first half some 737's were wet leased to Garuda Indonesia to make intra Asia fligths, parallel they won charter contracts like Apple Vacations, on the domestic Market started among others a fare war with the main carriers AeroMexico and Mexicana.

After the 1995 break down in the Mexican economy, they had given up a lot of the new planes in favor to re using more the 727-100/200, adding DC-9-15's DC-10-30's and later a pair of A300B4's.

Taesa was the first Airline flying to Japan regularly with a 2 flights a week basis 4 months during 1995.

The airline was having regulatory and maintenance issues for quite some time with a constant anti-labor politics, with lead to the accident of Flight 725 resulted in the suspension of its license, hastening the airline's demise.After the accident the airline went through a huge inspection on behalf the Mexican DGAC and was subject to comply certain security issues to resume operations, the airline was declared bankrupt on February 21, 2000.

Some of the staff and assets were taken overFact|date=February 2007 and Líneas Aéreas Azteca was established on 9 May 2000 and started operations on 1 June 2001 operating domestic services with Boeing 737 aircraft [Flight International 5-11 April 2005] .

Cities Served

In 1997 TAESA served the following cities in Mexico: [North American Airlines Handbook published by Airways Internationa Inc 1997]
*ACA - Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico - Alvarez International
*BJX - Leon/Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico - Del Bajio
*CUN - Cancun, Mexico
*CJS - Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico - International Abraham Gonzalez
*CUL - Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
*GDL - Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - Miguel Hidalgo International
*HMO - Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico - General Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia
*MID - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico - Merida International
*MEX - Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Benito Juarez International Airport
*MTY - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Escobedo
*MLM - Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico - Municipal
*PVR - Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
*TAP - Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico - Tapachula International
*ZCL - Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico

Airports served in the United States:
*EGE - Vail/Eagle, CO, USA - Eagle County Regional
*LRD - Laredo, TX, USA - International
*OAK - Oakland, CA, USA - Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
*ORD - Chicago, IL, USA - O'hare International Airport

Incidents and accidents

The flight covered the Tijuana–Mexico City route with a stop in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico. A McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-31 used to fly this route. On November 9, 1999, flight 725 went down a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan International Airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident, which prompted inquiries regarding the airline's safety and maintenance procedures. Fact|date=February 2007

Fleet

TAESA's Commercial Fleet throughout its history included the following airplanes: [North American Airlines Handbook published by Airways Internationa Inc 1997]

Airbus A300
*2 - Airbus A300B4-203(F)

ATR 42
*1 - ATR 42-312
*1 - ATR 42-320

Boeing 727-100
*1 - Boeing 727-014(F)
*3 - Boeing 727-022
*2 - Boeing 727-023
*1 - Boeing 727-024(C)
*1 - Boeing 727-027
*2 - Boeing 727-031
*1 - Boeing 727-035
*1 - Boeing 727-051
*1 - Boeing 727-064
*1 - Boeing 727-114

Boeing 727-200
*1 - Boeing 727-225
*1 - Boeing 727-290

Boeing 737-200
*2 - Boeing 737-2H6
*3 - Boeing 737-2T4

Boeing 737-300
*1 - Boeing 737-3Q8
*1 - Boeing 737-382
*6 - Boeing 737-3Y0
*1 - Boeing 737-3Y0(F)
*5 - Boeing 737-33A
*3 - Boeing 737-3K2
*1 - Boeing 737-3M8

Boeing 737-400
*1 - Boeing 737-4Y0
*1 - Boeing 737-4Q8

Boeing 737-500
*5 - Boeing 737-5Y0

Boeing 757-200
*2 - Boeing 757-2Y0
*1 - Boeing 757-2J4
*1 - Boeing 757-225
*1 - Boeing 757-2K2
*1 - Boeing 757-236
*1 - Boeing 757-23A(F)

Boeing 767-300
*1 - Boeing 767-3YO(ER)

McDonnell Douglas DC-9
*2 - Douglas DC-9-14
*3 - Douglas DC-9-15
*1 - Douglas DC-9-32

McDonnell Douglas DC-10
*2 - Douglas DC-10-30
*1 - Douglas DC-10-30(CF)

McDonnell Douglas MD-80
*3 - McDonnell Douglas MD-87

Fokker F27
*1 - Fokker F-27(F) Friendship

Lockheed JetStar
*1 - Lockheed 731 Jetstar

External Links

* [http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=1272 rzjets Data]
* [http://www.airtimes.com/cgat/mx/taesa.htm Timetables at Airtimes]
* [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/gd.htm Timetable Images]
* [http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/taesa.htm AirSafe accident report]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=5206 Accident reports]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=TAESA&distinct_entry=true TAESA pictures in AirlinersNet]

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