Cape Verde Transport Airlines OJSC ( port. Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde , Eng. Cape Verde Air Transportation Company ) is the airline company Cape Verde which carries out air transportation of passengers, cargo and mail on domestic and foreign flights.
| TACV, Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde | ||||
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| Founding date | 1958 | |||
| Tagline | A Pleasurable Way of Flying | |||
| Fleet size | five | |||
| Destinations | 20 | |||
| Headquarters |  Praia , Cape Verde | |||
| Manual | Gilles filiatreault | |||
| Site | flytacv.com | |||
The history of civil aviation on the islands dates back to 1955 , when three local residents - a director, a pilot and a young specialist - decided to create the Cape Verde Air Club. Their goal was to train new pilots and search for the aircraft that best meets the conditions of the archipelago.
The growing need for communication between the islands has led to the growth of the company. After the first small Tiger Moth, they bought a twin-engine 9-seater Dove (DH104 Dove), and then two 5-seater amphibious Grumman G-44 Widgeon .
In 1958, the Air Club was transformed into the Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde Company (TACV). At the beginning she was engaged only in air transportation of passengers, cargo and mail within the archipelago. Over the years, TACV expanded its air traffic and began international transportation of immigrants and tourists living on different continents.
Now company TAKV operates flights to Europe, Africa, South and North America.
Historical dates
1955 - Establishment of the Cape Verde Air Club.
1955 - Praia's first flight - Sal - San Vicente - Praia on a twin-engine 10-seat DH89 Dragon Rapide.
1956 - Acquisition of a 9-seater twin-engine DH104 Dove.
1958 - Purchase of two amphibians "Grumman G-44 Widgeon".
1958 - December 27: Cape Verde Air Club gives way to Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde (TACV).
1959 - For the year transported 460 people.
1962 - During the year, 2,261 passengers have already been transported: an increase of 5 times in 3 years.
1964 - All islands except Brava and Santo Antao are provided with air traffic.
1968 - Three DH104 Dove fly on inland routes between the islands.
1973 - Fleet renewal: two Hawker Siddeley HS-748 and three Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander come to replace the DH104.
1978 - Start of regional international flights to Dakar , Senegal
1980 - Two DHC-6 Twin Otters replaced the Islanders (BN-2 Islander)
1985 - Start of intercontinental flights Sal - Lisbon
1987 - First Transatlantic Airlines Sal - Boston .
1988 - Flights Sal - Amsterdam and Sal - Paris .
1990 - Two CASA 212 and one Embraer 120 become part of the national fleet.
1994 - Three ATR 42-300 aircraft purchased in Toulouse , France .
1996 - TACVs buy their first Boeing 757-200 .
1999 - Launch of the Sal - Las Palmas - Madrid route.
2001 - Beginning of flights connecting Fortaleza ( Brazil ) and Cape Verde .
2002 - Purchased by Boeing 737-300 .
2002 - Start of regular flights between the island of Sal, Dakar , Abidjan , Freetown and Guinea-Conakry ( eng. Guinea )
2004 - Bought the second Boeing 757-200ER
2005 - Start of flights connecting the United States and Cape Verde on an airplane and with a TACV crew.
2006 - Start of flights connecting Fortaleza and Cape Verde on an airplane and with a TACV crew.
2006 - IPO , public offering of shares of the company using Sterling Merchant Finance, Ltd.
2016 - In the middle of the year, Atlantic Global Asset Management acquired TACV CaboVerdeAirlines debt securities.
Then began her preparations for the IPO (InitialPublicOffering). The most famous investment banks, such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, were involved.
Negotiations were held between the management of the company and the investment bankers, during which the price of the shares offered for purchase, their type, and the total amount of funds to be raised were determined. After that, active work began on preparing the company for the initial placement on the exchange. At the moment, the company is fully prepared to enter the IPO: all the necessary documents are available, all permits have been received, the Road Show has been completed