Grupo Taca Offers ``New Look'' Service Between Miami, Belize, and Flores, Guatemala.GUATEMALA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1999-- Grupo TACA Grupo Taca is the flag airline of El Salvador, comprised of a group of five combined Central American airlines. The company is owned by the Kriete family of San Salvador. Originally an acronym of Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos , the airline of Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , announces that it is implementing a "new look" daily jet service connecting Miami with Belize City Belize City, capital (1993 est. pop. 47,724) of Belize dist., Belize, at the mouth of the Belize River, on the Caribbean Sea. The river flows c.180 mi (290 km) generally west and is navigable almost to Guatemala. , Belize and Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , Guatemala. The revised service starts June 19 and operates daily through the summer. The route is being jointly promoted by Grupo TACA and the Ministry of Tourism of Belize. The route provides new morning service from Belize to Miami with late afternoon return service out of Miami back to Belize. This pattern of service allows for good connections to European, Caribbean, and domestic US flights so that tourists can more easily access the spectacular beaches, reefs, and eco-tourist sites of Belize. Grupo TACA has been serving the Miami - Belize market for many years but with a midday schedule. The new service also continues from Belize to Flores, Guatemala and to Guatemala City Guatemala City City (pop., 1994: city, 823,301; 1999 est.: metro area, 3,119,000), capital of Guatemala. The largest city in Central America, it lies in the central highlands at an elevation of about 4,900 ft (1,490 m). . Flores is the entry point to the world renowned Mayan ruins of Tikal. The route provides the only single plane, direct service between Flores and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Additionally, the route connects Belize City with Guatemala City also with single plane service. The flight will be operated by a two cabin Grupo TACA B737 seating 8 Clase Ejecutiva (business class) and 103 coach passengers. The schedule for the new service follows: -0-
NORTHBOUND (TA No. 370 EQP = B732)
ARR DEP
GUA 0630
FRS 0720 0750
BZE 0835 0910
MIA 1320
SOUTHBOUND (TA No. 371 EQP = B732)
ARR DEP
MIA 1605
BZE 1620 1650
FRS 1735 1805
GUA 1845
Grupo TACA operates a fleet of more than 70 jet and regional aircraft that connect Central America with North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South America and the Caribbean. The airline serves more than 60 destinations in 17 countries. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion