TAME (airline)
| TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador |
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| IATA code : | EQ |
| ICAO code : | TAE |
| Call sign : | TAME |
| Founding: | 1962 |
| Operation stopped: | 2020 |
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Quito , Ecuador
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| Home airport : | Quito |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| IATA prefix code : | 269 |
| Management: | Leonardo Barreiro Muñoz ( CEO ) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Distancia TAME |
| Fleet size: | 8th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.tame.com.ec |
| TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador ceased operations in 2020. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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TAME - Línea Aérea del Ecuador was an Ecuadorian airline based in Quito and based on the Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre .
history
In 1962 the Ecuadorian Air Force organized an inland transport service to improve the country's poor infrastructure . The name TAME is derived from T ransportes A éreos M ilitares E cuatorianos . The airline called Transportes Aereos Militares started its first connection to the remote areas of the country that were not served by other airlines with two Douglas DC-3s . This also included the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific , which were now served once or twice a month. Until the introduction of the Douglas DC-6 , the DC-3 received additional tanks in order to be able to fly the long distance.
In 1970 the airline received Hawker Siddeley HS 748 turboprop aircraft , which replaced some of the DC-3's in the fleet. However, the last DC-3s did not leave the fleet until the early 1990s. In the same year, 1970, TAME was formally dissolved from the military and converted into a public company. Nevertheless, it remained state property. In 1972 TAME took over the regional route network of the Compania Ecuatoriana de Aviación and used aircraft of the types Lockheed L-188 Electra and Douglas DC-7 .
In 1980, the first jet aircraft came to the fleet with a Boeing 727-200 and the following year, 1981, a Boeing 737-200 . In 1984 and 1985 used Boeing 727-100s were added.
In 1992 the first international destination was flown to the city of Cali . In the period that followed, TAME also served as a feeder for Air France and Lufthansa from Caracas , and the company flew to Havana and Miami . In the 1990s, TAME had a number of serious accidents with their machines. The airline's safety standard has been discussed for a long time.
After TAME had already received two Embraer 170s , the Ecuadorian airline received a new Embraer 190 in June 2006 , from which two more units have since been taken over. The modernization of the fleet was completed with the phasing out of the last Boeing 727-200 in mid-2009.
The society is still run by the military to this day. Although it mainly employs civilian personnel, the vast majority of management positions are occupied by Air Force officers.
TAME Airlines applied for the liquidation of the company in May 2020 and will therefore be dissolved. It will cease flight operations in May 2020.
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Current fleet
As of March 2020, the TAME fleet consisted of eight aircraft with an average age of 11.6 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| ATR 42-500 | 3 | |||
| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | |||
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | |||
| Embraer 190 | 3 | |||
| total | 8th | - |
Former aircraft types
Previously, TAME also operated the following types of aircraft:
- Airbus A330-200
- Beechcraft King Air
- Boeing 727-100
- Boeing 727-200
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 757
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-6
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
- Embraer 170
- Fokker F28 Fellowship
- Hawker-Siddeley HS 748
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Quest Kodiak
Incidents
From its founding in 1962 to its cessation of operations in 2020, TAME suffered 15 total aircraft losses. In 8 of them 340 people were killed. Extracts:
- On July 11, 1983, a TAME Ecuador Boeing 737-200 ( aircraft registration number HC-BIG ) touched a mountain ridge while approaching Cuenca Airport and crashed 1.5 kilometers from the runway into hilly terrain. All 119 people on board were killed. According to reports, the pilot did not have sufficient flying skills for this flight.
- On April 20, 1998, a Boeing 727-230 of TAME Ecuador (HC-BSU) , which was used on an Air France flight , was flown into a mountainside after taking off from Bogota airport (CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain ). Instead of turning right 3.6 km after the end of the runway, the pilots flew straight ahead 10 km before impact. All 53 occupants were killed (see also Air France flight 422 ) .
- On January 28, 2002, a Boeing 727-134 of TAME Ecuador (HC-BLF) was flown into the flank of the Nevado el Cumbal volcano (CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain ) on approach to Tulcán Airport . All 94 occupants were killed (see also TAME flight 120 ) .
See also
Web links
- TAME website (Spanish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ecuador Puts TAME In Liquidation - How Did It Happen? May 19, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 (American English).
- ^ TAME Ecuador Out of Business. In: ch-aviation.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020 (English).
- ↑ planespotters.net: TAME Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Orders and deliveries. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966–2007.
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
- ↑ Accident Statistics TAME Ecuador , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 2, 2020.
- ^ Accident report B-737-200 HC-BIG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 23, 2019.
- ^ Accident report B-727-230 HC-BSU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 5, 2019.
- ^ Accident report B-727-100 HC-BLF , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 5, 2019.