Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa

Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa
IATA code :	IP
ICAO code :	IP
Call sign :	(unknown)
Founding:	1955
Operation stopped:	1961
Seat:	Velha Goa , Portuguese India
Home airport :	Dabolim Airport
Fleet size:	6th
Aims:	National and international
Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa ceased operations in 1961. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa (also known as TAIP ) was a Portuguese airline that operated scheduled flights within the Portuguese-India colony and internationally from Goa to Lisbon and Mozambique . The company had to cease operations in December 1961 when India forcibly annexed the Portuguese territories .

history

After India gained its independence from Great Britain in 1947 , it reclaimed the three Portuguese possessions Goa , Damão and Diu , which together formed the colony area Portuguese India. Because Portugal refused to cede the territories, India blocked their land access in the early 1950s. The Portuguese government then commissioned the construction of new airports in Goa, Damão and Diu in 1951 in order to connect the three separate regions by air.

The state company Serviços de Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa ( STAIP ) was founded in early 1955 to carry out the flights in Portuguese India . The Portuguese government ordered two brand-new De Havilland DH.114 Herons for the company and hired Austen Goodman Solano de Almeida, a major in the Portuguese Air Force , to set up and run the new airline. At the end of May 1955, the first technicians were transported to Goa to set up the maintenance facilities at Dabolim Airport that were necessary to start operations . At the same time, the future pilots took part in training courses from the manufacturer De Havilland Aircraft Company in Hatfield , UK , in order to obtain their type rating for the DH.114 Heron. The first machine ( registration number : CR-IAA) was transferred from Lisbon to Goa on August 2, 1955 , and arrived there on August 10.

Scheduled flight operations began on August 16, 1955 between Goa and Diu under the changed name of Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa ( TAIP ). Damão was first flown from Goa on August 29, 1955. In addition, TAIP operated a line to Karachi ( Pakistan ) from the start , where there were international connections. At the end of September 1955, the company put its second Heron (CR-IAB) into service. Because the 14-seat aircraft turned out to be too small, two used Vickers Vikings (CR-IAC and CR-IAD) were purchased at the beginning of 1956 , with space for 27 passengers. The machines arrived in Goa on March 13 and May 17, 1956. In the 1956 financial year, the company carried 2,885 passengers, 6,157 kg of freight and 26,805 kg of airmail with its four aircraft .

In December 1957, the state-owned company bought two used Douglas DC-4s (CR-IAE and CR-IAF) from a US aircraft dealer in order to operate its own long-haul flights between Goa and Lisbon in cooperation with Transportes Aéreos Portugueses ( TAP ). The route was served with scheduled stopovers in Karachi, Bahrain , Damascus and Malta . In addition, TAIP took on liner services from Goa via Karachi, Aden and Dar es Salaam to the Portuguese colony of Mozambique , where they flew to the cities of Beira and Lourenço Marques . The two DH.114 Heron were assigned to the Portuguese Guinea based airline Transportes Aéreos da Guiné Portuguesesa ( TAGP ) after the commissioning of the two Douglas DC- 4s . In the summer of 1961, TAIP acquired three Douglas DC-6s from Pan American World Airways . The first two machines (CR-IAG and CR-IAH) were delivered on August 3 and September 12, 1961, the third Douglas DC-6 (CR-IAI) followed in November.

On December 18, 1961, Indian warplanes bombed the international airport in Goa and severely damaged the terminal and runway . At the same time, Indian troops marched into the Portuguese colonial areas. With the exception of the last Vickers Viking (CR-IAC), which was being serviced in a hangar at the time, all TAIP machines still in Goa managed to fly out to Lisbon via Karachi on the night of December 18-19, 1961 . The company then ceased operations and was dissolved in 1962. The aircraft of the state company took over the Portuguese Air Force.

fleet

Fleet at the end of operations

In early December 1961, the fleet consisted of two Douglas DC-4s, three Douglas DC-6s and a Vickers Viking.

Previously deployed aircraft

• De Havilland DH.114 Heron (operated from 1955 to 1957)
• Douglas DC-4 (operated from 1957 to 1961)
• Douglas DC-6B (operated 1961)
• Vickers Viking 1B (operated from 1956 to 1961)

Incidents

• On November 2, 1957, a Vickers Viking (registration number: CR-IAD) collided with a building in a landing accident in Karachi ( Pakistan ). The aircraft was written off as a total loss. All 27 inmates survived the incident.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Asia)
• Former Airlines List (Europe)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gabriel de Figueiredo, Dabolim and TAIP - 1, A tale of a Goan Airport and Airline ( Memento of the original dated December 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Gabriel de Figueiredo, Dabolim and TAIP - 2, A tale of a Goan Airport and Airline ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Flight International, May 3, 1957
4. ^ TAIP, flight plan 1960
5. ↑ airhistory.org.uk, production list of the De Havilland DH.114 Heron
6. ↑ ^{a b} Rzjets.net, Douglas DC-6 of the TAIP and the Portuguese Air Force (FAP)
7. ^ Aero Transport Data Bank, Douglas DC-6, CR-IAG, CR-IAH and CR-IAI
8. ↑ Gabriel de Figueiredo, Dabolim and TAIP - 3, A tale of a Goan Airport and Airline ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ^ Aero Transport Data Bank, Douglas DC-4, CR-IAE and CR-IAF
10. ↑ Aviation Safety Network Viking 1B CR-IAD , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 22, 2020.