TAAG reborn: Angola’s airline with a new CEO, routes and global alliance

Angola’s National Airline, TAAG, is a company with over 70 years of aviation history.

Similar to many carriers, TAAG is undergoing a transformation in order to confront the challenges of the times. With a new management team, a new partnership with Iberia Airlines, new destinations on the horizon and a firm commitment to making Luanda a global cargo hub, TAAG’s future looks promising.

One of the airline's fourteen destinations inside Angola, is a flight from the capital Luanda to the northern agricultural and mining province of Uíge. This is in addition to the dozen exisiting international destinations, and that number is increasing.

Passengers are seeing a difference in the new TAAG, the acronym for Transportes Aéreos Angolanos. One diamond trader is on his way to a meeting in Uige and enjoys not having to drive more than four hours anymore to get there.

"It's 45 minutes only, Luanda to Uige. I think it's better because people can do things really quickly." Says Antonio Oliveira, Diamond Entrepreneur.

"The service, it's also improving. The progress, it's visible. All the people can see TAAG is making progress. Even services, prices. I think they are in a good way." Continues Antonio.

This is exactly what the new CEO, Eduardo Fairen, likes to hear. With decades of experience running airlines in Latin America and Spain, he is turning TAAG around with a new team.

"I have had the fantastic opportunity to launch successful airlines and also revamp older ones. And I have also had the opportunity to enjoy having and have collaborated with fantastic team members that allow us to reach those goals." Explains CEO, Eduardo Fairen.

One of the ways to achieve those goals, is by teaming up with Iberia in a code-sharing agreement. Now that