TAAG Angola Airlines and Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aéreas announced the signing of a Special Prorate Agreement (SPA), allowing Angola’s flagship carrier to include GOL’s destinations within the Americas into its cargo network and portfolio.
An extension to the airlines’ codeshare agreement
Earlier this 12 months, TAAG Angola and GOL signed a codeshare agreement offering their customers more destinations and enhanced connectivity. Now, each carriers have prolonged their partnership by signing the SPA exclusively dedicated to the cargo segment. GOL Linhas Aéreas currently operates a fleet of 4 Boeing 737-800BCFs (Boeing Converted Freighters) and even has an agreement with the e-commerce giant Mercado Livre, which has expanded the corporate’s footprint within the cargo business.
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By partnering up with GOL, TAAG is expanding cargo routes, assuring a wider geographic coverage, and becoming more competitive overall, the airline said in an announcement. TAAG will have the option to extend the amount of cargo transported yearly while reaching latest customers and contracts. The Angolan airline is eligible to make use of hold baggage space on GOL’s industrial flights and freighters on the Brazilian airline’s domestic and regional routes.
TAAG said this partnership is very relevant attributable to the present cargo corridor between Europe and Latin America via Luanda International Airport (LAD), particularly documents, small cargo, mail, e-commerce orders, and more.
Currently, TAAG’s cargo business covers multiple destinations in Africa, including Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé, Namibia, Nigeria, and Kenya, Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy), and the Americas (Brazil and Cuba). With the brand new partnership signed with GOL, TAAG can even incorporate GOL’s multiple destinations.
A robust partnership
Currently, TAAG has five weekly flights connecting São Paulo and Luanda. The corporate expects so as to add a sixth frequency in August 2023. The brand new Special Prorate Agreement will profit corporate and industrial clusters, giving them more options and convenience from TAAG’s cargo services.
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The airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Eduardo Fairen, said,
During 2022’s fourth quarter, GOL added a fourth 737-800BCF to its fleet. The airline expects so as to add not less than two additional freighters to its fleet and will even expand it to 12 planes in the approaching months and next 12 months. Overall, the Brazilian carrier has 144 aircraft, all Boeing 737-based, including 19 737-700s, 83 737-800s, 38 737 MAX 8s, and 4 737-800(BCF)s.
TAAG Angola Airlines has a fleet of 12 aircraft. The flagship Angolan carrier operates one Airbus A330-200, one A340-300, five Boeing 737-700s, one 737-700(QC), three 777-200ERs, five 777-300ERs, and 6 De Havilland DHC-8-Q400s. In keeping with data from Cirium, TAAG Angola currently operates about 290 weekly flights. The corporate’s most significant routes are Luanda-Cabinda, Luanda-Lisbon, and Luanda-Catumbela, with 28, 14, and 11 weekly flights, respectively.
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