TAAG of Angola have just launched a Boeing 747 operated scheduled service from Luanda to Havana, Cuba.
The aircraft has a seating capacity for 265 passengers and will fly once a month from Luanda to the Cuban capital with a stop-over in Sal (Cape-Verde) . The opening of the operation to Cuba, according to the company’s managing board spokesperson, Rui Carreira, was intended to reinforce Angola’s air connection with Latin America and provide a better service to the large Cuban community based in the country. It is also intended to serve Angolans and African Portuguese Speaking Community citizens living in Cuba. TAAG started on November 9 this year operating new international routes, flying to Cape Town (South Africa) and launched a joint operation with the Mozambican airline (LAM) shuttling between Luanda and Maputo. Other earlier routes cover Lisbon (Portugal), São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Dubai (Arab Emirates Arab United ), Beijing (China), Brazzaville (Congo), São Tomé and Príncipe, Kinshasa (DR Congo), Douala (Cameroon), Harare (Zimbabwe), Lusaka (Zambia), Bangui (RCA), Sal and Praia (Cape Verde), Johannesburg (South Africa)