Calls for TAAG, TACV to partner in entering the West African market

TAAG Angola Airlines is set to partner TACV - Cabo Verde Airlines in exploring the still largely untapped West African market following a recent intergovernmental committee meeting. In her statement to the local press, Cape Verdian Minister of Finance and Planning, Cristina Duarte, highlighted the two carriers different strengths - TACV's international certifications and TAAG's financial prowess - adding that together they could exploit the West African market using the Cape Verde's existing infrastructure and ideal location.

However, she did note that while talks between the two Lusophone nations' governments had been going on for nearly five years, no direct negotiations between the carriers themselves in regards to the project had yet been held.

TAAG was also linked to a partnership stake in STP Airways in 2007 though negotiations on the model of management to be used were successively delayed before falling through completely.

The Angolan carrier has largely ignored the African market preferring to concentrate on building its own long-haul network out of its Luanda hub. ch-aviation