Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos (abbreviated TAB and also known as TAB Airlines or TAB Cargo) is a cargo airline which operates civil cargo flights between Bolivia and the United States.
History
TAB was set up in 1977 as a sub-division of the Air Transport Management of the Bolivian Air Force in 1977, originally operating on-demand medium to long-haul heavy cargo flights using a fleet of Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which were based at El Alto International Airport in La Paz. In 1992, TAB was shut down.
In 1999, the airline was reactivated as a civil company based at Cochabamba, then operating a single military C-130 and a L-382, the civil variant of the preceding. In 1999, TAB moved 84,649 kilograms of cargo, which was increased to over 2 million kilograms in 2000, to 4,176,429 kilograms in 2006.
TAB increased its fleet with the addition of two McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. In 2022, the airline transported 326 metric tons of cargo.[2]
Destinations
As of May 2024, TAB operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[3]
TAB additionally serves a wide range of charter routes.
Fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2025, Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos operates the following aircraft:[4]
Former fleet
See also
External links
References
- Airline codes and callsigns airodyssey.net, 2005-01-01, retrieved 2017-05-02^
- TAB transportó 326.000 kilogramos de exportaciones bolivianas el 2022 El Fulgor, 2023-01-05, retrieved 2025-06-04^
- Tabairlines^
- Global Airline Guide 2025 - Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos Airliner World, September 2025^
- Airframe Details for C-130 #4759 www.c-130.net, retrieved 2021-01-13^