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Transportes Aéreos Nacionales SA, also known as TAN Airlines,〔 was a Honduran airline, headquartered at the Edificio TAN in Tegucigalpa.〔 The carrier was set up in 1947 and merged into Sahsa in . ==History== The airline was formed in 1947 by private investors to operate cargo flights by contract. In 1950, the company started scheduled passenger and cargo services. At , the fleet consisted of three C-46s serving a route network that was long.〔 In 1967, TAN and LANICA agreed to operate LANICA's single BAC One-Eleven 400 on a joint basis;〔 the joint operation of the aircraft started on . The airline acquired a Douglas DC-6A freighter aircraft in March 1973 and operated it until its sale in September 1979, using it particularly on their route to Miami.〔Roach and Eastwood, 2007, p. 291〕 In , TAN acquired Pan Am's 38% holding in Sahsa.〔 An ex-Pluna Boeing 737-200 was incorporated into the fleet in .〔 The aircraft was part of the fleet by , along with one DC-6B and two Electras; at this time, the airline had 400 employees.〔 In , the company experienced its worst accident when a Boeing 727-200 crashed on approach to Toncontín Airport, killing 131 occupants on board.〔〔 On 1 November 1991, TAN Airlines merged with Sahsa, adopting the latter name.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Transportes Aéreos Nacionales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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