thumb|262px|right|The former [[Lufthansa Landshut Boeing 737-200 PT-MTB]]
thumb|262px|right|[[Boeing 727-200 in TAF colors]]
thumb|262px|right|[[Boeing 727-200 in TAF colors abandoned at GRU]]
thumb|262px|right|[[Boeing 727-200 in TAF colors abandoned at GRU]]
TAF Linhas Aéreas was an airline based in Fortaleza, Brazil. It operated regional passenger and cargo services. Today, the owner continues services with a TAF Taxi Aéreo or TAF Air Taxi, using Cessna 208 Caravans for sporadic flights in the interior of northeast Brazil.
History
The airline was established and started operations as an air taxi company (Táxi Aéreo Fortaleza) in 1957 by pilot João Ariston Pessoa de Araújo, who was born in Cascavel.
In 1992, TAF started operating night cargo flights for the Brazilian Postal Service between the cities of Recife, Fortaleza, João Pessoa, Natal, Juazeiro do Norte and Sobral, with a fleet of two Cessna 208 Caravan and two Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante.
In 2010, only Táxi Aéreo Fortaleza continued to operate with its air taxi service. Today the company operates charter flights with small aircraft, including three helicopters, under contracts of the Civil House of the State Government of Ceará, Unimed Fortaleza and Legislative Assembly.
Destinations
TAF flew its Fortaleza - Belém - Macapá - Cayenne route until April 2009.
Fleet
It consisted of the following aircraft among several charter executive aircraft and helicopters:
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See also
- List of defunct airlines of Brazil