Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Are TACA safe to fly with?

Country forums / South America / Peru

Hi,

I'm booking a flight from Lima to Cusco and TACA airlines is about half the price of LAN. Are they a safe airline. What's the reason for such a large difference in price?

Thanks

TACA is as safe as any Big airline.. As a matter of fact, it is NOT a small airline. TACA flies all over North and South America. I have flown with them. No frills, eager to please. LAN is on teh expensive side, Why? I have no idea.

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I booked thru LAN's spanish site and it was half the price of the english site.

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hey,

we took a flight with taca and they were good. no frills but friendlier than LAN but that wouldnt be particulary dificult!

bigun

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yes, they are a good company. i flew with them to costa rica a couple of years ago. don“t hesitate.

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The only annoying thing I found about travelling with TACA is they wouldn't check in my backpack because I had decided to wrap it up (you know, with one of those nylon wrap ups at the airport).

They argued it was the company's policy not to accept the luggage to be wrapped. It took me half an hour of complaining and talking to the supervisor at the airport... but they finally accepted it!

A very stupid thing, if you ask me.

The service was ok. I still think LAN has horrible customer service (before and after flying) but a great in-flight one!

Having said that, TACA is one of the major carriers around South and Central America...

Aye

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