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TACV Cabo Verde Airlines Passenger Reviews and Customer Trip Reports
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TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES customer review : 13 February 2012 by Oliver Schulz (UAE)
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Trip Rating : 9/10 |
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Cabin Flown: | Economy |
Bissau-Dakar-Praia/Praia-Fogo island-Praia/Praia-Dakar. All flights on time, international ones on leased
Brazilian White Jets A320, domestic on ATR 72. Pleasant flights, newish aircraft in good condition, small
snacks served on international legs, friendly crew, overall good experience at reasonable fares. No IFE
available, and neither necessary on such short flights.
TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES review : 4
December 2009 : by T Stroll
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Customer Rating : 2/5 |  |
Boston to Praia roundtrip and internally, from Praia to Mindelo roundtrip. The Praia to
Mindelo internal flights felt safe. TACV operates ATR-42 aircraft that seem to be new. Each
flight however was delayed, and other passengers grumbled that TACV is unable to maintain a
schedule. Boston to Praia and Praia to Boston flights made me nervous. Each was on an old
Boeing 757-200 : plane may be airworthy, but the interior was dilapidated enough to impair my
confidence in the aircraft. One or more lights were broken, one or more armrests fell off, and
one or more seats needed repair. Given the aircraft's rickety interior, I doubt I would fly
Boston to Praia again on TACV. The food was good and ground personnel in Boston, Praia, and
Mindelo were helpful. TACV has a number of quirks and operational problems that make it seem
subpar. The Boston TACV office gave me inaccurate departure times for the Boston-Praia and
Praia-Boston flights. The Boston TACV office will not accept VISA or MasterCard, so unless you
have American Express, you have to mail them a check! The airline does not have a fully
functional English/Portuguese website, but only a bare-bones version with severely limited
capabilities.
TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES review : 24
January 2009 : by Roger Hanin
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Customer Rating : 5/5 |  |
TACV on a very short 15 min flight from Fogo to Praia. Very pleasant experience with
annoucements in Portuguese, French and English. Flight on time and a nice small airport
experience. TACV's internal flights are managed in a somewhat archaic yet pleasant way, no
yield management pricing policy, which is very nice as it gives you lots of flexibility on
your trip planning.
TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES review : 23 November 2008 : by Michael Little
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Customer Rating : 3/5 |  |
Four internal flights. The planes were comfortable and clean, and a simple service (cold water) was
offered on these short flights. Three of the flights operated on time. The fourth (Fogo to Praia)
ran with 75 minutes delay - no announcements or apologies were made. On that occasion the baggage
unloading at Praia was very slow and inefficient. A consistent performance at the level of the other
three flights would have earned TACV a higher score.
TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES review : 22 July 2008 : by G Barbes
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Customer Rating : 3/5 | |
Of 4 internal flights 3 worked just fine. Straightforward check-in, friendly staff and on time.
However on one (Sal - Praia) they brought forward the departure time without advising our agent so
we missed it and after lots of protesting and phone calls to the UK agent we got a flight 15 hours
later. They're erratic, but if you continually re-confirm it should be ok. This is a time warp
airline though - industrial size mechanical scales at check-in (not used) and hand written passenger
lists at Sao Felipe airport. We shared one flight with 3 crates of live hens.
TACV CABO VERDE AIRLINES review : 12 July 2008 : by C McDonald
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Customer Rating : 4/5 |  |
Roundtrip in economy class from Boston to Sao Vicente with a layover in Praia. Both long haul
flights between Boston and Praia were on-time, and flight attendants friendly. The aircraft itself
seemed to be second-hand - seat cushions and tray-tables were pretty worn. The inflight meals were
very good. My flights within the country, from Praia to/from Sao Vicente, were a little bit delayed
each way. I would recommend contacting the airline a day beforehand to double-check the schedule.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines - by C Roberts
26 February 2008 Customer Trip Rating : 
Lisbon to Sal in economy. Plane was a former Canary Islands charter that had yet to be re-painted,
but in good condition and comfortable. Crew friendly, check-in slow, food OK. I was expecting a
fairly poor experience, but found the flight to be far better managed than my return on TAP. I'd use
them again.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines - by R Eberle
12 November 2007 Customer Trip Rating : 
Lisbon to Praia in business. Flight on time and food okay. But confirm other comments that the
business class is just an upgraded economy. No space with just the middle seat left empty. Not worth
the money in business class.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines - by J van den Berg
20 April 2007 Customer Trip Rating :
All domestic flights (5 in total) were on time, the flights from
Amsterdam to Praia and return however both had a delay of 1,5 hours
each. The aircraft on the international flights was rather tired looking
B757-200. Service is adequate, but they could have come around more
frequently with drinks. After meal service, the service stops.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines - by Mark Hereward
15 April 2007 Customer Trip Rating : n/a
Lisbon to Praia. It was, quite surprisingly, not really late leaving
(despite reputation). But business class was, in fact, economy-class
seat but with the middle seat left vacant. And better (really quite
nice) food! All in all, not a very good business-class experience,
though there isn't much choice in getting to Cape Verde
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines- by Bob Gould
3 March 2007
Just spent 2 weeks in the Cape Verdes. Of six internal flights, only
ONE was anywhere near on time - ranged from 5 hours early (we missed
it!) to 3 hours late. Schedules! Trouble is, there is not much choice.
The international one from Amsterdam Schipol is also not very good -
business class was hardly more than a slightly bigger seat than economy.
Wouldn't recommend.
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