TAAG Angola Airlines has positioned 2026 as a key year in its operational turnaround, following the presentation of its 2025 financial results in Luanda. The airline’s Board of Directors described the period as the start of a new cycle of transformation, operational reorganisation and strengthened sustainability for Angola’s national carrier.
TAAG framed its performance for the last financial year within a demanding global aviation environment, marked by pressure on operating costs, fuel price volatility, constraints in the supply of aircraft and components, increasingly stringent regulatory requirements and operational challenges affecting several international airlines.
According to the Board of Directors, these factors continue to have a direct impact on the company’s costs, maintenance processes, technical availability of aircraft and financial results, particularly in African markets undergoing expansion and modernisation. Even so, TAAG considers that 2025 represented a year of operational stabilisation, internal reorganisation and implementation of structural measures aimed at strengthening the company’s operational safety, efficiency, connectivity and sustainability.
The Board of Directors also emphasised that 2026 should mark a new stage for the carrier, based on strengthened operational discipline, internal rigour and the consolidation of the modernisation process currently underway.
Clóvis Rosa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TAAG, said the airline’s transformation should be understood as a long-term process, given the company’s strategic importance to Angola and the technical, operational and financial demands of the aviation sector. He said TAAG remained aware of its current challenges, while also carrying responsibility towards passengers, partners and the country as it works to build a more reliable, efficient, disciplined and future-ready airline.
During the press conference, the company presented the main operational and management indicators for 2025. During the year, TAAG carried 1.26 million passengers, consolidated a network of 26 domestic, regional and intercontinental destinations, and recorded total revenue of USD 437 million.
TAAG ended the 2025 financial year with a fleet of 32 aircraft. The year also saw the progressive introduction of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Airbus A220-300, which the airline regards as central to improving operational efficiency, modernising the passenger experience and supporting the sustainable expansion of its international network.
Among the main operational milestones of the last financial year were:
- the launch of the Luanda–Nairobi route;
- preparations for new international operations to markets such as London, Guangzhou and Accra;
- the consolidation of Dr António Agostinho Neto International Airport as a strategic platform for regional and intercontinental connectivity;
- the strengthening of maintenance, operational control and airworthiness systems; and
- the implementation of new operational safety and technical control mechanisms.
In 2025, TAAG recorded a net loss of USD 144.6 million, in a context marked by fleet modernisation, the reinforcement of technical capacity, operational investments associated with the airport transition, recovery of systems affected by the cyberattack and implementation of structural measures for the company’s transformation.
TAAG said its current reorganisation should be viewed as a long-term strategic process, reflecting the high level of investment required in civil aviation, particularly in operational safety, maintenance, engineering, technical training, digitalisation and international connectivity.
Clóvis Rosa said TAAG’s transformation requires significant structural investment, disciplined execution and a long-term approach, with the current priority being to build a stronger, more efficient and more sustainable operating base for the airline.
The company also highlighted investments made in maintenance, engineering, digitalisation, operational safety and technological modernisation, which it considers essential to ensuring greater operational robustness, improved technical availability of the fleet and a stronger ability to respond to the requirements of the civil aviation sector.
In this context, the Board of Directors acknowledged that the gradual recovery of passenger confidence and the strengthening of operational reliability are central priorities in the company’s current transformation process. Progressive measures are currently being implemented to improve flight regularity, operational predictability and the overall passenger experience.
In the area of technical capacity building and human capital development, TAAG advanced specialised training programmes for pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians and crew, having made 275 new hires in technical areas during 2025, including 18 pilots and 80 cabin crew members.
A further 130 new cadet pilots and 60 new aircraft maintenance technicians were also integrated into Ab Initio training programmes, in an effort which the Board of Directors describes as strategic for the sustainable development of national civil aviation.
The company also noted that training civil aviation professionals is a highly specialised process, requiring high levels of certification, continuous operational training and alignment with international safety and quality standards. In this regard, the role of strategic international partnerships in strengthening the company’s technical and operational competencies was also noted.
Among these initiatives is the PALANCA programme, developed in partnership with Lufthansa Consulting, which supports TAAG’s restructuring, optimisation and modernisation process in the areas of operational safety, maintenance and engineering, flight operations, organisational efficiency and financial sustainability.
During the press conference, the strengthening of operational cooperation with specialised strategic international entities was also announced. This initiative will allow the progressive optimisation of the use of TAAG’s new Boeing fleet, accelerate gains in operational efficiency and reinforce the company’s capacity in international operations with greater technical and operational demands.
Despite the challenges that remain, the Board of Directors emphasised the progress achieved during 2025 in operational recovery, strengthening technical capacity, restoring systems affected by the cyberattack, improving internal control mechanisms and reinforcing institutional confidence among partners and sector entities.
Clóvis Rosa concluded the presentation by noting that TAAG plays a strategic role for Angola as an instrument of mobility, territorial integration, regional connectivity and the country’s international projection. The transformation process currently under way represents a commitment to building a company that is stronger, more efficient, more reliable and better prepared to respond to the future requirements of African and international aviation.
The company also reiterated that fleet modernisation, the development of the new international airport, the capacity building of national personnel and the strengthening of strategic partnerships constitute fundamental pillars of the long-term vision for Angola’s civil aviation sector.
