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Jun 01, 2021 (newstodate):  Cabo Verde's national carrier TACV is soon back in the air again, with a first flight planned for June 18, 2021.
   The carrier, managed by Erlendur Svavarsson as CEO, is to return two of three Boeing 757-300 aircraft leased from Icelandair into service after long-term storage in the USA, with a third aircraft still nestling in Iceland for a prolonged maintenance stay.
   All flights in Cabo Verde have been suspended since April 19, 2020.
   In 2017, Loftleidir Icelandic, TACV Cabo Verde Airlines and the Government of Cabo Verde inked a management agreement on the restructuring of the loss-making TACV Cabo Verde Airlines, and in March 2019, Loftleidir Cabo Verde, owned 70 percent by Loftleidir Icelandic ehf, and 30 percent by Icelandic investors, acquired 51 percent of Cabo Verde Airlines.
   Plans for Loftleidir Cabo Verde to take over the next tranche of 39 of the 49 percent still held by the Cabo Verde state were aborted in April 2020 due to the uncertainties around the airline's future in the current coronavirus situation.