Editing TAME (section)

===Early years===
The military airline was founded on December 17, 1962, by Luis A. Ortega under Guillermo Freile Posso, both colonels. It was named '''Transportes Aéreos Militares Ecuatorianos (TAME)'''. At the time, the Air Force required an income source; governmental transport services to remote and difficult to reach parts of Ecuador; and an entity to train pilots. The airline gradually increased in size infrastructure and number of services.

On December 4, 1962, Luis A. Ortega, Hector Granja, Eduardo Sandoval, Alfredo Barreiro, Oswaldo Lara, Julio Espinosa, Teodoro Malo and Jose Montesinos made inaugural flights in the [[Douglas C-47]]. The pilots held the rank of major and [[noncommissioned officer]]s worked as flight attendants. The first commercial flight was made by Teodoro Malo on a route from [[Quito]], [[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]], [[Bahía]], [[Manta, Ecuador|Manta]], [[Guayaquil]], [[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]] and back to Quito. Initially, TAME made domestic flights using C-47 planes. Gradually, over the next two years, [[Douglas DC-3|DC-3]] and [[Douglas DC-6|DC-6]] planes were added and then in 1970, two [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|HS-748 Avro]] were acquired.

On April 30, 1966, TAME began regular international flights to [[Havana]], [[Panama]] and [[Santiago de Chile]].

As its business grew, TAME purchased four [[Lockheed L-188 Electra]]s from Ecuatoriana de Aviación. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, TAME added three Boeing 727-100s. During the mid-1980s and up until 1992, Tame purchased four Boeing 727-200s. In 1986, three Fokker F28 Fellowship 4000s were added. In December 1998, TAME rented a Boeing 757-200.

In December 1992, the governments of Ecuador and Colombia signed the "Frontier Integration Agreement" establishing a Quito, Esmeraldas (Tachina), Cali, Esmeraldas (Tachina), Quito route. In 1995, TAME offered flights from Quito to [[Bogotá]] for [[Air France]] passengers.