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When operations started, Venezolana began to acquire through the years a mixed fleet of used Boeing 737-200, MD-80s and British Aerospace Jetstream 41s to start more scheduled services to other destinations inside and outside of Venezuela. During the 2000s, the airline experienced a rapid expansion around the international and domestic market ...
On May 13, 2010, the airline made its first commercial flight with a Cessna 208B Caravan from Porlamar to Carúpano. During the rest of that year, new routes were opened in the eastern region of Venezuela, with departures from Porlamar to Maturín, Cumana, Barcelona, and Güiria to Los Roques, with departures from Caracas and Maracay.
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) Founded Notes Aeroandinas [3]ARD: CORDILLERAS: La Fría: 2012: Aerotecnica [4]DUG: ATSA: Caracas: 1951: Continues operations with smaller equipment
Following the crash of Flight 2350 on September 17, 2010, the government of Venezuela grounded all Conviasa flights so that it could perform a technical review of the airline's fleet. The airline said that the temporary suspension would remain in effect until October 1, 2010. Flights were then re-instated.
The government nationalised the airline and began its downturn. This was not noticeable at first, since Venezuela's strong economy was backed by high oil revenue and the government did not mind pumping in money to cover mounting losses. By 1979, Viasa had built a fleet of 6 DC-10-30s, 2 DC-8-63s, 2 DC-8-53s and 1 DC-8-63F.
Airlines Caracas: 1990 Passenger and cargo airline P A Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela: Consumer services Airlines Caracas: 1929 State airline, defunct 2017 P D Agencia Venezolana de Noticias: Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Caracas: 1977 National news agency S A Alcasa: Basic materials Aluminum Ciudad Guayana: 1960 Aluminium S A ...
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Founded Ceased operations Notes ACASA: 1956: 1986: Aerobol: 1992: 2006: Aero B Venezuela: 1977: 1984: Aero Ejecutivos: VEJ: VENEJECUTIV
On 1 November 1971, Vickers Viscount YV-C-AMZ of Linea Aeropostal Venezolana crashed shortly after take-off. All four people on board were killed. [8] On March 5, 1991, Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 crashed in to a nearby mountain soon after takeoff, killing all 45 passenger and crew. [9]