Aviaco

Madrid

Aviaco ( Sociedad de Transportes Aviación y Comercio SA) was a company incorporated on February 18, 1948 Spanish airline. Main shareholders were businessmen from Bilbao.

First Aviaco had six Bristol Type 170, three each as a freight and a passenger version. The flight operations began with the lines Bilbao -Barcelona and Bilbao -Madrid 1948. Already in the 1960s, took over Iberia with 65 % majority stake in Aviaco, and as a result, the activities of Aviaco concentrated on less profitable domestic routes. Iberia in 1999 she took a majority stake in Aviaco and after the solution of internal problems with the pilot unions to entire Aviaco fleet was integrated into the Iberia. The remaining aircraft were repainted from September 1, 1999 in the colors of Iberia.

Fleet

  • Bristol 170 Freighter Mk 21
  • ATL -98 Carvair
  • Convair CV 440
  • De Havilland Heron
  • Douglas DC-3
  • Douglas DC-4
  • Douglas DC-6
  • Douglas DC-8
  • Douglas DC-9
  • Fokker F-27
  • McDonnell Douglas MD -83
  • McDonnell Douglas MD -88
IATA-Code International Civil Aviation Organization airport code List of defunct airlines
93047
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