APSA - Líneas Aéreas Peruanas S.A.

APSA - Líneas Aéreas Peruanas SA was the national airline of Peru from 1956 until 1971.

History

APSA operated routes to Los Angeles, Miami, Mexico City, Acapulco, San Salvador, Managua, Tegucigalpa, Panama, Caracas, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Guayaquil, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Asunción, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. To operate those routes it used the Douglas DC-6 and later the Convair 990.

Towards the end of the 1960s, routes to London, Madrid and Paris were begun, using Douglas DC-8-52 in conjunction with Iberia Airlines of Spain (a major stockholder in APSA).

Because it was a money-losing operation, the Peruvian government shut down operations in 1971. [ [http://www.aerolineasperuanas.com/apsa/historia.htm APSA. Aerolíneas Peruanas] . APSA - Líneas Aéreas Peruanas S.A.. Retrieved on 2008-07-31.]

Fleet details

*3 Douglas DC-6 Skymaster
*3 Convair 990 Coronado
*1 Douglas DC-8-52

External links

*en icon [http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=2781 Data]
*es icon [http://www.aerolineasperuanas.com/apsa/historia.htm History and logo]
*es icon [http://www.aerolineasperuanas.com/apsa/inicio.htm Historical site]
*en icon es icon [http://www.peruvianaviation.com/Civil/A_P_S_A/Convair_990A/convair_990a.html About the APSA Convair 990]
*en icon [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ep.htm Timetable and images]

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