Companhia Meridional de Transportes

Companhia Meridional de Transportes

IATA ICAO Callsign
Founded	1944
Commenced operations	1945
Ceased operations	1946
Destinations
Headquarters
Key people	Álvaro Araújo

Companhia Meridional de Transportes was a Brazilian airline founded in 1944. In 1946, following the death of its owner on an air-crash, the airline went bankrupt.

History

Meridional was founded in 1944 and on October 4, 1945 started operating regular flights within the states of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. On December 19, 1945 one of its aircraft crashed killing all occupants, including the pilot and owner of the airline Álvaro Araújo. Months later, in March 1946, the airline declared bankruptcy.^[1]

Destinations

Meridional served the following cities:^[2]

• Campos dos Goytacazes – Bartolomeu Lysandro Airport
• Rio de Janeiro – Santos Dumont Airport
• Vitória – Goiabeiras Airport

Fleet

Meridional Fleet^[2]

Aircraft	Total	Years of operation	Notes
Avro Anson Mk. II	3	1945–1946

Accidents and incidents

• 19 December 1945: an Avro Anson Mk. II registration PP-MTA crashed in the neighborhood of Itaipu, Niterói, killing all passengers and crew, including the pilot and owner of the airline, Álvaro Araújo.^[2]

References

1. ^ Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica (1991) (in Portuguese). História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: da criação do Ministério da Aeronáutica ao final da Segunda Guerra Mundial. 3. Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro: Villa Rica Editoras Reunidas. p. 308. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Pereira, Aldo (1987) (in Portuguese). Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Europa. p. 290. 

External links

	Brazil portal
	Aviation portal