Austral Lineas Aéreas (Cielos del Sur)

The origins of the Austral Lineas Aéreas trace back to 1957, when Compañía Austral de Transportes Aéreos SACI (CATASACI) was founded, starting scheduled services in Jan1958. Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA) was a Rosario–based company that was founded in 1957 to operate flights between this city and Buenos Aires using Aero Commander equipment and operated flights within northern Argentina. In 1965, Pan Am acquired a 22% stake in ALA in return for supplying the company with DC-3s. A year later, CATASACI acquired a 30% holding in ALA and the services of both companies were integrated. Austral Líneas Aéreas was formally established in Jun1971 from the merger of Compañía Austral de Transportes Aéreos SACI and ALA. In practice, operations of the latter airline were absorbed by Austral, which was rebranded as Austral Líneas Aéreas S.A. after merging. Austral Lineas Aereas became a government-owned company in 1980. At midnight on 30Nov2020, after the landing of flight AU2763, Austral Lineas Aereas operations officially ended. The brand will disappear when the merger with Aerolíneas Argentinas is completed
< domestic airline of Argentina, the sister company of Aerolíneas Argentinas based out of Aeroparque Jorge Newbery >

[ – Aerolineas Argentinas was formed on 14-May1949 by the unification of Zonda, Aeroposta Argentina SA, ALFA (Avacion del Litoral Fluvial Argentino) and FAMA (Flota Aerea Mercante Argentina) which connected the Argentine Republic from the early 1930s. Commenced operations on 07Dec1950. Regular services of Aerolineas Argentinas between Buenos Aires and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), with stops in Cordoba and Salta, was inaugurated on 27Jan1953. On 30Nov2020, flight AU2763 from Posadas arrived at Ezeiza International Airport, officially marking the end of Austral Lineas Aereas operations as an air carrier as it merged into Aerolineas Argentinas
< flag carrier of Argentina and is an international and regional passenger and cargo airline based out of Aeroparque Jorge Newbery and Ministro Pistarini International Airport > ]

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