AIRLINE HISTORY DEFUNCT - Avensa (Aerovías Venezolanas Sociedad Anonima) was a Venezuelan airline that operated from its hub at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía.

YV-50C - McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - LPPT

YV-50C - McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - LPPT

IATA - VE

ICAO - AVE 

Call sign - AVENSA
Founded - 13 May 1943
Commenced operations - December 1943
Ceased operations - 31 December 2004
Hubs - Simón Bolívar International Airport
Subsidiaries - Servivensa
Destinations 7
Parent company Government of Venezuela (100%)
Headquarters Caracas, Venezuela
Founder Andres Boulton Pietri

YV-51C - McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - LPPT

Destinations

Domestic

Anaco, Barcelona, Barquisimeto, Caracas Hub, Carúpano, Ciudad Bolivar, Cumaná, La Fría,             Las Piedras, Maturín, Mérida, Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Antonio del Táchira, Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Valencia, Valera, Maracaibo, San Tomé

International

Aruba, 

Bogota, Colombia, 

Bonaire, 

Curaçao, 

Lima, Peru, 

Lisbon, Portugal, 

London, UK, 

Madrid, Spain

Medellin, Colombia

Mexico City, Mexico

Miami, USA

Milan, Italy

Montreal, Canada (Charter)

New York City (JFK)

New Orleans, USA

Oporto, Portugal

Panama City, Panama

Paris, France

Quito, Ecuador

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rome, Italy

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

São Paulo, Brazil

Tenerife, Spain

Toronto, Canada (Charter)

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Boeing 727-100	11	1982	2002	Included the combi version for both passengers and freight pallets[6][7]
Boeing 727-200	13	1979	2002
Boeing 737-200	3	1991	2002
Boeing 737-300	1	1989	1996	Sold to Western Pacific Airlines
Boeing 757-200	2	1990	1994
Convair CV-340	5	1954	1977
Convair CV-440	3	1963	1977
Convair CV-540	1	1963	1979
Convair CV-580	10	1964	1991
Curtiss C-46 Commando	4	1944	1946
Douglas C-47 Skytrain	19	1946	1972
Douglas C-54 Skymaster	4	1948	1955
Douglas DC-2	5	1944	1946
Douglas DC-3	11	1947	1973
Douglas DC-6B	2	1958	1964
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia	1	2002	2004	Leased from Boeing Capital
Fairchild F-27	5	1958	1963
Ford Trimotor	2	1943	1946
Lockheed Model 10 Electra	1	Unknown	Unknown
Lockheed L-188 Electra[citation needed]	6	1959	1983
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14	4	1967	1983
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15	2	1975	1978	Leased from McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31	1	1991	1996
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32	7	1976	1985
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51	4	1991	1999
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	3	1998	2002
Sud Aviation Caravelle	1	1970	1973	Written off