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Servivensa S.A. (legally ''Servicios Avensa Sociedad Anónima S.A.'') was a low-cost airline based in
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** Willemstad ( Curaçao International Airport)
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Servivensa operated the following aircraft:
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Servivensa Fleet
Avensa Defunct airlines of Venezuela Airlines established in 1990 Airlines disestablished in 2003 2003 disestablishments in Venezuela Venezuelan companies established in 1990 Defunct low-cost airlines {{Venezuela-airline-stub
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
, Venezuela that operated scheduled domestic and international flights.
History
Servivensa was established by Avensa in 1989 to counteract the unionized workforce demands of Avensa's employees. By the mid-1990's it had grown to become larger than its parent company, and Servivensa crews of contract workers began operating Avensa aircraft. However, Venezuela's macroeconomic problems, especially its currency exchange restrictions, caused the airline to have trouble procuring spare parts and led to widespread grounding of its aircraft. For a short time in 1999, the airline had an alliance withAeroperú
Empresa de Transporte Aéreo del Perú S.A., branded as Aeroperú, was a Peruvian airline, serving as flag carrier of Peru from 1973 to 1999. The company was headquartered in Lima, with the city's Jorge Chávez International Airport serving as i ...
that operated codeshare flights between Caracas and Lima.
By 2001, Servivensa and Avensa were close to bankruptcy and were being sued by BP for over $1 million in unpaid fuel bills. Servivensa operations were officially ceased on May 1, 2003, when its parent company, Avensa announced that it was grounding its aircraft due to a drop in demand of air traffic.
Destinations
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** Willemstad ( Curaçao International Airport)
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**San José
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(Juan Santamaría International Airport
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**Barranquilla
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( Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport)
**Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
( El Dorado International Airport)
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**Quito
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( Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport)
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** Mexico City (Mexico City International Airport
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** Lima ( Jorge Chávez International Airport)
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** Miami ( Miami International Airport)
** New York City ( John F. Kennedy International Airport)
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** Canaima (Canaima Airport
Canaima Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Canaima; ) is an airport in Canaima, a town in Canaima National Park in the state of Bolívar in Venezuela. The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the Carrao River, and downstream of Angel Fa ...
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**Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
( Simón Bolívar International Airport) Hub
** Ciudad Bolívar (Tomás de Heres Airport
Tomás de Heres Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Nacional Tomas de Heres, ) is an airport serving Ciudad Bolívar, the capital of the Bolívar state of Venezuela.
The airport is named in honor of Tomás de Heres, a hero of Latin American independence a ...
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**Ciudad Guayana
Ciudad Guayana () (in English Guayana City) is a city in Bolívar State (Venezuela), Bolívar State, Venezuela. It stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco, Orinoco river, at the point where it is joined by its main tributary ...
(Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport
Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Guayana "Manuel Carlos Piar"), is an airport in the city of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Ciudad Guayana is divided into two main population centres, San Félix ...
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**El Vigía
The Alberto Adriani Municipality () (better known as El Vigia) is one of the 23 Municipalities of Venezuela, municipalities () that makes up the Venezuelan state of Mérida (state), Mérida and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the Natio ...
(Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo Airport , is an airport serving El Vigía, a city in Mérida state in Venezuela. It opened in 1991, and was named for the Venezuelan politician Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo (1903–1979).
The runway length includes a di ...
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**Maturín
Maturín () is a city in Venezuela, the capital of the Venezuelan state of Monagas and a centre for instrumental exploration and development of the petroleum industry in Venezuela. The metropolitan area of Maturín has a population of 401,384 inha ...
(José Tadeo Monagas International Airport
José Tadeo Monagas International Airport is an airport serving Maturín, the capital of the state of Monagas in Venezuela.
The runway has an additional of paved overrun on its southwestern end.
The Monagas VOR-DME (Ident: MUN) and non-directi ...
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**Maracaibo
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( La Chinita International Airport)
** Mérida ( Alberto Carnevalli Airport)
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Pueblo de La Mar ( en, Village by the Sea)
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( Santiago Mariño Caribbean International Airport)
** Santa Elena de Uairén ( Santa Elena de Uairén Airport)
** Valencia (Arturo Michelena International Airport
Arturo Michelena International Airport is an airport serving the city of Valencia in Venezuela. The airport was named after artist Arturo Michelena, who was born in Valencia. It is a hub for Turpial Airlines and a secondary hub for Avior Airline ...
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Fleet
Servivensa operated the following aircraft:
*4 Beechcraft 90
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*3 Boeing 727-100
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After the heavy Boeing 707, 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter f ...
*7 Boeing 727-200
*2 Boeing 737-200
*1 Boeing 757-200
The Boeing 757 is an American Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliner designed and built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
The then-named 7N7, a twinjet successor for the Boeing 727, 727 (a trijet), received its first orders in August 1978.
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*2 Douglas DC-3C
*5 Douglas C-47A Skytrain
*8 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
*3 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
*3 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51
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Accidents and incidents
*On December 17, 1994, Douglas C-47A (registered YV-761-C) crashed on approach to Cerro Aicha Airport, killing all nine people on board. *On October 2, 1998, Douglas DC-3C (registered YV-611C) crashed on approach toCanaima Airport
Canaima Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Canaima; ) is an airport in Canaima, a town in Canaima National Park in the state of Bolívar in Venezuela. The airport and town are next to the Carrao Rapids on the Carrao River, and downstream of Angel Fa ...
. The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the Angel Falls. One of the 25 people on board was killed.
*In 2000, U.S. federal prosecutors indicted 18 individuals for a drug trafficking conspiracy centered around using Servivensa flight attendants to smuggle heroin into the United States, following a year-long investigation known as Operation Aeromoza.
See also
*List of defunct airlines of Venezuela
This is a list of defunct airlines of Venezuela.
See also
* List of airlines of Venezuela
*List of airports in Venezuela
References
{{List of airlines
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Venezuela
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References
External links
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Avensa Defunct airlines of Venezuela Airlines established in 1990 Airlines disestablished in 2003 2003 disestablishments in Venezuela Venezuelan companies established in 1990 Defunct low-cost airlines {{Venezuela-airline-stub