Organização Mineira de Transportes Aéreos – OMTA was a Brazilian airline founded in 1946. In 1950 it was sold to

Transportes Aéreos Nacional Transportes Aéreos Nacional was a Brazilian airline founded in 1946. It was merged into Varig in 1961, when Varig bought the Consórcio Real-Aerovias-Nacional, of which Transportes Aéreos Nacional was one of the partners. History Transporte ...

, which eventually incorporated the airline in 1957.

History

OMTA began its operations on January 28, 1946 as an

air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a airline ticket, ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad h ...

company, the first of its kind in Brazil. Later OMTA also operated some scheduled flights. On July 20, 1950 it was bought by

. OMTA operated as an autonomous unity for sometime but eventually in 1957 it was absorbed by Nacional.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Organizacao Mineira de Transportes Aereos Defunct airlines of Brazil Airlines established in 1946 Airlines disestablished in 1957 1946 establishments in Brazil