Servivensa
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Founded | 1989 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | May 2003 | ||||||
Fleet size | 33 | ||||||
Destinations | 14 | ||||||
Parent company | Avensa | ||||||
Headquarters | Caracas, Venezuela |
Servivensa S.A. (legally Servicios Avensa Sociedad Anónima S.A.) was an airline that operated scheduled domestic flights based in Caracas, Venezuela.
History[]
The airline was established in 1989. Its operations were temporarily suspended in May 2003 when parent airline Avensa announced that it was grounding its aircraft due to a drop in demand of air traffic.
Destinations[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9-51%2C_Servivensa_AN0208977.jpg/220px-McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9-51%2C_Servivensa_AN0208977.jpg)
Colombia
- Bogota (El Dorado International Airport)
Venezuela
- Canaima (Canaima Airport)
- Caracas (Simon Bolivar International Airport)
- Ciudad Guayana (Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport)
- Maracaibo (La Chinita International Airport)
- Mérida (Alberto Carnevalli Airport)
- Santa Elena de Uairén (Santa Elena de Uairén Airport)
- Valencia (Arturo Michelena International Airport)
Fleet[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Servivensa_Boeing_727-200_Durand-1.jpg/220px-Servivensa_Boeing_727-200_Durand-1.jpg)
Servivensa was operating the following aircraft (as of August 2006):[1][2]
- 3 Boeing 727-100
- 7 Boeing 727-200
- 2 Boeing 737-200
- 1 Boeing 757-200
- 3 Douglas DC-3C
- 3 Douglas C-47A Skytrain
- 11 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
- 3 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50
Accidents and incidents[]
- On 17 December 1994, Douglas C-47A (registered YV-761-C) crashed on approach to killing all nine people on board.[3]
- On 2 October 1998, Douglas DC-3C (registered YV-611C) crashed on approach to Canaima Airport. The aircraft had been on a local sightseeing flight to view the Angel Falls. One of the 25 people on board was killed.[4]
References[]
- ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
- ^ "SERVIVENSA Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- ^ "YV-761-C Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ "YV-611C Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- Avensa
- Defunct airlines of Venezuela
- Airlines established in 1990
- Airlines disestablished in 2003
- 2003 disestablishments in Venezuela
- Venezuelan companies established in 1990
- South American airline stubs
- Venezuela transport stubs