Aviaco

Aviaco
IATA code :	AO
ICAO code :	AYC
Call sign :	AVIACO
Founding:	1948
Operation stopped:	1998
Seat:	Bilbao , Spain
Turnstile :	Madrid
Company form:	SA
Fleet size:	33
Aims:	National and international
Aviaco ceased operations in 1998. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Aviaco (Sociedad de Transportes Aviación y Comercio SA) was a Spanish airline . The main shareholders were business people from Bilbao.

history

Aviaco's DC-4, 1965

Convair CV-440 Metropolitan of Aviaco, 1971

ATL-98 Carvair of Aviaco, 1965

Caravelle the Aviaco, 1977

Fokker F-27 of Aviaco, 1983

The company was founded on February 18, 1948. Initially, Aviaco had six Bristol Type 170s , three each as freight and passenger versions; the latter were equipped with 55 passenger seats. Freight operations began in 1948 with the Bilbao - Barcelona and Bilbao- Madrid routes , followed by passenger service with the Bilbao- Palma de Mallorca - Marseille route .

As early as the 1960s, Iberia took over a 65% majority in Aviaco, and subsequently Aviaco's activities were concentrated on less profitable domestic routes, but also on charter traffic from international destinations to Spanish holiday destinations.

In 1998, Iberia also acquired the remaining company shares and thus took over the company in its entirety. At the same time, Iberia made the decision to integrate its subsidiaries Aviaco and Viva Air into the parent company. After the pilots' unions had agreed to a merger, the Aviaco aircraft were repainted in Iberia colors from September 1, 1999.

fleet

In the course of its existence Aviaco operated the following types of aircraft:

• ATL-98 Carvair
• Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.21 and Mk.31 (1948–1965)
• Convair CV-440
• De Havilland DH.114 Heron
• Douglas DC-3
• Douglas DC-4
• Douglas DC-6
• Douglas DC-8
• Douglas DC-9
• Fokker F-27
• McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83
• McDonnell Douglas MD-88
• Sud Aviation Caravelle
• SNCASE Languedoc

Incidents

From 1949 to the cessation of operations in 1998, Aviaco had 19 accidents with total loss of the aircraft. 11 of these resulted in 244 deaths. Full list:

• On November 24, 1949, an Aviaco Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.21E ( aircraft registration EC-ADK ) rolled over the end of the runway at Mahon-Menorca Airport (San Luis) and was irreparably damaged. All 26 occupants, 22 passengers and 4 crew members survived.

• On December 4, 1953, a Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.21 (EC-AEG) flew into a ridge on a flight from Bilbao to Madrid-Barajas Airport, 20 minutes before arrival near Guaderrama. Of the 33 inmates, 23 were killed.

• On September 29, 1956, a SNCASE Languedoc (EC-AKV) crashed into a house on a flight from Málaga near Tenerife-Los Rodeos airport . The 38 aircraft occupants survived, but one person was killed on the ground.

• On May 9, 1957, came at a Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.21 the Aviaco (EC ADI) on a flight from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid Barajas Airport in the - under visual flown - traffic pattern for landing at a stall . The plane spun , crashed and caught fire. All 5 crew members and 32 passengers were killed.

• On September 11, 1957, a Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.21E of Aviaco ( EC-AEH ) was irreparably damaged in a hard landing at Tetouan Airport . All inmates survived.

• On October 26, 1957, the pilots of a De Havilland Heron 2D ( EC-AOA ) coming from Madrid-Barajas landed at San Sebastián Airport . Due to a leak in the brake system, it was not possible to stop the machine before the runway end. It rolled over into the morass in the estuary of the Bidasoa River. All 22 occupants, 17 passengers and the 5 crew members survived this accident. The plane was destroyed.

• On November 15, 1957, only about two weeks later, the pilots of a De Havilland Heron 2D ( EC-ANZ ) coming from Barcelona flew on the approach to the airport Palma de Mallorca-Son San Juan 15 km from the airport in a good 400 meters high mountain. All 4 occupants, two passengers and the pilots, were killed as a result of this navigation error.

• On April 14, 1958, the pilots of a De Havilland Heron 2D ( EC-ANJ ) approaching Barcelona-El Prat Airport were forced to perform a violent evasive maneuver in order to avoid a collision with another Heron. The machine got out of control and crashed into the sea. All 16 occupants were killed as a result of this air traffic controller error.

• On December 4, 1958, an Aviaco ( EC-ANR ) Languedoc SNCASE crashed on a flight from Vigo to Madrid in the Guadarrama Mountains . All 5 crew members and 16 passengers were killed. The cause is suspected to be strong icing, which led to loss of control.

• On March 13, 1959, a Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.21E of Aviaco (EC-ADH) made a sharp right turn on the final approach to Mahon-Menorca Airport (San Luis) at a height of about 120 meters and then fell to the ground, possibly triggered by a strong gust of wind . One of the passengers was killed, the other 17 occupants, 14 passengers and 3 crew members survived.

• On 1 October 1961, a Bristol 170 Freighter was Mk.31E the Aviaco (EC-AHK) on the Ibiza airport irreparably damaged in a landing accident. All inmates survived.

• On April 19, 1962, a Bristol 170 Freighter was Mk.31E the Aviaco (EC-AHJ) on the Valencia Airport from currently not present reasons irreparably damaged. People were not harmed.

• On July 6, 1972, a Douglas DC-8-52 of Aviaco (EC-ARA) coming from Madrid was flown into the sea 21 kilometers from Gran Canaria Airport . In this CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ) all 10 crew members died on board the machine. There were no passengers on board, as the machine was on a positioning flight to fly tourists from Gran Canaria to Hamburg.

• On the night of March 5, 1973, a Caravelle 10R of Aviaco (EC-BID) was flown into the sea during the approach to Madeira airport . In this CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ) all three pilots (the only occupants) were killed.

• On August 13, 1973, a Caravelle 10R of Aviaco (EC-BIC) was flown off-road during the fourth attempt at approach to La Coruña airport ( Spain ). In this new CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ), all 85 occupants, 6 crew members and 79 passengers were killed.

• On December 7, 1983 , a Boeing 727-200 from Iberia (EC-CFJ) and a rolling Douglas DC-9-32 from Aviaco (EC-CGS) collided at Madrid-Barajas Airport , and their pilots hit the active runway in the fog were rolled. 93 people were killed in the accident, 51 of 93 in the Boeing 727 and all 42 on board the Aviaco aircraft. As a consequence of this accident, all Spanish airports, in particular Barcelona and Madrid, were redesigned so that crossing an active runway is no longer necessary.

• Three Aviaco Douglas DC-9-32s were total write-offs in landing accidents on
  • February 18, 1990 ( EC-BIQ , Menorca Airport ),
  • March 30, 1992 ( EC-BYH , Granada-Jaén Airport ) and
  • March 21, 1994 ( EC-CLE , Vigo Airport ). None of these three incidents resulted in deaths.

See also

• Former Airlines List (Europe)

literature

• Derek A. King: The Bristol 170, Freighter, Wayfarer and Superfreighter. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., Tonbridge 2011, ISBN 978-0-85130-405-2 .

Web links

Commons : Aviaco  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Iberia website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sociedad de Transportes Aviación y Comercio SA ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ King 2011, p. 118.
3. ↑ Flight International, March 9, 1999 (in English), accessed December 10, 2017
4. ↑ Flight International, March 24, 1999 (in English), accessed December 10, 2017
5. ^ Ulrich Klee and Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966 to 1998
6. ↑ King 2011, p. 119.
7. ↑ ^{a b} MD-83 / MD-88 Aviaco fleet
8. ↑ Accident statistics for Aviaco, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2018.
9. ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-ADK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 11, 2018.
10. ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-AEG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 19, 2016.
11. ↑ King 2011, p. 216.
12. ^ Accident report Languedoc EC-AKV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 19, 2016.
13. ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 68 (English), March 1998, pp. 98/26.
14. ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-ADI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
15. ↑ King 2011, p. 202.
16. ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-AEH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 11, 2018.
17. ↑ King 2011, p. 212.
18. ↑ Accident report Heron 2D EC-AOA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2017.
19. ^ Accident report Heron 2D EC-ANZ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2017.
20. ^ Accident report Heron 2D EC-ANJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 9, 2017.
21. ^ Accident report Languedoc EC-ANR , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
22. ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-ADH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 11, 2018.
23. ↑ King 2011, p. 209.
24. ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-AHK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 11, 2018.
25. ↑ ^{a b} King 2011, p. 243.
26. ^ Accident report Bristol 170 EC-AHJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 11, 2018.
27. ^ Accident report DC-8-52 EC-ARA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 2, 2020.
28. ^ Accident report Caravelle 10R EC-BID , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 2, 2020.
29. ^ Accident report Caravelle 10R EC-BIC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 2, 2020.
30. ^ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest 21, Circular 132-AN / 93 (English), pp. 91-97.
31. ^ Accident report B-727-200 EC-CFJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
32. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 EC-CGS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 11, 2017.
33. ↑ Accident list DC-9-32 of Aviaco , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 2 2020th