Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara
| Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara SA | |
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| IATA code : | (without) |
| ICAO code : | AI |
| Call sign : | TASSA |
| Founding: | 1961 |
| Operation stopped: | 1965 |
| Seat: |
Madrid , Spain
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| Home airport : | Palma de Mallorca Airport |
| Management: | Ultano Kindelán |
| Fleet size: | 9 |
| Aims: | Europe , Canary Islands |
| Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara SA ceased operations in 1965. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara SA (under the TASSA brand identity ) was an internationally active Spanish charter airline . The company, based at Palma de Mallorca Airport , ceased operations in the summer of 1965 for economic reasons.
history
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The airline Trabajos Aéreos del Sahara SA was founded in 1961 by the entrepreneur Ultano Kindelán in Madrid to carry out contract flights for oil companies between Tenerife and the Spanish Sahara colony . Operations began in February 1962 with a Beechcraft Model 18 , which was stationed at Los Rodeos Airport. In May 1962 the first Douglas DC-3 entered service. TASSA used this machine on passenger charter flights between the Canary Islands and from Tenerife to El Aaiún (Spanish Sahara) and Marrakech ( Morocco ). Two more Douglas DC-3s added to the fleet on March 31 and April 3, 1963.
In May and June 1963, TASSA acquired a Douglas DC-6 each , including the pre-series machine of this type of aircraft, originally manufactured as the XC-112 and then rebuilt . Both Douglas DC-6s were used by tour operators on IT charter flights from Great Britain and West Germany to Spain. At around the same time, the company relocated its main operational base from Tenerife to Palma de Mallorca Airport . TASSA initially continued to operate its Douglas DC-3 in regional traffic between the Canary Islands and also used it for connecting flights to transport package holidaymakers to the neighboring island of Ibiza after arriving in Palma de Mallorca . Great Britain subsequently developed into TASSA's most important market with around 70 percent of all charter orders .
In May 1964, the company acquired the first of initially two Douglas DC-7s , thereby increasing its transport capacities considerably. However, flight operations remained in deficit. On October 20, 1964, the British Ministry of Transport briefly confiscated a TASSA aircraft in London-Gatwick due to unpaid landing fees . The company Airborne Aviation Services , which was commissioned with the handling there, also ceased its work for the company due to outstanding invoices and applied for the seizure of a Douglas DC-7. TASSA was able to agree with the handling company to deposit a Douglas DC-6 as a deposit instead. The machine was then stored at Palma de Mallorca Airport. Despite its economically tense situation, the company acquired another Douglas DC-7 each in April and June 1965 and thus became completely overindebted. Shortly after taking over the last aircraft, TASSA filed for bankruptcy that same month .
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In June 1965 the fleet consisted of two Douglas DC-3s, two Douglas DC-6s (one of which had already been stored), four Douglas DC-7s and one Beechcraft Model 18. All aircraft were parked at Palma de Mallorca Airport after operations were closed . Buyers could only be found for the two Douglas DC-6s, with one of the aircraft remaining on Mallorca and being converted into a bar. In 1970, all Douglas DC-3 and Douglas DC-7s and then the Beechcraft 18 were scrapped.
Incidents
- On June 21, 1964, the crew of a Douglas DC-3 (led indicator : EC-AQH) after taking off from the airport of Palma de Mallorca a ditching through after both engines one after the climb had failed. The machine touched down about 900 meters from the coast, and the captain was injured. There were 25 British vacationers and three crew members on board. It was possible to completely evacuate the aircraft. However, a male passenger climbed back into the cabin to get his bag. He went down with the machine and drowned.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rzjets, Douglas DC-3 EC-ASQ , accessed on 26 February 2017
- ↑ Juan Carlos Diaz Lorenzo, Ultano Kindelán y TASSA / 1 (in Spanish), accessed February 26, 2017
- ↑ Rzjets, List of Douglas DC-3s operated by TASSA , accessed on February 26, 2017
- ↑ Rzjets, list of TASSA driven Douglas DC-6 , accessed on February 26, 2017
- ^ A b Flight International, April 15, 1965 (in English), accessed February 27, 2017
- ↑ a b c Juan Carlos Diaz Lorenzo, Ultano Kindelán y TASSA / 2 (in Spanish), accessed February 27, 2017
- ↑ a b Rzjets, TASSA fleet , accessed on February 28, 2017
- ↑ Ken Meegan: Photo of the Douglas DC-6 EC-AVA as Bertorelli's Bar , accessed February 27, 2017
- ^ Geoff Goodall, Beech 18 Production List , accessed February 27, 2017
- ↑ Plane Crash Info: Douglas Dc-3 EC-AQH, June 21, 1964 , accessed on February 28, 2017
