List of airlines of Venezuela

This is a list of airlines which have an air operator's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Venezuela.

Active Scheduled airlines AirlineImage IATA ICAO CallsignHub(s) FoundedNotesAerocaribeCVCVZCARIBECaracas2012Aerolíneas EstelarESETRESTELARCaracas2009Aeropostal Alas de VenezuelaCWALVAEROPOSTALCaracas1929Avior Airlines9VROIAVIORBarcelona (VE)Caracas1994 ConviasaV0VCVCONVIASACaracasPorlamar2004Flag carrier.LASER AirlinesQLLERLASERCaracasLa Romana1993RUTACA AirlinesRURUCRUTACACaracas1974SASCA AirlinesO3SSUSASCACaracasPorlamar1991Turpial AirlinesT9VTUTURPIALValencia (VE)2016

Charter airlines AirlineImage IATA ICAO CallsignHub(s) FoundedNotesAeroparaguaná Las Piedras2013Virtual airline.Aerotecnica DUGATSACaracas1951Operations with smaller equipment.Albatros AirlinesG0GALERRANTEMaracay2007Temporarily suspended. BlueStar Aviation BSVBLUESTARVENLos Roques2022CIACA Airlines CVXCIACACiudad Bolívar1999ComeraviaCWNWTCOMERAVIAPorlamar1965Moraima Airlines IMO Ciudad Bolívar2008Servicios Aéreos Mineros SRESERAMICiudad Guayana1978Sundance Air SUVDANCEAIRPorlamar2002Tranaca THC Ciudad Bolívar1992Transmandu TMDTRANSMANDUCiudad Guayana1979VenezolanaWWVNEVENEZOLANACaracasMaracaibo2001

Cargo airlines AirlineImage IATA ICAO CallsignHub(s) FoundedNotesEmtrasur Cargo ESUEMTRASURMaracay-El Libertador2020Cargo subsidiary of Conviasa.Rainbow Air TZRRAIN-BEEPorlamar2007 Solar Cargo4SOLCSOLARCARGOValencia (VE)2001Transcarga International AirwaysT7TIWTIACACaracas1998In process of restarting

Defunct AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Founded Ceasedoperations NotesACASA 19561986AeroAndinas ARDCORDILLERAS20132016Aerobol 19922006Aero B Venezuela 19771984Aero Ejecutivos VEJVENEJECUTIV19752008AeroLatin 19942000Aerolineas Latinas2LLTNLATINAS19891994Renamed to AeroLatin.Aeronaves del Centro AGAGA 19801987Aerosucre Airlines AIR SUCRE20092010Never launched.Aerovenca AVC 19872000Air Margarita PWMAGAGATA19921994Air Venezuela 7QVZAAIR VENEZUELA19952001 Aserca AirlinesR7OCAASERCA19682018AvensaVEAVEAVENSA19432004Avior Regional3RRGRAVIOR REGIONAL20152016Suspended indefinitely.Costa Airlines COTMARA20122015Never launched.General Air CargoGCGCQGENERAL CARGO19901996Interamericana Carga J6IIAINTERAMERICANA19821997Kavok Airlines KVACATATUMBO20052014JD Valenciana de AviaciónV5JDVVALENCIANA19911994LAI – Línea Aérea IAACAKGBNXAIR BARINAS19922006LaMia LMDLAMIA20092014Operations were relocated to Bolivia, later ceased in 2016.Latin Carga LTC 19631980LEBCA - Líneas Expresas Bolivar 19491968Linea Aérea Bolivariana LBSLABSA20012006Línea Turística Aereotuy LDTUY AEREOTUY19822018Midas Airlines MIOMICO19942001Oriental de Aviación 19951999Perla AirlinesDPPLVPERLA20062018RANSA - Rutas Aéreas Nacionales 19481966Rentavion RNTRENTAVION19882000Santa Barbara AirlinesBJ;S3BBRSANTA BARBARA19952008Renamed to SBA Airlines.SBA AirlinesS3BBRSANTA BARBARA20082018Servicios Aeronáuticos Varina FVVRASAVAR19821984ServivensaVCSVVSERVIVENSA19892003SkyVen Cielos de Venezuela VSKSKYVEN19981998Never launched.Sol America 6SESCSOLAMERICA19802010TACA de Venezuela 19451957Taken over by Aeropostal.Transaven VENTRANSAVEN AIRLINE19672010Transcarga C7 19681979Formed by Viasa to take-over LEBCA. Merged back into Viasa.VenexCargo VNX 19901996Vensecar InternacionalV4VECVECAR19962025ViasaVAVIAVIASA19601997Liquidated.Zuliana de AviaciónODULAZULIANA19851997

Further reading Iriarte D.R., Historia de la aviaccion civil en Venezuela, 2nd ed., Officina Central de Informacion, Caracas, October 1971

See also List of airlines of the Americas List of defunct airlines of the Americas List of Defunct airlines of Venezuela

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