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LATISA (Linea Aerea de Transporte Interior Sud Americana)

Operator Identification

  July 1978 to 1982

  Chile

TYPE: Airline

IATA/ICAO CODES: -- / ---

HEADQUARTERS: Coyhaique, Chile

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Operator History

LATISA was founded on 13 July 1978 by Oscar Squella Espina and Roberto Brieba Jordan, using the liquidated assets of Lyon Air that they purchased the day before. LATISA operated cargo flights in the south of Chile.

Commando Operations

July 1978 to August 1983*

LATISA was the last Commando operator in Chile when, on 31 July 1981, CC-CAT crashed on takeoff from Cochrane, Chile.

Commandos Operated

  • Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando: CC-CAC
  • Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando: CC-CEX
  • Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: CC-CAT

Last edited: 14/10/2024