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Aeropa

Operator Identification

  June 1957 to 1960

  Switzerland


TYPE: Airline

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Basel, Switzerland

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Operator History

Harry M. Koch and Jacques Bachmann were two business partners who wanted to start an airline. After failing to launch Midland Airlines in the mid 1950's, they founded Aeropa Fluggesellschaft SA in Basel on 3 June 1957. By the summer of 1958, the airline was ready to start operations with a small fleet of leased Commandos, but somehow this never happened.

Commando Operations

August 1958 to late 1958

Aeropa leased at least one Commando from L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation.

Commandos Operated

  • Smith CW-20T Commando: HB-AAE (NTU)
  • Smith Super 46C Commando: N4086A

Last edited: 13/12/2020