LEBCA (Linea Expresa Bolivar CA)

  1949 to April 1968

  Venezuela

TYPE: Airline

IATA/ICAO CODES: -- / ---

HEADQUARTERS: Venezuela

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: VIASA

LEBCA operated domestic and international non-scheduled cargo services as well as charters. Routes served included Caracas – Maracaibo – Aruba – Miami. Its fleet was composed of Lockheed Super Constellations, Canadair DC-4Ms, C-47s and Commandos. It ceased operations in April 1968 and its routes were subsequently handed over to VIASA.

November 1955* to May 1968*

LEBCA purchased YV-C-LBF in 1955. It also acquired YV-C-LBD in 1958 but that one seems to never have been taken up. YV-C-LBF was sold to Peru in 1961. YV-C-LBR was purchased in 1963 and sold in 1968 to Tigres Voladores. YV-C-LBS was purchased in 1961 and lasted in the fleet until the VIASA takeover in 1968.

• Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando: YV-C-LBD (probably NTU)
• Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando: YV-C-LBG
• Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando: YV-C-LBR, YV-C-LBH
• Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando: YV-C-LBI
• Curtiss R5C-1 Commando: YV-C-LBF, YV-C-LBS