Aviaco
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Aviaco (Aviación y Comercio SA) was an Spanish airline founded February 18, 1948. It was the first Spanish passenger airline after the foundation of Iberia Airlines of Spain in 1927.
Its first aircraft were three freighters Bristol 170 and three Bristol 170 for passengers. Operations began in September 1948 between Bilbao and Madrid.
During the 1980s the most of Aviaco shares was acquired by its competitor Iberia. From then Aviaco was in charge of the less important domestic routes while Iberia served the international destinations and the most important national routes, as the shuttle service Madrid-Barcelona. All the Aviaco technical resources were transferred to Iberia as well as the marketing and financial departments. During this time, Aviaco planes were painted in blue and white and had a fleet of Douglas DC-9. In 1983, one of these DC-9 collided with an Iberia Boeing 727 in the runway at Barajas International Airport, Madrid, causing many deaths.
At the end of the 1990s Iberia reorganized all its group of companies and Aviaco operations were closed en 1998. All its aircraft were painted with the Iberia's corporative logo.
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