Private company

Aero Portuguesa

First airline of Portugal with scheduled international services

Aero Portuguesa (AP, sometimes written Aero-Portuguesa, short names for the Sociedade Aero Portuguesa Lda. - Air Portuguese Society, Ltd.) was the first airline of Portugal with scheduled international services. It existed from 1934 to 1953, when its routes were integrated in the TAP service. AP was created with the main objective of providing a regular air connection between Portugal, Morocco and Brazil.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Overview

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Aero Portuguesa (AP, sometimes written Aero-Portuguesa, short names for the Sociedade Aero Portuguesa Lda. - Air Portuguese Society, Ltd.) was the first airline of Portugal with scheduled international services. It existed from 1934 to 1953, when its routes were integrated in the TAP service.2

Products and brands

Wibault 283-T

Junkers Ju 52

Fokker F.VII

Lockheed Lodestar

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Timeline

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