Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul

Cruzeiro do Sul was one of the oldest airlines of Brazil, it could trace its origins to 1926. In 1993 it was merged into Varig

Code Information

*ICAO Code: CRZ
*IATA Code: SC
*Call Sign: Cruzeiro

Company History

Cruzeiro do Sul had its origins in Porto Alegre in 1926 under the name Condor-Syndikat with strong German influence. The first flights began in February 1927 between Porto Alegre, Pelotas and Rio Grande. Rio de Janeiro was served later in 1927. By 1934 was flying to Argentina and then on to Chile using Junkers Ju 52 and Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor. Because of World War II the name was changed to Serviços Aéreos Condor and in 1943 the name was further changed to Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul.

The Junkers Ju 52 were replaced with Douglas DC-3 and by 1953 Cruzeiro had a fleet of 38 Dakotas flying. The next aircraft to be used was the Convair CV-240 and the Conviar CV-440 with services throughout Brazil and international services to extended to Montevideo, Uruguay, La Paz, Bolivia and Caracas, Venezuela.The first jet aircraft was the SE.210 Caravelle followed by the Boeing 727-100 and Boeing 737-200. By 1975 Varig had acquired a majority in Cruzeiro do Sul and the route networks were rationalized. The last aircraft type to join the fleet before the integration into Varig was the Airbus A300B4. In January 1993 Cruzeiro do Sul ceased to exist when it was fully absorbed into Varig. [Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing]

Fleet Details

*Junkers Ju 52
*Focke-Wulf Fw 200
*Douglas DC-3
*Douglas DC-4
*SE.210 Caravelle
*Boeing 727-100
*Boeing 737-200
*Airbus A300B4
*NAMCYS-11

External links

* [http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=369/Fleet and code information]

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