#TBT: Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina (FAMA) flights to the United States and Europe from Buenos Aires in 1950

Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina, also known as FAMA, was a Buenos Aires-based airline founded in 1946. The company’s fleet consisted of Shorts S.25 Sandringham, Avro 691, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-5, Douglas DC-6, Convair CV-240, Vickers VC.1-615 Viking 1B and Bristol 170 Mk.1A Freighter.

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FAMA’s main destinations were Havana, Lisbon, London, Madrid, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Santiago de Chile and Sao Paulo.

See also: #TBT: Aeroflot flights to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in 1992.

In the mid 1950’s, the Argentine airline operated to Europe and the United States from Buenos Aires with intermediate stopovers. Both routes were performed by Douglas DC-6 on a weekly basis.

Schedule to Europe and United States from Buenos Aires – FAMA (June 1950)

DEPARTURES FROM BUENOS AIRES (EZE) TO THE UNITED STATES

• Tuesday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
FA 300	Buenos Aires	11:45	Rio de Janeiro	16:35
FA 300	Rio de Janeiro	17:35	Belem	23:25
FA 300	Belem	00:10 +1	Port of Spain	04:55 +1
FA 300	Port of Spain	05:40 +1	Havana	11:50 +1
FA 300	Havana	12:50 +1	New York	18:10 +1

ARRIVALS TO BUENOS AIRES (EZE) FROM THE UNITED STATES

• Friday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
FA 301	New York	14:00	Havana	19:30
FA 301	Havana	20:30	Port of Spain	02:40 +1
FA 301	Port of Spain	03:25 +1	Belem	08:10 +1
FA 301	Belem	08:55 +1	Rio de Janeiro	14:45 +1
FA 301	Rio de Janeiro	15:45 +1	Buenos Aires	20:45 +1

DEPARTURES FROM BUENOS AIRES TO EUROPE

• Friday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
FA 100	Buenos Aires	11:00	Rio de Janeiro	15:50
FA 100	Rio de Janeiro	16:50	Natal	22:10
FA 100	Natal	23:10	Dakar	06:35 +1
FA 100	Dakar	07:35 +1	Lisbon	14:20 +1
FA 100	Lisbon	15:20 +1	Paris	19:00 +1
FA 100	Paris	19:45 +1	London	21:00 +1

ARRIVALS TO BUENOS AIRES FROM EUROPE

• Wednesday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
FA 101	London	10:00	Paris	11:15
FA 101	Paris	12:00	Lisbon	15:55
FA 101	Lisbon	17:10	Dakar	23:55
FA 101	Dakar	00:55 +1	Natal	08:05 +1
FA 101	Natal	08:50 +1	Rio de Janeiro	14:10 +1
FA 101	Rio de Janeiro	15:10 +1	Buenos Aires	20:10 +1

FAMA offered the possibility of connecting in Lisbon with another flight of the same company to Madrid and Rome in both directions.

• Saturday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
FA 151	Rome	08:00	Madrid	12:45
FA 151	Madrid	13:45	Lisbon	15:30

• Wednesday

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
FA 150	Lisbon	15:45	Madrid	17:35
FA 150	Madrid	18:20	Roma	22:30

In December 1950, Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina merged with the rest of the companies in Argentina, which gave origin to Aerolíneas Argentinas.

Source

• Airline Timetable Images.

See also: #TBT: Sabena flights to Argentina, Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay from Brussels in 1972.