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History
Transbrasil was created by Omar Fontana, son of Attilio Fontana, founder of Sadia, a food company. He leased a Douglas DC-3 airplane to transport fresh meat from Santa Catarina to São Paulo.
The idea was a success, which led Omar to establish Sadia S.A. Air Transport. On March 16, 1956, the DC-3 with the aeronautical prefix PP-ASJ began combined cargo and passenger services between Florianópolis, Videira, Joaçaba and São Paulo.
In 1961 it acquired Transportes Aéreos Salvador, expanding its fleet and flying to the Northeast region. The Dart Herald model began to fly in the company in 1963, the first of ten aircraft of the type operated until 1976.
The 1970s were marked by growth. In September 1970, the first of eight BAC 1-11s arrived, which inaugurated the jet era in the company. In 1973, Omar opened the capital to his employees and changed the company’s corporate name to Transbrasil S.A Linhas Aéreas.
The planes began to be painted in bright and flashy colors. The first EMB-110C Bandeirante started feeder services in Brazil. Before the decade ended, Transbrasil became the third largest in the country, flying with a fleet of ten Boeing 727-100s.
The 1980s saw expansions and market consolidation. In June 1983, three Boeing 767-200s arrived, with which it began international charter flights to Orlando, Florida, USA. The so-called “Lost Decade” left marks on the company: successive economic plans disastrously froze prices but not costs, causing huge losses.
In September 1988, Omar Fontana filed a lawsuit against the government, demanding compensation for the losses. The company underwent a rigorous federal intervention, which removed Omar from command. Just over a year later, the company was returned with its assets dilapidated: the intervener had sold several assets. Omar was convinced that the way out of the company’s crisis would be international expansion.
Boeing 767-2Q4 at Le Bourget Airport The 1990s were dedicated to conquering new international routes (Miami, New York, Washington, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam and London) and to continue renewing the fleet, incorporating new 737-300 and 737-400, retiring the remaining 727 and 707. Another 5 Boeing 767-300ER were received. In 1995 there were even flights to China (via Amsterdam), but these, like all the others, did not go ahead.
International flights, seen as a lifeline, became a burden. In 1998, Omar left the day-to-day running of the company due to his health, but before that he watched the cancellation of all international flights and, in the domestic sector, the shrinking of the company he founded. In the same year, he won the lawsuit he had brought against the government, but this was not enough to alleviate the crisis.
Omar Fontana passed away on December 8, 2000. After that, the company’s fall was steep, until on December 3, 2001, Transbrasil ran out of credit to buy fuel for its aircraft: all its flights were canceled. The next day, employees protested, demanding payment of overdue wages
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