Viasa
![A Netherlands-registered Douglas DC-8-53 in VIASA livery. (1965)](/Images/godic/202502/19/Viasa_DC-8-53_PH-DCH_FRA_1965-8-20048.png")
![Viasa Douglas DC-9-14 operating a scheduled service at Miami International Airport in 1971](/Images/godic/202502/19/Douglas_DC-9-14_YV-C-AVR_Viasa_MIA_08.02.71_edited-20048.jpg")
![A Netherlands-registered McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 at Zürich Airport in VIASA livery with additional KLM titles, in 1978. The aircraft was leased from KLM.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Viasa_DC-10-30_PH-DTH_ZRH_Jun_19780048.png")
![VIASA leased this Boeing 747-200B from KLM in 1972. The aircraft wore a mixed livery during the lease agreement, wiith the port side in KLM colours, and its starboard with a VIASA decor.[22][23]](/Images/godic/202502/19/VIASA_Boeing_747-200_Groves0048.jpg")
Venezolana Internacional de Aviación Sociedad Anónima (English:JSC Venezuelan International Airways), or VIASA for short, was the Venezuelan flag carrier between 1960 and 1997. It was headquartered in the Torre Viasa in Caracas. Launched in 1960, it was nationalised in 1975 due to financial problems, and re-privatised in 1991, with the major stake going to Iberia. The company ceased operations in January 1997, and went into liquidation.