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.
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.
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