Airline first airline established in the Americas), Argentina with Aerolineas Argentinas, Chile with LAN Chile (today LATAM Airlines), Brazil with Varig, Dominican Republic with Dominicana de Aviación, Mexico with Mexicana de Aviación, Trinidad and Tobago with BWIA West Indies Airways (today Caribbean Airlines), Venezuela with Aeropostal, Puerto Rico with Puertorriquena; and TACA based in El Salvador and representing several airlines of Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua). All the previous airlines started regular operations well before World War II. Puerto Rican commercial airlines such as Prinair, Oceanair, Fina Air and Vieques Air Link came much after the second world
Airline Ambassadors International www.airlineamb.org Airline Ambassadors International Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, affiliated with the United Nations and recognized by the US Congress . It was founded by Nancy Rivard in 1996 and has since donated 50 million dollars in aid to clinics, schools, orphanages and programs in 52 countries. AAI was conceived by Rivard, an American Airlines flight attendant, after seeing first hand wasted excess cargo space on commercial flights. She sought ways to leverage that space for the transport of needed aid by successfully lobbying American Airlines and many other carriers. Additionally Rivard began to enlist