Linhas Aéreas Paulistas

Linhas Aéreas Paulistas (LAP) S.A. was founded in 1943 but the first meeting of shareholders took place only on February 9, 1945.{{cite book| author=Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica | title=História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: da criação do Ministério da Aeronáutica ao final da Segunda Guerra Mundial | place=Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro | publisher=Villa Rica Editoras Reunidas | year=1991 | volume = 3 | language=Portuguese | page=308 }} In June 1945 LAP was given authorization to operate and in 1946 flights from São Paulo to Recife via the coast started. Later, flights were extended beyond Recife, to Campina Grande.{{cite book| first=Aldo | last=Pereira | title=Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira | place=Rio de Janeiro | publisher=Europa | year=1987 | page=288 | language=Portuguese}}

In February 1947 LAP started to operate also between São Paulo-Congonhas and Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont. In 1948 services were extended to Fortaleza and Natal. In 1951 Lóide Aéreo Nacional bought the airline.{{cite book| author=Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica | title=História Geral da Aeronáutica Brasileira: de janeiro de 1946 a janeiro de 1956 após o término da Segunda Guerra Mundial até a posse do Dr. Juscelino Kubitschek como Presidente da República | place=Rio de Janeiro | publisher=GR3 Comunicação & Design | year=2005 | volume = 4 | language=Portuguese | page=353 }}

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In 1946 LAP served the following cities:{{cite book | first=Carlos Ari César | last=Germano da Silva | title=O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 | chapter=Linhas Aéreas Paulistas | publisher=EDIPUCRS | edition=2 | place=Porto Alegre | year=2008 | pages=108–109 | isbn=978-85-7430-760-2 | language=Portuguese}}

• 12 July 1951: a Douglas DC-3/C-47 registration PP-LPG, operating a flight for Lóide Aéreo Nacional but still registered under LAP, flying from Maceió to Aracaju, after aborting a landing in adverse conditions in Aracaju, overflew the runway and initiated a turn in low altitude to the right. The aircraft crashed during this turn. All 33 passengers and crew died, including the Governor of the state of Rio Grande do Norte Jerônimo Dix-sept Rosado Maia, causing this accident to be the 2nd deadliest accident in Brazil at the time.{{Cite web | url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/335836 | title=Accident description PP-LPG | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=12 August 2011}}{{cite book | first=Carlos Ari César | last=Germano da Silva | title=O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 | chapter=Linhas Aéreas Paulistas | publisher=EDIPUCRS | edition=2 | place=Porto Alegre | year=2008 | pages=108–111 | isbn=978-85-7430-760-2 | language=Portuguese}}

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