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The only other serious presence in the first years after the second world war trying to achieve a native international air transportation service out of Lima, center of the
Peruvian commercial world, was the PIA - Peruvian International Airways. The airline was founded on January 14, 1946, with a
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The slogan used for the straight in route from
Santiago to New York was the âAirway of the Americasâ (la avenida de las Americas) As business seemed to go fine, the airline enthusiastically approved to double the capital in October that year. Unfortunately the airline failed in its attempt to be
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to the north. The network was promptly extended to the south to
Santiago via Antofagasta a few months later and half a year after initiating operations. In September, the northern routes were extended to Washington and New York.
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capital of four million dollars (or $ 47.7 million in 2023) by a group of investors of three different countries, Peru, Canada and the United States of
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