In 1958, Iberia was proud of its flagship, the Lockheed Super Constellation, as depicted on this timetable cover. It was the fastest and most powerful airliner at the time. It also was, however, the most expensive aircraft, and it suffered technical faults quite often, but owning these planes made Iberia one of the top players in the global market at the time. It was used in long haul routes to New York and South America:
Si miramos los mapas de rutas de la época, vemos que el esquema de vuelos domésticos (incluyendo las conexiones a Canarias y a lo que era el África Occidental Española) no difieren demasiado de los que operaba LAPE en los años de la república y que la red europea también era bastante reducida (la mayoría de los vuelos eran operaciones "en pool" con otras empresas como BEA, Air France o Lufthansa) Estos servicios se operaban con DC-3, DC-4 y Convair Metropolitan, fudamentalmente.
If we take a look at the 1958 route map, domestic routes (including flights to the Canaries and to the Spanish colonial dependencies in Western Africa) where pretty much the same as those operated by LAPE during the Spanish Second Republic years. Also, European services were rather limited and they were jointly operated with other European carriers such as BEA, Lufthansa or Air France. DC-3, DC-4 and Convair Metropolitan were the aircrafts used.
Algunas páginas del interior / Some inner pages :
Los cuadros de tarifas, con precios diferentes para los residentes en España (páginas rosas)
Fare tables, showing different prices for Spanish residents (pink pages)
Un Super Constellation de Iberia en 1958 en Nueva York An Iberia Super Constellation at New York, 1958. (John F.Ciesla / airliners.net) |
Enlaces (links)
- Descarga este horario en formato PDF :
You can download the whole timetable as a PDF file :
https://app.box.com/s/ea6512c199647eb4a8c9 - Webs sobre el Super Constellation:
- superconstellation.org
- Save a Connie, Airline History Museum (Kansas City)
- Un vuelo en Super Constellation : parte 1 y parte 2
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