What is the name of this principal flag carrier of Bahrain that evolved from Gulf Aviation?
Gulf Aviation Gulf Aviation was a Bahrain-based charter and scheduled airline that evolved into Gulf Air. Its formal incorporation in 1950 was followed by constant change as the Persian Gulf economies developed. The airline operation became a subsidiary company branded as Gulf Air on 1 January 1974.
Viasa Venezolana Internacional de Aviación Sociedad Anónima (English: JSC Venezuelan International Airways ), or VIASA for short, was the Venezuelan flag carrier between 1960 and 1997. It was headquartered in the Torre Viasa in Caracas. Launched in 1960, it was nationalised in 1975 due to financial problems, and re-privatised in 1991, with the major stake going to Iberia. The company ceased operations in  1997 (1997-) , and went into liquidation.