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Air Imagua
Aerea Imagua

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IATA ICAO Callsign AI AIM IMAGUA
Founded	10 August, 1953 (as Imaguan Civilian Air Service) 23 April, 1982 (as Air Imagua)
Commenced operations	5 June, 1956
Hubs	Peter Hansson International Airport
Secondary hubs	San Pietro International Airport
Fleet size	255
Destinations	TBC
Headquarters	Cuanstad, Imagua and the Assimas
Key people	Sid Bradley (CEO) Luana Castrogiovanni (Chairman)

Air Imagua (Etrurian: Aerea Imagua) is the flag carrier and only airline of Imagua and the Assimas. Established in 1953 as the Imaguan Civilian Air Service (Etrurian: Servizio aereo civile imaguano) due to the increasing demand of flights between Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior, it commenced operations in June 1956.

History

Establishment and early years

After the end of the Solarian War in 1946, interest in aviation on Imagua and the Assimas took off, as during the war, airbases were established by both Etruria on the Assimas Islands, and Estmere on Imagua. Combined with the increasing demand for flights between Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior, it was decided in 1953 by Marguerite Ernman and her cabinet to establish a national airline.

Thus, it was incorporated as the Imaguan Civilian Air Service was incorporated on 10 August, 1953, with Peter Hansson appointed managing director of the new company. Over the next few years, airplanes were purchased, mostly from (TBC), and a route network was planned, with a focus on having Cuanstad Airport serve as a hub, while the airport at San Pietro to serve as a secondary hub, and all routes would be organized on a hub and spoke system.

On 5 June, 1956, the first flight took place, between Cuanstad and San Pietro. In December 1956, the first flight took place to Hammarvik, Eldmark.

In its early years, the Imaguan Civilian Air Service was operated as a government agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport. During this time, the main focus of the ICAS was serving connecting flights in the Asterias region, with the ICAS primarily focused on using Cuanstad and San Pietro as the main hubs.

In the mid-1960s, with increasing demand of travel to and from Euclea, it was decided to engage in trans-Vehemenic flights to connect Cuanstad and San Pietro with Montecara, with the intention of using Montecara as a "stopover" for flights to and from both Estmere and Etruria. This, combined with increasing tourism to Imagua and the Assimas meant that by the early 1970s, the Imaguan Civil Air Service became one of the more important airlines in the Asterias.

In 1971, Peter Hansson retired, and was succeeded by James Anworth. Under Anworth's tenure as managing director of the ICAS, he continued the airline's expansion outside of the Asterias and into Euclea. However, by the late 1970s, as a financial crisis started to affect the world, the ICAS started to see declining profits.

Privatization

In 1980, newly-elected Prime Minister Anthony Brockett tabled a budget for the 1981 fiscal year, which included transforming the Imaguan Civil Air Service from a government agency into a state-owned enterprise, with the intention of privatising the corporation "within five years." Thus, on 1 April, 1981, managing director James Anworth became the first Chief executive officer of the company, with Peter Hansson brought out of retirement to serve as the first Chairman of the ICAS.

On 23 April, 1982, the ICAS was renamed to Air Imagua, as the government believed that the ICAS was "too old-fashioned." The following year, the government sold a third of its shares in Air Imagua to the private sector, with that share being purchased by (TBD).

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(TBC)