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    "ocrText": "86\nECRET\nd. Promotion of Other Aviation Activity.\nenced only negligible competition from the\nThe Nicaraguan Government is financially\ncharter operations of FANSA and a recently\nreluctant and technically unable to maintain\nestablished non-scheduled carrier, INCA.\nmeteorological and navigational aids. PAA\nINCA Airlines Express Agency was organized\noperates Managua airport at its own expense\nin Miami late in 1948 and was unexpectedly\nand the US Air Force maintains weather and\ndesignated by Nicaragua shortly thereafter as\ncommunications facilities there.\nits chosen instrument for Miami-Managua air\nA now practically inactive Aero Club, organ-\ntransport. Under the direction of an ex-PAA\nized in 1946, is also controlled by General\npilot, W. E. Quick, who is President, majority\nSomoza, but has received no government\nstockholder and Chief of Operations, INCA has\nassistance. There is therefore little or no\nmaintained twice weekly non-scheduled serv-\nmarket in Nicaragua for civil aircraft.\nice between Miami and Managua via Puerto\nCabezas. It also stops every other week on its\n3. International Civil Aviation Policy.\nnorthbound trip at the Bonanza and Siuna\na. Air Traffic Policy and Air Agreements.\nmining areas in the interior of Nicaragua.\nSince no Nicaraguan-flag carrier operates\nSomoza appears to be promoting Quick in this\nscheduled services outside the country, Nica-\nenterprise, which accounts for the political\nragua has had little occasion to develop an\nfavor enjoyed by the company at present.\ninternational air traffic policy. It has not\nINCA owns one DC-3, and leases another and\na C-46 when needed.\nraised any obstacles to the operation of foreign\nairlines into Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan\nLineas Aereas de Nicaragua, S.A. (LA NICA).\nGovernment has negotiated no bilateral air\nUnduplicated\nMiles Scheduled\ntransport agreements.\nRoute Miles\nPer Week\n849\nb. International Organizations.\n6,738\nNicaragua was represented at the 1944 Chi-\nRoutes: LA NICA connects Managua with\ncago Conference and became the first Latin\ntowns along the eastern coast and with two\nAmerican member of the International Civil\nmining communities in the interior, Siuna and\nAviation Organization (ICAO) by adhering to\nBonanza. One route extends east from\nthe Chicago Convention on 28 December 1945.\nManagua to Bluefields and then north up the\nAlthough Nicaraguan representatives have at-\neastern coast; the other extends from Mana-\ntended ICAO meetings, they have not taken\ngua northeast through the interior to the Car-\nan active part in the proceedings.\nibbean coast at the northern extremity of the\ncountry.\nc. US Technical Assistance.\nThe airport at Managua was built and\nEquipment:\n4 DC-3\nequipped by the US under the wartime Air-\nport Development Program.\n1 Boeing 247-D\nOwnership:\n4. Airlines.\n40 percent US (PAA)\na. Nicaraguan Scheduled Airlines.\n20 percent Government of Nicaragua\n40 percent private Nicaraguan\nLA NICA, the only scheduled airline in Nica-\nragua, was organized by PAA in 1945 to com-\nb. Foreign Airlines.\npete with the TACA System's subsidiary in that\nManagua, the capital of Nicaragua, is served\ncountry, TACA de Nicaragua. LA NICA grad-\non the Central American routes of both TACA,\nually expanded its services until, by 1947, it\nS.A. (TACA El Salvador) and Pan American\noperated 90 percent of the scheduled service in\nWorld Airways (PAA). TACA provides service\nthe country. When TACA de Nicaragua was\nto New Orleans and Mexico City, while PAA\nexpropriated in 1948, LA NICA became the only\nalso provides direct service to the US and con-\nscheduled Nicaraguan airline. It has experi-\nnecting service throughout Latin America.\nto\nSECRET"
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