Viação Aérea São Paulo S/A, better known as VASP, was an airline with its head office in the VASP Building on the grounds of São Paulo–Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. It had main bases at São Paulo's two major airports, São Paulo–Congonhas Airport (CGH) and São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU).
VASP operated the NAMC YS-11 from 1969. This example is arriving at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport in 1972
VASP Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner
VASP BAC 1-11 at Rio Galeao in 1972
Airbus A300 at Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport in 1984
São Paulo–Congonhas Airport
São Paulo/Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport Portuguese pronunciation: [kõˈɡõɲɐs] is one of the four commercial airports serving São Paulo, Brazil. The airport is named after the neighborhood where it is located, called Vila Congonhas, property of the descendants of Lucas Antônio Monteiro de Barros (1767–1851), Viscount of Congonhas do Campo, first president of the province of São Paulo after the independence of Brazil in 1822, during the Empire. In turn, the Viscount's domain was named after the plural of a shrub known in Brazil as congonha-do-campo. Since June 19, 2017, it is officially named after Deputy José Freitas Nobre. The name Congonhas, however, remains mostly used. It is owned by the City of São Paulo.
São Paulo–Congonhas Airport
The classic historical modern architecture passenger terminal of Congonhas airport
Congonhas in the 1950s
The classic but highly modified modern architecture in the check in hall of Congonhas Airport