Avensa (Aerovías Venezolanas Sociedad Anonima) was a Venezuelan airline that operated from its hub at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía.

[citation needed] Avensa was created on May 13, 1943, as a cargo airline by the Venezuelan businessman, Andres Boulton Pietri (1909-1994), and Pan American World Airways.

Its first flight occurred in December 1943, flying cargo to Venezuela's oil-rich Carteru region with Ford Trimotors and Stinson Reliants.

During the late 1990s, Avensa operated wide body McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 flights to Europe including service to Lisbon, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome and Tenerife.

[3] Avensa also controlled a smaller low-cost airline called Servivensa, which primarily operated the Boeing 727 and DC-9 jets.