HISTORY: SOCIETA ITALIANA SERVIZI AEREI (S.I.S.A.) was an Italian airline founded in 1947. After World War II, commercial air services resumed operations in 1947, following the Treaty of Paris. Some Italian companies were authorized to fly, including SISA, which in those months was placed under the administrative control of the occupying military forces. The Cosulich family took back the reins of the company and attempted to revive its fortunes by purchasing seven military Douglas C-47s from the US Air Force, which they entrusted to the Officine aeronavali of Venice for conversion to civil transport. In this context, the Cosulichs proceeded to put the "Amadeo duca d'Aosta" airport in Gorizia back into operation and began negotiations with Czechoslovakian, Yugoslavian, Greek and Turkish aviation bodies to establish reciprocal air connections between the capitals. The new SISA continued its service until May 1949, when it was absorbed by Avio Linee Italiane then renamed ALI - Flotte Riunite.
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