Editing PLUNA (section)

=== Nationalisation ===
[[File:Douglas C-47B CX-BDB PLUNA MVD 07.04.75 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|Preserved PLUNA [[Douglas DC-3]] at Montevideo in 1975]]
[[File:Vickers Viscount 769 CX-AQO PLUNA MVD 07.04.75 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|PLUNA [[Vickers Viscount|Vickers Viscount 769D]] at Montevideo when operating the schedule to Buenos Aires in 1975]]
The airline became a wholly [[government-owned]] company on 12 November 1951.<ref name="FI1966"/> After World War II, PLUNA's fleet included two [[Douglas DC-2]]s which were operated on the Montevideo–Paysandú–Salto route until they were retired in 1951. In the same year, a [[Douglas DC-3]] and four [[de Havilland Heron]]s were added to the fleet. The Herons only stayed in PLUNA's fleet for a short time and by 1957, they had been sold. The DC-3s remained in service much longer, and in 1971, the last four of them were sold to the [[Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya]].

[[São Paulo, São Paulo|São Paulo]] was added to the route network in January 1954.<ref name="FI1966"/> On 24 June 1958, the carrier entered the turbine era with the delivery of its first of three [[Vickers Viscount]]s four-engined turboprops purchased new from Vickers; it later acquired two Viscount 700s from [[Alitalia]] and three Viscount 800s from [[VASP]].

PLUNA's growth slowed considerably for the next three decades, but it entered the [[jet age]] soon after jets were introduced to the world, and added [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] (JFK) in [[New York City|New York]], and [[Miami]] to its destinations, using [[Boeing 707]] and [[Boeing 737]] aircraft.

In the 1980s, PLUNA began flying to [[Madrid]], [[Asunción]], [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Santiago]], but services to JFK and Miami were suspended. In the meantime, as the city of [[Punta del Este]] flourished as a major tourist destination, PLUNA benefited from that. During this time, an office was also opened in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]].