VARSA operated one single Boeing 737 between 1992 and 1994. In the second half of 1994 the aircraft was seen with a new colour scheme and GTM (Grupo Turistico Magno) titles. - The Boeing was finally operated with the Peruvian Air Force as FAP350; it was seen as such at Lima in derelict condition in 2020.

In the 1960s and 1970s South African named their 727s and 737s after rivers in the region. ZS-SBL is named after the Ponogola River which runs from KwaZulu Natal joining the Maputo River in Mozambique before shedding into the Indian Ocean.

Ex South African Airways ZS-SBL, registered Sep 1985 and merged into American Airlines July 1987

This B737 (one of the old and noisy kind, now almost extinct) was acquired by American through their take-over of AirCal in 1987. It was withdrawn from use a year after this photo was taken, and then spent some years in Mexico, before ending up with an airline in Peru in 1998. It was acquired by the Peruvian Air Force in 2005, but by 2014 they had abandoned it in a boneyard at Lima-Callao.