Yet its origins represent one of the more intriguing and unlikely stories to have emerged from the airline industry in recent times.

Abaeté Linhas Aéreas can trace its origins to Aerotáxi Abaeté, an air taxi airline established in 1979.

The airline had its origins on a local air taxi company called Pena Táxi Aéreo founded in 1989.

The airline traces its origins to an air taxi company Taxi Aéreo Vale do Juruá, established in Cruzeiro do Sul in September 1972.

He wrote his ' Enquiries ' ( Greek — Historia ; English —( The ) Histories ) around 440 – 430 BC, trying to trace the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars, which would still have been relatively recent history ( the wars finally ending in 450 BC ).

As Holland has it: " For the first time, a chronicler set himself to trace the origins of a conflict not to a past so remote so as to be utterly fabulous, nor to the whims and wishes of some god, nor to a people's claim to manifest destiny, but rather explanations he could verify personally.

The islands of Manihiki and Rakahanga trace their origins to the arrival of Toa ( an outcast from Rarotonga ) and Tupaeru ( a woman of high-ranking in the Puaikura tribe of Rarotonga ) The remainder of the northern islands were probably settled by expeditions from Samoa and Tonga.

Early origins of popular frozen desserts, such as ice cream, trace back to the Middle Ages when royalty would request fresh ice flavored with honey or a fruit syrup.

Although the first graduate degree, a PhD in classics, was awarded in 1885, many of the current PhD programs trace their origins to the 1960s.

This marked the official end of dragoons in the U. S. Army, although certain modern units trace their origins back to the historic dragoon regiments.

The great majority of Ecuadorans trace their origins to one or more of three geographical sources of Human migrations: the pre-Hispanic indigenous Amerindians who settled the region over 15, 000 years ago, the Europeans ( principally Spaniards ) who arrived over 5 centuries ago, and ultimately the black sub-Saharan Africans whom they imported as slave labour during the same period.

The esotericists trace the origins of their doctrine or practice to an extremely distant past.

Some Rosicrucians include Francis Bacon among their masters and trace their origins back to the time of Thutmosis III.

Reading, such as reading books, magazines, comics, or newspapers, along with browsing the internet is a common hobby and one that can trace its origins back many hundreds of years.

Archaeologists and historians attempting to trace the origins of these villagers have found it impossible to identify any distinctive features that could define them as specifically Israelite – collared-rim jars and four-room houses have been identified outside the highlands and thus cannot be used to distinguish Israelite sites, and while the pottery of the highland villages is far more limited than that of lowland Canaanite sites, it develops typologically out of Canaanite pottery that came before.

Therefore, while some Kuwaitis originally trace themselves back to Arab origin ( specifically the Najd area or Iraq ), other Kuwaitis can trace themselves back to Iran and a few other non-Arab origins.

Contemporary traditional-style kayaks trace their origins primarily to the native boats of Alaska, northern Canada, and Southwest Greenland.

Mormons trace their origins to the visions that Joseph Smith reported having in the early 1820s while living in upstate New York.

Mauritian Creoles trace their origins to the plantation owners and slaves who were brought to work the sugar fields.

Notaries public ( also called " notaries ", " notarial officers ", or " public notaries ") hold an office which can trace its origins back to the ancient Roman Republic, before Cicero 106-43 B. C., when they were called scribae (" scribes "), tabellius (" writer "), or notarius (" notary ").

New religions like Sōka Gakkai, Shōshinkai, and Kenshōkai trace their origins to the Nichiren Shōshū school, most notably amongst those is Sōka Gakkai which due to its steady growth is regarded today as Japan's largest lay Buddhist organisation.

Each volcano and in some cases each volcanic eruption produces a distinguishable type of obsidian, making it possible for archaeologists to trace the origins of a particular artifact.

While virtually all Pentecostal denominations trace their origins to Azusa Street, the movement has experienced a variety of divisions and controversies.

The Presbyterian Church ( U. S. A .) has, in the past, been a leading United States denomination in mission work, and many hospitals, clinics, colleges and universities worldwide trace their origins to the pioneering work of Presbyterian missionaries who founded them more than a century ago.

The origins of rifling are difficult to trace, but some of the earliest practical experiments seem to have occurred in Europe during the 15th century.

The Romani are an ethnic group living mostly in Europe, who trace their origins to the Indian Subcontinent.

The early Waffen-SS can trace its origins to 1934 in the SS-Verfügungstruppe: two Standarten ( regiments ) under retired general Paul Hausser armed and trained to Army standards, and held ready at the personal disposal of the Führer in peace or war.

Many historians trace the origins of hostility between Somalia and Ethiopia to this war.

The classic work of Jewish mysticism whose origins date back 2000 years, the Zohar, is quoted liberally in all Jewish learning ; in the Zohar the idea of reincarnation is mentioned repeatedly.

However, the most important influence on Bauhaus was modernism, a cultural movement whose origins lay as far back as the 1880s, and which had already made its presence felt in Germany before the World War, despite the prevailing conservatism.

The origins of the break key on a computer keyboard go back to telegraph practices.

The origins of the Indo-European copulae can be traced back to four different stems * es-(* h < sub > 1 </ sub > es -), * sta-(* steh < sub > 2 </ sub >-), * wes-and * bhu-(* bʰuH -) in most Indo-European languages.

The origins of cognitive thinking such as computational theory of mind can be traced back as early as Descartes in the 17th century, and proceeding up to Alan Turing in the 1940s and ' 50s.

However, the origins of the modern city is generally traced back to a series of settlements in the first millennium.

The origins of cable broadcasting are even older as radio programming was distributed by cable in some European cities as far back as 1924.

The origins of DES go back to the early 1970s.

The origins of amateur fanac " fan " publications are obscure, but can be traced at least back to 19th century literary groups in the United States which formed amateur press associations to publish collections of amateur fiction, poetry and commentary.

Mostly, however, the technique is employed in more mundane ways that hark back to its nineteenth-century origins.

The origins of the Gaelic triangular harp go back at least to the first millennium.

Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, and astrological practices of pre-history: vestiges of these are still found in astrology, a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy, and not completely disentangled from it until a few centuries ago in the Western World ( see astrology and astronomy ).

The concept's origins can potentially be traced back further.

Dairy Farm traces its origins in Hong Kong back to the 19th century when it was involved in the production of dairy products and ice.

In the seventh century, Isidore of Seville published his noted history, in which he traces the origins of most of the nations of Europe back to Japheth.

The origins of the Anti-Comintern Pact went back to the summer and fall of 1935, when in an effort to square the circle between seeking a rapprochement with Japan and Germany's traditional alliance with China, Ribbentrop and Ōshima devised the idea of an anti-Communist alliance as a way to bind China, Japan, and Germany together.

The origins of Labour Day in Canada can be traced back to December 1872 when a parade was staged in support of the Toronto Typographical Union's strike for a 58-hour work-week.

Its origins are traced back to the eight-hour working day movement that arose in the newly founded Wellington colony in 1840, primarily because of carpenter Samuel Parnell's refusal to work more than eight hours a day.

Its origins can be traced back to the 16th-century School of Salamanca or even further ; however, Friedman's contribution is largely responsible for its modern popularization.