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| Founded | December 5, 1919 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | September 5, 1920 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | June 14, 1940 (merged with SACO to form Avianca) | ||||||
| Hubs | Soledad International Airport[1] | ||||||
| Focus cities | Techo International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | See Avianca | ||||||
| Parent company | Pan Am | ||||||
| Headquarters | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||||||
| Key people | Ernesto Cortissoz (First CEO) | ||||||
Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos (German: Deutsch-Kolumbianische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft), or SCADTA, was the world's second airline, and the first airline in Latin America, operating from 1919 until World War II.[2] After the war, SCADTA merged with Colombian regional carrier Colombian Air Service (Spanish: Servicio Aéreo Colombiano), or SACO. Together, SCADTA and SACO formed Avianca - Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia, the Colombian flag-carrier. Avianca still operates to this day and claims SCADTA's history as its own, thus making it the world's second-oldest active airline, after KLM from the Netherlands.
- ^ El primer aeropuerto de Colombia: Veranillo. - elespectador.com, (Spanish)
- ^ Brown, Claire (28 July 1998). "National Air and Space Museum Exhibition Examines the Development of Latino Aviation". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010.
SCADTA Junkers F 13, one of the first commercial airlines in Colombia. SCADTA is the oldest, continuously operating airline in the Western Hemisphere.