SCADTA

SCADTA
(Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos)
IATA ICAO Call sign
- - SCADTA
FoundedDecember 5, 1919
Commenced operationsSeptember 5, 1920
Ceased operationsJune 14, 1940 (merged with SACO to form Avianca)
HubsSoledad International Airport[1]
Focus citiesTecho International Airport
Fleet sizeSee Avianca
Parent companyPan Am
HeadquartersBarranquilla, Colombia
Key peopleErnesto 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.

  1. ^ El primer aeropuerto de Colombia: Veranillo. - elespectador.com, (Spanish)
  2. ^ 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.