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SARPA S.A.S. (Servicios Aéreos Panamericanos S.A.S.) is an air charter and air ambulance operator, with main base at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, and an auxiliary base of operations in Medellín.^{[citation needed]}

SARPA

Founded	June 1980
AOC #	UAEAC-CDO-051 & UAEAC-CDO-056
Hubs	El Dorado International Airport José María Córdova International Airport Olaya Herrera Airport
Fleet size	17
Destinations	11
Headquarters	Medellín, Colombia
Employees	150
Website	www.sarpa.com.co

History

The airline was founded in June 1980 in Puerto Asís, Putumayo Department. It started providing support to small cities and towns, grew to become a rotorcraft operator providing support to drilling companies in the Colombian eastern plains, started fixed wing operations in 2004 and since evolved to become one of the major on demand operators in Colombia.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

SARPA operates commercial flights to the following airports:[1]

Country	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Aruba	Oranjestad	Queen Beatrix International Airport
Colombia	Barranquilla	Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport
	Medellín	José María Córdova International Airport	Hub
	Montería	Los Garzones Airport		[2]
	Pasto	Antonio Nariño Airport
	Riohacha	Almirante Padilla Airport
	Valledupar	Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport
	Villavicencio	La Vanguardia Airport
Curaçao	Willemstad	Curaçao International Airport
Ecuador	Quito	Mariscal Sucre International Airport	Seasonal charter
Panama	Panama City	Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport	Seasonal charter	[2]

Fleet

SARPA operates the following aircraft as of October 2021:[3][4]

SARPA fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
BAe Jetstream 32	10	—	19	2 in Air Ambulance Configuration 1 with two stretchers and 1 with one stretcher 6 in passenger configuration
Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia	2	—	30
Embraer ERJ145LR	3	—	50
Learjet 45XR	1	—	5	Air Ambulance Configuration with two stretchers
Total	17	—

The airline operates all around Colombia and can fly internationally. Pioneer of Air Ambulance operation in Colombia, first operator to obtain an Operating Certificate for air ambulance operations in the country.

See also

• List of airlines of Colombia

References

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