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Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien (SATA) alternatively known as Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien Genève, was a Swiss airline founded in June 1966, with its head office on the property of Geneva Airport,[1] and with its base in Geneva. It terminated its activities in 1978. It started as an air-taxi operator and evolved to passenger and cargo charters to points in Europe, the USA, South America and the Caribbean.

Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien

Founded	1966
Ceased operations	1978
Headquarters	Geneva, Switzerland
Key people	Charles Jacquat, Raymond Lambert, Michel Favre

SATA had two major incidents with its aircraft. On July 17, 1973, while landing at Tromsø/Langnes Airport in Norway, a Convair CV-640 landed heavily, bounced, and landed back nose-down, resting 15m short of the runway end. On December 18, 1977, SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R crashed into the sea while on final approach to Funchal Airport in Portugal, killing 36.

Fleet

SATA's fleet included these aircraft in 1978

• 1 Cessna 172
• 1 Cessna 421
• 1 Pilatus PC-6
• 2 Douglas DC-8
• 3 Sud Aviation Caravelle

Literature

• Charles Jacquat: Le goût du risque. Editions A. Barthelemy, Genf 1982.

References

External links

• Aviation Safety Network
• Le site des pionniers de l’aéronautique à Genève

На других языках

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[de] S.A. de Transport Aérien

S.A. de Transport Aérien, im Markenauftritt verkürzt SATA, war eine schweizerische Charterfluggesellschaft, die ihren Betrieb im Jahr 1978 eingestellt hat.

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- [en] SA de Transport Aérien

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[fr] SATA Genève

SATA Genève, Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien Genève est une compagnie charter suisse fondée en 1966 et qui cesse ses activités en 1978.

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[it] Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien

La Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien (abbreviato SATA, in italiano, Società Anonima di Trasporto Aereo), nota anche come SA de Transport Aerien Genève, è stata una compagnia aerea svizzera.

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