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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.

SCADTA
(Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos)
IATA ICAO Callsign
- - 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
AlliancePan Am
Fleet sizeSee Avianca
DestinationsSee Avianca
HeadquartersBarranquilla, Colombia
Key peopleErnesto Cortissoz (First CEO)

History


A SCADTA Junkers W 34 on the Magdalena River (circa 1920s)
A SCADTA Junkers W 34 on the Magdalena River (circa 1920s)
A SCADTA Hangar in Veranillo 1922
A SCADTA Hangar in Veranillo 1922

SCADTA started out as a small airmail carrier using Junkers seaplanes capable of landing on Colombia's Magdalena River, mostly since there were very few suitable landing strips in Colombia at the time. The German nationality of some of SCADTA's owners motivated the United States government to subsidize Pan American World Airways' expansion in Latin America under the Hoover administration. SCADTA was barred from operating flights to the United States and the Panama Canal, although it continued to maintain a broad route network throughout the Andean region. The formation of Pan American-Grace Airways in the 1930s further eroded SCADTA's position in the market. Prior to World War II, principal shareholder and Austrian industrialist Peter Paul von Bauer was forced by the US and Colombian governments to sell his shares to the Pan American World Airways in an attempt to protect the airline from acquisition by Nazi Germany. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941, SCADTA was forced to cease operations and its assets were merged by the Colombian government into the state-owned airline, SACO, forming the modern Colombian national carrier: Avianca.


See also




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References


  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.

На других языках

[de] SCADTA

Die SCADTA (Akronym für Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos, auf deutsch Deutsch-Kolumbianische Lufttransportgesellschaft) war eine 1919 gegründete Fluglinie in Kolumbien, die erste Amerikas und nach der niederländischen KLM die zweite weltweit. Sie operierte bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg. Ende 1939 war die kolumbianische Regierung gezwungen die SCADTA zu nationalisieren und sie mit ihrer Hauptkonkurrentin, der SACO – Servicio Aéreo Colombiano, zu fusionieren. Aus diesem Zusammenschluss bildete sich die Avianca – Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia, die bis heute Kolumbiens Flagcarrier ist. Im Jahr 2004 wurde die Avianca von Germán Efromovich's Synergy Aerospace Corp. vor dem Bankrott gerettet und in Avianca – Aerovías del Continente Americano umgetauft.
- [en] SCADTA

[es] SCADTA

La Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos - SCADTA hoy Avianca es la segunda aerolínea más antigua del mundo y la primera aerolínea de América. Operó como SCADTA desde 1919 hasta 1939. En 1940 cambió su nombre por Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia S.A. y en 2004 volvió a cambiar su nombre por Aerovías del Continente Americano, pero conservó el acrónimo Avianca que es usando desde 1940 y es la aerolínea más antigua del mundo con operaciones ininterrumpidas[1] y es reconocida como una de las mayores aerolíneas de América Latina.

[fr] SCADTA

La société colombo-allemande de transport aérien (en espagnol : Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo, ou SCADTA, a été la deuxième compagnie aérienne créée au monde et la première en Amérique. Fondée le 5 décembre 1919, elle cesse ses activités lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Après la guerre, elle fusionne avec la Servicio Aéreo Colombiano (en) pour former Avianca.

[it] SCADTA

La SCADTA, contrazione di Sociedad Colombo Alemana De Transporte Aéreo (tradotto dallo spagnolo Società colombiano-tedesca di trasporto aereo) era una compagnia aerea colombiana con sede a Barranquilla.


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