SCADTA

SCADTA
(Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos)
Founded	December 5, 1919
Commenced operations	September 5, 1920
Ceased operations	June 14, 1940 (merged with SACO to form Avianca)
Hubs	Soledad International Airport
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.

[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.

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