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The '''Colombian-German Air Transport Society''' ({{lang-es|Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo}}, {{lang-de|Deutsch-Kolumbianische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft}}), or '''SCADTA''', was the world's second airline, and the first [[airline]] in the [[Americas]], operating from 1919 until [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news | first1= Claire | last1= Brown | title= National Air and Space Museum Exhibition Examines the Development of Latino Aviation | date= 28 July 1998 | publisher= Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | quote= SCADTA Junkers F 13, one of the first commercial airlines in Colombia. SCADTA (now known as AVIANCA) is the oldest, continuously operating airline in the Western Hemisphere. | url = http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/pressroom/releaseDetail.cfm?releaseID=108}}</ref> After the war, SCADTA merged with Colombian regional carrier Colombian Air Service ({{lang-es|Servicio Aéreo Colombiano}}), or [[SACO (Colombia)|SACO]]. Together, SCADTA and SACO formed [[Avianca]] - Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia, the Colombian flag-carrier. After Avianca was purchased by Brazilian entrepreneur German Efromovich's company [[Sinergy]] in 2004, the name of the company was changed to Airline of the American Continent (''Aerovías del Continente Americano'') - [[Avianca]]). Avianca still operates to this day.
The '''Colombian-German Air Transport Society''' ({{lang-es|Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos}}, {{lang-de|Deutsch-Kolumbianische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft}}), or '''SCADTA''', was the world's second airline, and the first [[airline]] in the [[Americas]], operating from 1919 until [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news | first1= Claire | last1= Brown | title= National Air and Space Museum Exhibition Examines the Development of Latino Aviation | date= 28 July 1998 | publisher= Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | quote= SCADTA Junkers F 13, one of the first commercial airlines in Colombia. SCADTA (now known as AVIANCA) is the oldest, continuously operating airline in the Western Hemisphere. | url = http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/pressroom/releaseDetail.cfm?releaseID=108}}</ref> After the war, SCADTA merged with Colombian regional carrier Colombian Air Service ({{lang-es|Servicio Aéreo Colombiano}}), or [[SACO (Colombia)|SACO]]. Together, SCADTA and SACO formed [[Avianca]] - Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia, the Colombian flag-carrier. After Avianca was purchased by Brazilian entrepreneur German Efromovich's company [[Sinergy]] in 2004, the name of the company was changed to Airline of the American Continent (''Aerovías del Continente Americano'') - [[Avianca]]). Avianca still operates to this day.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 13:04, 26 January 2016

SCADTA
Template:Es icon Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos
Template:De icon Deutsch-Kolumbianische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft
Template:En icon Colombian-German Air Transport Partnership
IATA ICAO Call sign
— — SCADTA
FoundedDecember 5, 1919
Ceased operations1941 (merged to form Avianca)
HubsErnesto Cortissoz Int'l Airport
Focus citiesEl Dorado International Airport
AlliancePan Am
Fleet sizeSee Avianca
DestinationsSee Avianca
Parent companySCADTA
HeadquartersColombia Barranquilla, Colombia
Key peopleErnesto Cortissoz (1st CEO)

The Colombian-German Air Transport Society (Template:Lang-es, Template:Lang-de), or SCADTA, was the world's second airline, and the first airline in the Americas, operating from 1919 until World War II.[1] After the war, SCADTA merged with Colombian regional carrier Colombian Air Service (Template:Lang-es), or SACO. Together, SCADTA and SACO formed Avianca - Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia, the Colombian flag-carrier. After Avianca was purchased by Brazilian entrepreneur German Efromovich's company Sinergy in 2004, the name of the company was changed to Airline of the American Continent (Aerovías del Continente Americano) - Avianca). Avianca still operates to this day.

History

SCADTA Junkers W 34 on the Magdalena River (circa 1920s)

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 SCADTA's ownership 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 (Panagra) 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 secretly sold 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. ^ Brown, Claire (28 July 1998). "National Air and Space Museum Exhibition Examines the Development of Latino Aviation". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. SCADTA Junkers F 13, one of the first commercial airlines in Colombia. SCADTA (now known as AVIANCA) is the oldest, continuously operating airline in the Western Hemisphere.
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