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{{Short description|First airline in Latin America}}
{{Infobox Airline
{{Infobox airline
|airline = SCADTA<small><br>{{es icon}} Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos<br>{{de icon}} Deutsch-Kolumbianische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft<br>{{en icon}} Colombian-German Air Transport Company</small>
|airline = SCADTA<br>(Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos)
|logo = SCADTA_(logo).svg
|logo = SCADTA_(logo).svg
|logo_size =
|logo_size =
|fleet_size = [[Avianca#Retired|See ''Avianca'']]
|fleet_size = [[Avianca#Former fleet|See ''Avianca'']]
|destinations = [[Avianca destinations#Terminated destinations|See ''Avianca'']]
|destinations =
|IATA =
|IATA = -
|ICAO =
|ICAO = -
|callsign = SCADTA
|callsign = SCADTA
|parent = SCADTA
|parent = [[Pan Am]]
|company_slogan =
|founded = December 5, 1919
|founded = December 5, 1919
|ceased = 1941 (merged to form [[Avianca]])
|commenced = September 5, 1920
|ceased = June 14, 1940 (merged with [[SACO (Colombia)|SACO]] to form [[Avianca]])
|headquarters = {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Barranquilla]], [[Colombia]]
|headquarters = [[Barranquilla]], [[Colombia]]
|key_people = Ernesto Cortissoz (1st CEO)
|key_people = Ernesto Cortissoz (First [[CEO]])
|hubs = [[Soledad International Airport]]
|hubs = {{nowrap|[[Soledad International Airport]]<ref>[https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/veranillo El primer aeropuerto de Colombia: Veranillo. - elespectador.com], (''Spanish'')</ref>}}
|secondary_hubs =
|secondary_hubs =
|focus_cities = [[El Dorado International Airport]]
|focus_cities = [[Techo International Airport]]
|frequent_flyer =
|frequent_flyer =
|lounge =
|alliance =
|alliance = [[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]]
|subsidiaries =
|subsidiaries =
|image=|aoc=|num_employees=}}
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The '''Colombian-German Air Transport Company''' ({{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 | deadurl= yes | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100408163410/http://nasm.si.edu/events/pressroom/releaseDetail.cfm?releaseID=108 | archivedate= 8 April 2010 | df= }}</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. Avianca still operates to this day and claims SCADTA's history as its own, thus making it the world's second-oldest airline.
'''Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos''' ({{lang-de|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]].<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 is the oldest, continuously operating airline in the Western Hemisphere.|url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/pressroom/releaseDetail.cfm?releaseID=108|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408163410/http://nasm.si.edu/events/pressroom/releaseDetail.cfm?releaseID=108|archive-date= 8 April 2010 }}</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. 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]].

After Avianca was purchased by Brazilian entrepreneur German Efromovich's company [[Synergy Group]] in 2004, the full name of the company was changed to Airline of the American Continent (''Aerovías del Continente Americano''), retaining the brand name Avianca.


==History==
==History==
[[File:SCADTA Junkers W 34 "Magdalena".jpg|thumb|left|SCADTA [[Junkers W 34]] on the [[Magdalena River]] (circa 1920s)]]
[[File:SCADTA Junkers W 34 "Magdalena".jpg|thumb|left|A SCADTA [[Junkers W 34]] on the [[Magdalena River]] (circa 1920s)]]
[[File:Hangar SCADTA 1922 (51312094238).jpg|thumb|A SCADTA Hangar in [[Veranillo]] 1922]]
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SCADTA started out as a small airmail carrier using [[Junkers (Aircraft)|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 [[Germany|German]] nationality of SCADTA's ownership motivated the [[United States]] government to subsidize [[Pan American World Airways]]' expansion in Latin America under the [[Herbert Hoover|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 [[Andes|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 [[Austria]]n industrialist Peter Paul von Bauer was forced by the US and Colombian governmenmts to sell his shares to the [[Pan American World Airways]] in an attempt to protect the airline from acquisition by [[Nazi Germany]]. Following the [[Japan]]ese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] in late 1941, SCADTA was forced to cease operations and its assets were merged by the [[Colombia]]n government into the state-owned airline, [[SACO (Colombia)|SACO]], forming the modern Colombian national carrier: [[Avianca]].


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SCADTA started out as a small airmail carrier using [[Junkers (Aircraft)|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 [[Germany|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 [[Herbert Hoover|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 [[Andes|Andean]] region. The formation of [[Pan American-Grace Airways]] in the 1930s further eroded SCADTA's position in the market.
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==See also==
{{Portal|World War II|Colombia}}


Prior to World War II, principal shareholder and [[Austria]]n industrialist Peter Paul von Bauer was forced by the US governments to sell his shares to the [[Pan American World Airways]] in an attempt to protect the airline from acquisition by [[Nazi Germany]]. Many of the airline's pilots, technicians, and key administrators were German or [[Austria]]n, even though most had lived in Colombia for several years, the United States was afraid that the SCADTA pilots were engaged in espionage, and could be plotting to convert civilian aircraft into [[bomber]]s, in order to attack the Panama Canal.<ref name="LeoBra, pg. 115-119">{{cite book | last=Leonard| first=Thomas M.|author2=John F. Bratzel| title=Latin America during World War II| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield| year=2007| isbn=978-0742537415}}</ref>
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* [[Colombia during World War II]]

The Colombian government was not concerned about SCADTA, though, and did not question the loyalty of the German pilots. However, restrictions were also placed on German pilots on how they could be utilized by an airline. For example, at least one pilot on every plane had to be Colombian.<ref name="LeoBra, pg. 115-119"/>

Following the [[Japan]]ese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]] in late 1941, SCADTA was forced to cease operations and its assets were merged by the [[Colombia]]n government with the state-owned airline [[SACO (Colombia)|SACO]], forming the modern Colombian national carrier: [[Avianca]].

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==See also==
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*[[Colombia during World War II]]


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://thebatterseareview.com/critical-prose/158-the-logic-of-the-air The Battersea Review - Scadta/Panamerican relationship] Scroll to middle of page.
*[http://thebatterseareview.com/critical-prose/158-the-logic-of-the-air The Battersea Review - Scadta/Panamerican relationship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125121534/http://thebatterseareview.com/critical-prose/158-the-logic-of-the-air |date=2016-01-25 }} Scroll to middle of page.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 12:50, 20 April 2024

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
Fleet sizeSee Avianca
Parent companyPan Am
HeadquartersBarranquilla, Colombia
Key peopleErnesto 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.

History

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A SCADTA Junkers W 34 on the Magdalena River (circa 1920s)
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 governments to sell his shares to the Pan American World Airways in an attempt to protect the airline from acquisition by Nazi Germany. Many of the airline's pilots, technicians, and key administrators were German or Austrian, even though most had lived in Colombia for several years, the United States was afraid that the SCADTA pilots were engaged in espionage, and could be plotting to convert civilian aircraft into bombers, in order to attack the Panama Canal.[3]

The Colombian government was not concerned about SCADTA, though, and did not question the loyalty of the German pilots. However, restrictions were also placed on German pilots on how they could be utilized by an airline. For example, at least one pilot on every plane had to be Colombian.[3]

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 with the state-owned airline SACO, forming the modern Colombian national carrier: Avianca.

See also

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ a b Leonard, Thomas M.; John F. Bratzel (2007). Latin America during World War II. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0742537415.
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