or SCADTA, was the world's second airline, and the first airline in Latin America, operating from 1919 until World War II. After the war, SCADTA merged...

since December 5, 1919, when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA. It is headquartered in Colombia, with its registered office in Barranquilla...

1930 see Category: Airlines by year of establishment Avianca claims all SCADTA history pre-merger as their own, a claim generally accepted. Other airlines...

home countries. SCADTA One example of American pressure to "crack down" on immigrants from Axis countries was the SCADTA case. SCADTA was founded in 1919...

war with Peru in 1932, President Enrique Olaya Herrera sought the help of SCADTA engineers and pilots to find a suitable site for an airport capable of providing...

including Leo Siegfried Kopp, the founder of the famous Bavaria Brewery. SCADTA, a Colombian-German air transport corporation that was established by German...

of the German-owned Colombian air carrier SCADTA, in Central America. Operating in Colombia since 1920, SCADTA lobbied hard for landing rights in the Panama...

the initiative of SCADTA and illustrious personalities since 1938. The opening flight of the airport was operated by the airline SCADTA (current Avianca)...

international hub in the country from 1936 to 1959. In the early 1930s, SCADTA based its main hub at Veranillo Airport which was a seaplane port on the...

March 13, 1939 A SCADTA 247D, C-149, crashed near Manzanares, Caldas, Colombia, killing all eight on board. February 27, 1940 A SCADTA 247D, C-140, struck...

Prufurt. Colombia invited Germans who were on the U.S. blacklist to leave. SCADTA, a Colombian-German air transport corporation that was established by German...

Schaefer, Paul Mutter, Hans Himpe, Heinz Kutscha and other German aviators of SCADTA, which later became Avianca, fitted their commercial planes for war as a...

in 1919 in Austria, Poland and the USA and, in the following years with SCADTA (Colombia) and the United States Post Office Department. John Larsen Aircraft...

first airline in South America was born in Barranquilla with the name of SCADTA which is today Avianca. The home location of the Kamash indios (hispanized...

Aero Espresso of Italy; Aero Lloyd and Deutsche Luft Hansa of Germany; SCADTA of Colombia; Syndicato Condor of Brazil; Nihon Koku Yuso Kaisha of Japan...

and reconnaissance airplanes belonging to the Colombian-German company Scadta, which used to take aerial shots of Colombian and German cities, were also...

would later become Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport. Companies like Saco and Scadta from the cities of Barranquilla and Bogotá soon began service. Then, in...

beginning of commercial aviation activity in the country. In 1930, the SCADTA built another airfield on the island of Manzanillo. By 1940, the company...

fell to SCADTA, among these being Soledad International Airport. Soledad Airport soon became the main center of operations and maintenance of SCADTA for their...

RR-5 4-AT-Ds, one each for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines.  Colombia SACO SCADTA  Canada BYN Co.(British Yukon Navigation Company) CF-AZB flew in the Yukon...

respectively. The aircraft were in use of Servicio Aéreo Colombiano - SACO and SCADTA at the time of the accident. Both aircraft were destroyed in the accident...

Colombia were involved in the air transportation industry as employees of SCADTA, so the United States was concerned that they might be engaged in espionage...

SGTA, and Ukrpovitroshliakh, as well as Syndicato Condor from Brazil and SCADTA from Colombia. During that period, the following European destinations saw...

including Leo Siegfried Kopp, the founder of the famous Bavaria Brewery. SCADTA, a Colombian-German air transport corporation which was established by German...

Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida, bearing the Osa's Ark paint scheme. A SCADTA (actually Avianca, never was a Pan Am subsidiary) S-38, NC9107, crashed...

been introduced to Colombia by the Colombo German Air Transport Company "Scadta", born in Barranquilla on December 5, 1919. The partners were the Germans...

Pennsylvania Central (later renamed Capital Airlines) ordered six and SCADTA (Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos), ancestor of Avianca, ordered...

Ford Trimotor Medellin, Colombia SACO Trimotor collided with a Trimotor of SCADTA while preparing for takeoff Tom Gastall United States 1956 Major League...

Prufurt. Colombia invited Germans who were on the U.S. blacklist to leave. SCADTA, a Colombian-German air transport corporation, which was established by...

Jamaica 2010 - Acquired by Caribbean Airlines Avianca 1919 - Begins as SCADTA 1940 - Merged with SACO, retains Avianca name 1994 - Merged with SAM and...