Editing SCADTA (section)

{{Short description|First airline in Latin America}}
{{Infobox airline
|airline        = SCADTA<br>(Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos)
|logo           = SCADTA_(logo).svg
|logo_size      =
|fleet_size     = [[Avianca#Former fleet|See ''Avianca'']]
|destinations   = 
|IATA           = -
|ICAO           = -
|callsign       = SCADTA
|parent         = [[Pan Am]]
|founded        = December 5, 1919
|commenced      = September 5, 1920
|ceased         = June 14, 1940 (merged with [[SACO (Colombia)|SACO]] to form [[Avianca]])
|headquarters   = [[Barranquilla]], [[Colombia]]
|key_people     = Ernesto Cortissoz (First [[CEO]])
|hubs           = {{nowrap|[[Soledad International Airport]]<ref>[https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/veranillo El primer aeropuerto de Colombia: Veranillo. - elespectador.com], (''Spanish'')</ref>}}
|secondary_hubs =
|focus_cities   = [[Techo International Airport]]
|frequent_flyer =
|alliance       = 
|subsidiaries   =
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}}

'''Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aéreos''' ('''SCADTA'''; {{langx|de|Deutsch-Kolumbianische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft}}), 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 ({{langx|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 [[List of airlines by foundation date|world's second-oldest active airline]], after [[KLM]] from the [[Netherlands]].