SACO (Colombia)
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| Founded | June 15, 1933 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | June 27, 1933 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | June 14, 1940 (merged with SCADTA to form Avianca) | ||||||
| Alliance | Pan Am | ||||||
| Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||
The Colombian Air Service (Spanish: Servicio Aéreo Colombiano, SACO), was an early Colombian airline. Founded in 1933, in 1940 SACO merged with the Colombo-German Air Transport Company (Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos, or SCADTA); the new company was named Avianca (Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia). Avianca still operates to this day, and claims SCADTA's history as its own, thus making it the one of the oldest airlines in the world.