Satena
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| IATA code : | 9N |
| ICAO code : | NSE |
| Call sign : | SATENA |
| Founding: | 1962 |
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Bogotá , Colombia
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| Home airport : | Bogotá |
| Number of employees: | 350 |
| Fleet size: | 10 |
| Aims: | 36 |
| Website: | www.satena.com |
SATENA ( acronym for Servicio Aéreo a Territorios Nacionales ) is a national Colombian regional airline with headquarters in Bogotá and bases at Bogotá El Dorado Airport and Olaya Herrera City Airport in Medellín .
history
Satena was brought into being by law in 1962 with the aim of promoting the far apart and underdeveloped places and regions and connecting them to the economic centers of Colombia. The Colombian Air Force was commissioned with the implementation; In this way, the Air Force's existing transport capacities could be better utilized and partially financed.
First, with military aircraft of the types Douglas DC-3 / C-47 and Douglas DC-4 / C-54, connections were made from Bogotá to Leticia , via Tarapacá on to El Encanto to Puerto Legufzamo . This was followed by routes to Cali , Neiva and Villavicencio . The military aircraft used were not converted for civilian transport, the seats consisted of canvas benches arranged lengthways.
In 1965 the fleet consisted of two de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver , five Douglas DC-3 , two DC-4 and two Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina . Some machines were gifts from the USA . In 1968 Satena became a public company and in 1971 a state company. The route network was expanded to 63 destinations.
Serious accidents occurred time and again due to the poor equipment at the airfields and infrastructure. The pilots navigated with cross bearings and near the runway according to sight.
In 1995 the company received a new management. Punctuality, service and flight safety have been greatly improved. The fleet has meanwhile been completely renewed, civilian pilots were hired and the machines were given civilian license plates. At the turn of the millennium, the route network comprised 112 destinations.
Destinations
Satena only uses the airfield close to the city for its flights from Medellín, which is limited to 50-seater and mainly serves numerous destinations within Colombia from Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, including Buenaventura , Arauca , La Macarena , Nuquí , Quibdó and Villavicencio .
fleet
Current fleet
As of May 2019, the Satena fleet consists of ten aircraft with an average age of 12.4 years:
Former aircraft types
Before that, SATENA also operated the following types of aircraft:
- ATR 72
- Avro 748
- Boeing 727
- CASA C-212
- CASA CN-235
- Cessna 208 Caravan
- Dornier 328
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-9
- Fokker F28 Fellowship
- Pilatus PC-6
Incidents
By March 2019, SATENA was involved in at least 28 incidents, including 26 accidents, all of which resulted in the total loss of the aircraft concerned, as well as two aircraft hijackings . The most serious accident occurred in 1985:
- On March 28, 1985, a Fokker F28-3000 from SATENA (FAC-1140) was on a regional flight that was to lead from San Vicente del Caguán Airport with several stopovers to Florencia Airport . Due to thick fog and poor visibility, the destination airport was closed for security reasons before the aircraft arrived. Regardless, the crew tried to make an approach. The machine was flown into the side of a mountain 15 kilometers from the airport in the fog . All 40 passengers and the 6 crew members were killed.
See also
Web links
- Satena website (Spanish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stretching the Satena . satena.com. Retrieved April 24, 2020 (Spanish)
- ↑ Ch-aviation - Satena , accessed December 4, 2016
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966–2007.
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
- ↑ accident report F28-3000 FAC-1140 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 2 March of 2019.
