S.A. de Transport Aérien (SATA) — also known as S.A. de Transport Aérien Genève — was a Swiss airline founded in June 1966, with its head office on the property of
Geneva Airport
Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is an international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located northwest of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-pas ...
,
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''. 22 April 1978
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"Head Office: PO Box 167, Geneva Airport, Cointrin CH-1215, Switzerland." and with its base in
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...
. It started as an air-taxi operator and evolved to passenger and cargo charters to points in Europe, the US, South America and the Caribbean. It terminated its activities in 1978.
Fleet
SATA's fleet included these aircraft in 1978
* 1
Cessna 172
* 1
Cessna 421
* 1
Pilatus PC-6
* 2
Douglas DC-8
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* 3
Sud Aviation Caravelle
The Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle is a French jet airliner produced by Sud Aviation.
It was developed by SNCASE in the early 1950s, and made its maiden flight on May 27, 1955. It included some de Havilland designs and components developed for t ...
Incidents and accidents
SATA had two major incidents with its aircraft:
*On July 17, 1973, while landing at Tromsø/Langnes Airport in Norway, a Convair CV-640 landed heavily, bounced, and landed back nose-down, resting 15m short of the runway end.
*On December 18, 1977,
SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R crashed into the sea while on final approach to
Funchal Airport in Portugal, killing 36.
Literature
* Charles Jacquat: ''Le goût du risque.'' Editions A. Barthelemy, Genf 1982.
References
External links
Aviation Safety NetworkLe site des pionniers de l’aéronautique à Genève
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Defunct airlines of Switzerland
Airlines established in 1966
Airlines disestablished in 1978
Swiss companies established in 1966
Swiss companies disestablished in 1978