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SA de Transport Aérien

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S.A. de Transport Aérien
FoundedJune 1966 (1966-06)
Ceased operations1978 (1978)
HubsGeneva Airport
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Key people
  • Charles Jacquat
  • Raymond Lambert
  • Michel Favre

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,[1] and with its base in Geneva. 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

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SATA Douglas DC-8

SATA's fleet included these aircraft in 1978

Incidents and accidents

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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

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  • Charles Jacquat: Le goût du risque. Editions A. Barthelemy, Genf 1982.

References

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  1. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 22 April 1978. 1190. "Head Office: PO Box 167, Geneva Airport, Cointrin CH-1215, Switzerland."
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