SA de Transport Aérien
{{Short description|Defunct Swiss airline}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline = S.A. de Transport Aérien
| headquarters = Geneva, Switzerland
| founded = {{start date|1966|06||df=yes}}
| ceased = {{end date|1978|||df=yes}}
| hubs = Geneva Airport
| fleet_size =
| destinations =
| key_people = {{ubl|class=nowrap
| 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,"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 22 April 1978. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200674.html?search=%22SA%20de%20Transport%20A%C3%A9rien%20%22 1190]. "Head Office: PO Box 167, Geneva Airport, Cointrin CH-1215, Switzerland." 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
File:McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF, SATA - SA de Transport Aerien AN0818615.jpg]]
SATA's fleet included these aircraft in 1978
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
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External links
- [https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/5452 Aviation Safety Network]
- [http://www.pionnair-ge.com/spip1/spip.php?article224 Le site des pionniers de l’aéronautique à Genève]
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