SATA International Reviews

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SATA International Reviews

SATA International (full name SATA Internacional – Sociedade Açoriana de Transportes Aéreos) is an airline based in São Sebastião, Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, Portugal. It operates scheduled flights to the Madeira Islands, mainland Portugal and other destinations in Europe and North America, as well as charter flights.

The airline was first established in December 1990 under the name of OceanAir and in 1991 was authorized to operate air transport services as a non-scheduled carrier. SATA Air Açores became the major shareholder when OceanAir suspended flying in 1994 and later became the sole owner. On 20 February 1998 it was renamed SATA International and started operations on 8 April 1998. The airline is 100% owned by SATA Air Açores. Following its bid by public tender, SATA International was awarded scheduled routes from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon, Madeira Island and Porto. Today SATA operates a number of transatlantic routes such as Faro to Toronto nonstop. The airline’s original livery consisted of an all white fuselage with the name SATA Internacional in ocean blue over the front windows, and a dark blue tail with the company logo. Before this the livery had an idealized logo featuring the bands of crashing waves, superimposed by a sun-disk, with the calligraphic lettering “Fly Azores” below. This tourist-friendly logo was retired at the end of the 20th century, to be replaced by the more corporate image.

SATA owns two tour operators in North America: SATA Express in Canada and Azores Express in the United States.

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