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...SCADTA (Colombian-German) received Chilean permission to extend its lines from Colombia to Arica, Chile. Thus SCADTA will parallel part of the Pan-American west coast route...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: 246 Hours | 7/22/1929 | See Source »

Only recently have Colombia's adamantine mountains been conquered-by commercial air routes. Today the Scadta ("Colombian-German Air Transport Corporation") headed by smart, efficient Herr P. P. Bauer, is probably the only unsubsidized passenger and freight air service in the world which is showing a really handsome profit. All the great European air lines are state-subsidized and relatively cheap (Paris to Berlin-eight hours-$50). Colombians are glad to pay relatively dear ($200) to be flown from the Atlantic to Bogota in eight hours, when the boat trip ($80) takes from eight to sixteen days, according...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AMERICA: On the Map | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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