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SATA Air Acores SP

SATA Air Acores (code SP) is an airline based in Portugal. A full-service carrier — the fare usually includes a checked bag, a meal and seat selection.

IATA codeSP
ICAO codeSAT
Home countryPortugal
CallsignSATA
The airline in numbers

SATA Air Acores — facts & history

We gathered SATA Air Acores's numbers from the open datasets, flying since 1941.

Founded
1941
85 years ago
Headquarters
Ponta Delgada

Aircraft types in the fleet: Douglas DC-6 · British Aerospace BAe 146 / Avro RJ · Hawker Siddeley HS 748 · BAe ATP · de Havilland DH.104 Dove · de Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 · de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 · Douglas DC-3 · Dornier 228.

Straight from the maker: Bombardier / De Havilland Canada

SATA Air Açores is a Portuguese airline based in São Sebastião, Ponta Delgado in the Azores, Portugal. It operates scheduled passenger, cargo and mail services mainly around the Azores but also Madeira and Canary islands. It provides its own maintenance and handling services and manages four regional airports. Its main base is at João Paulo II Airport, Ponta Delgada. It also maintains a subsidiary for mid- and long-haul flights, Azores Airlines, the former SATA International.

Background: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · figures: Wikidata (CC0)

Route network

Where SATA Air Acores flies

Main bases (by number of routes): Lajes (terceira Island) (TER) · אווירופורט ג'ואו פאולו II (פונטה דלגדה) (PDL) · Flores (FLW) · אווירופורט הורטה (הורטה) (HOR) · Sao Jorge Island (SJZ) · Pico (PIX)

Key destinations

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Q&A

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Which alliance is SATA Air Acores in?
SATA Air Acores is not part of any of the three major alliances.
What is SATA Air Acores's flight code?
The IATA code is SP, the ICAO code is SAT.
Where does SATA Air Acores operate most of its flights from?
The main base is Lajes (terceira Island) (TER), then Ponta Delgada (PDL). In total the airline serves about 9 destinations.

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Sources: Airline data: OpenFlights (ODbL) · logos: airhex