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Avianca is the first commercial airline founded in the Americas and the second one in the world. Its creation took place thanks to the ingeniousness and adventurous spirit of the Germans Werner Kaemerer, Stuart Hosie, Alberto Tietjen, and the Colombians Ernesto Cortizzos (the first President of the Airline), Rafael Palacio, Cristóbal Restrepo, Jacobo Correa, and Aristides Noguera. On the 5th of December, 1919, in the city of Barranquilla (Colombia), these visionary individuals and dreamers founded the Colombo-German Company Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo - SCADTA. On June 14th, 1940, before a Notary Public in Barranquilla the incorporation deed of Compañía Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia S.A. – Avianca - was executed, thanks to the merger of SCADTA ,which was already in North American hands following WWII, and SACO.
