Press Releases
SATA partnership now in effect with WestJet, the second largest canadian airline
Published on 21 January, 2012Announced last November, the interline agreement with WestJet, Canada's secondlargest airline, went into effect on 19 January, reinforcing SATA’s position in the expat market (“mercado da saudade”).
SATA reinforces atlantic strategy of connecting the Azores to the world, focusing on Nothern Europe and North America
Published on 18 January, 2012SATA’s commercial strategy for 2012 pursues the fundamental goal of facilitating and increasing flights between the Azores and the world, namely with the outbound travel markets of Europe and North America, visibly boosting flights from expat communities and major outbound tourist markets to the Azores, particularly the U.S.A., Canada and Germany.
Grupo SATA achieves record flight punctuality and regularity in 2011
Published on 17 January, 2012Since flight punctuality (on‐time departures) and regularity (actual versus scheduled flights) are among the key factors in customers’ assessments of airlines, SATA Air Açores and SATA Internacional significantly improved these indicators in 2011, and even achieved record levels of punctuality.
SATA signs agreement for the sale of computer applications with Mindbury Consulting/TecAngol
Published on 12 January, 2012Grupo SATA has signed an agreement with Mindbury Consulting/TecAngol to sell three computer applications developed by the SATA Information Systems Department.
SATA begins constrution of Santa Maria Training Centre
Published on 08 January, 2012As announced last year, once the necessary formalities have been completed, Grupo SATA will be breaking ground this January on its Santa Maria Training Centre.
PTANA (Professional Travel Agents of North America) Chooses SATA and the Azores for its 4th Annual Conference
Published on 27 December, 2011PTANA (Professional Travel Agents of North America) has chosen the Azores as the site for its 4th annual conference, scheduled for December 2012, and has recommended SATA as the airline to transport the conference’s attendees.
Grupo SATA continues to improve flight punctuality and regularity through November
Published on 19 December, 2011From January to November this year, Grupo SATA continued to improve the punctuality and regularity of its flights, even setting records in October.
Bombardier Q200 based in Madeira temporarily replaced with Bombardier Q400 NextGen
Published on 23 November, 2011Due to scheduled maintenance on the Bombardier Q200 aircraft with registration CSTRC operating in the Azores (primarily to Corvo Island), and to keep flights running to the Azores’ smallest island during this aircraft’s downtime (23 November to 9 December), SATA will be replacing the Bombardier Q200 based in Funchal with a Bombardier Q400 NextGen.
