Satena Resumes International Flights with Route Between Monteria and Panama City
The Colombian state-owned airline Satena has resumed offering an international route between Monteria, capital of the department of Cordoba, and Panama City, three years after it canceled the Bogota-Caracas connection. It later operated a flight between the Colombian capital and Valencia, Venezuela, but suspended it due to reports of intermittent satellite navigation systems and restrictions […]
Colombian state-owned airline Satena has restarted an international route between Monteria, the capital of Córdoba department, and Panama City after a three-year hiatus. The operation resumed on October 26, with three weekly departures starting at 9:55 a.m. from Monteria's Garzón Airport and arriving in Panama City at 10:59 a.m. local time, with a 49-minute flight duration.
The return journey departs Panama at 11:50 a.m. and lands in Monteria at 12:49 p.m., after a 44-minute flight. The new route, operated by Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft with a 50-passenger capacity, marks the first direct international connection for Satena. Founded in 1962, Satena previously flew to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Panama, and several Central American nations, but later focused on domestic routes, primarily connecting remote areas and major cities.
The resumption of the Monteria-Panama City service aims to boost economic, business, and tourism ties, as well as facilitate travel for foreign tourists.
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