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SATA International, legal ''SATA Internacional - Sociedade Açoriana de Transportes Aéreos'', is an airline based in São Sebastião, Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, Portugal.〔"(The Atlantic and You )" (Company Brochure) ((Archive )). SATA International. Retrieved on August 29, 2014. p. 19/19. "GRUPO SATA Sede | Headoffice: Av. Infante D. Henrique nº55 9504-528 Ponta Delgada S.Miguel – Açores"〕〔"(Press Kit 2010 )." SATA. Retrieved on 7 July 2010. "The SATA Group comprises air transport companies whose decision centre is located in the city of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel, in the archipelago of Azores."〕 It is a subsidiary of SATA Air Açores. ==History== The airline was first established in December 1990 under the name of OceanAir and in 1991 was authorized to operate air transport services as a non-scheduled carrier. SATA Air Açores became the major shareholder when OceanAir suspended flying in 1994 and later became the sole owner. On 20 February 1998 it was renamed SATA International and started operations on 8 April 1998. The airline is 100% owned by SATA Air Açores. SATA owns two tour operators in North America: SATA Express in Canada and Azores Express in the United States.〔http://www.sata.pt/EUA/en/Home/SATA/GrupoSATA/〕 Following its bid by public tender, SATA International was awarded scheduled routes from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon, Madeira Island and Porto. Today SATA operates a number of transatlantic routes such as Faro to Toronto nonstop. The airline's original livery consisted of an all white fuselage with the name ''SATA Internacional'' in ocean blue over the front windows, and a dark blue tail with the company logo. Before this the livery had an idealized logo featuring the bands of crashing waves, superimposed by a sun-disk, with the calligraphic lettering ''"Fly Azores"'' below. This tourist-friendly logo was retired at the end of the 20th century, to be replaced by the more corporate image. After May 2009 SATA adopted a new image and a new logo which was applied to its first brand new A320-214 registered CS-TKO, named "Diáspora". The symbol, called BIA (for ''"Blue Islands Açor"''), consists of nine geometrical shapes, representing the nine islands of the Azores assembled to form the mythical ''Açor'' of Portuguese legend.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='08 Relatório e Contas Consolidadas, June 2009 )〕 The ''"açor"'' or ''goshawk'' was thought to have been the bird found circling the islands of the Azores when Portuguese sailors first discovered the archipelago. This form appears on the tail fin, in addition to a portion located just ahead of the wings on the fuselage. The new scheme was adopted by both SATA International and SATA Air Açores during the fleet upgrades beginning at the end of the 20th century. In January 2015 the airline announced strategic plans to reduce its debts from € 179 million to € 40 m by 2020 by reducing its fleet and workforce. Under the plan it would also be renamed Azores Airlines.〔(SATA Internacional to restructure, rebrand as Azores Airlines ). airtraveller.org, from 15 January 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SATA International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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