SARPA

SARPA S.A.S. (Servicios Aéreos Panamericanos S.A.S.) is an air charter and air ambulance operator, with main base at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, and an auxiliary base of operations in Medellín.

SARPA
FoundedJune 1980
AOC #UAEAC-CDO-051 & UAEAC-CDO-056
Hubs
Fleet size16
HeadquartersMedellín, Colombia
Employees150
Websitewww.sarpa.com.co

History

The airline was founded in June 1980 in Puerto Asís, Putumayo Department. It started providing support to small cities and towns, grew to become a rotorcraft operator providing support to drilling companies in the Colombian eastern plains, started fixed wing operations in 2004 and since evolved to become one of the major on demand operators in Colombia.

Fleet
A SARPA Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia taxiing at El Dorado International Airport in 2014

SARPA operates the following aircraft as of October 2021:[1][2]

SARPA fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
BAe Jetstream 32 10 — 19 2 in Air Ambulance Configuration
1 with two stretchers and 1 with one stretcher
6 in passenger configuration
Embraer EMB 120ER Brasilia 02 — 30
Embraer ERJ145LR 02 50
Learjet 45XR 01 — 05 Air Ambulance Configuration with two stretchers
Total 16

The airline operates all around Colombia and can fly internationally. Pioneer of Air Ambulance operation in Colombia, first operator to obtain an Operating Certificate for air ambulance operations in the country.

See also

References
  1. "Sarpa, Ltda". AirCharter Guide. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. "SARPA Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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