<page_title> List of airlines by foundation date </page_title> <table> <cell> Colombia Avianca <col_header> Airline </col_header> </cell> <cell> Founded as Colombo-German Air Transport Society, or SCADTA. Merged with SACO on June 14, 1940 and then renamed to Avianca. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Through SCADTA, Avianca is the world's second oldest extant airline.