Boston Brand Research & Media Reports on Colombian State Airline’s Transformative Year with Fleet Modernization, New Routes, and Strategic Social Partnerships:
SATENA has announced an ambitious northern expansion initiative set to launch in December 2025, introducing four strategic routes from Barranquilla: Barranquilla-Montería-Barranquilla, Barranquilla-Valledupar-Barranquilla, Barranquilla-Bucaramanga-Barranquilla, and Barranquilla-Aguachica-Barranquilla. This expansion will transform regional connectivity in Colombia’s Caribbean and northeastern regions, facilitating air connections between municipalities facing geographic isolation.
The expansion strategy reflects SATENA’s core mission of territorial integration across the 28 departments of Colombia. This comprehensive network currently encompasses more than 172 regular routes, many linking departmental capitals with difficult-to-access municipalities where commercial airlines do not operate. Critical regions including Amazonas, Chocó, Guaviare, Putumayo, Vaupés, and Arauca depend on SATENA’s consistent service.
The airline successfully launched the Bogotá-Nuquí-Bogotá route, opening Colombia’s Pacific coast to increased tourism. The newly established Ipiales-Puerto Asís-Ipiales connection provides critical air service linking the southwestern border region with interior communities, while the reopening of the Bogotá-Girardot-Bogotá route restores vital connectivity to central Colombia.
SATENA has incorporated three state-of-the-art ATR 72-600 aircraft into its fleet during October and November 2025. Each aircraft offers seating capacity for approximately 70 passengers and represents a substantial technological advancement, positioning SATENA at the forefront of regional aviation modernization in Colombia.
SATENA currently operates 172 active domestic routes plus one international connection. This growth reflects sustained progress: in 2022 the airline had 88 one-way routes; in 2023, 108; in 2024 it reached 144, and in 2025 it reached 172. This increase demonstrates SATENA’s strategic focus and commitment to fulfilling its constitutional mandate to integrate and connect the country.
SATENA (Servicio de Aeronavegación a Territorios Nacionales) is Colombia’s state-owned airline, founded with the mission of connecting and integrating the nation’s most remote territories with departmental capitals and major urban centers. Operating since 1962, SATENA serves all 28 departments across Colombia through a comprehensive network of more than 172 routes, many reaching communities where no other airline operates. The airline strategically combines commercial operations on high-demand routes with essential social service flights to isolated regions, fulfilling a constitutional mandate of territorial integration while maintaining economic sustainability.
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