 Soon after the airline was founded, German scientist and philanthropist Peter von Bauer became interested in the airline and contributed general knowledge, capital and a tenth aircraft for the company, as well as obtaining concessions from the Colombian government to operate the country's airmail transportation division using the airline, which began in 1922.This new contract allowed SCADTA to thrive in a new frontier of aviation.By the mid-1920s, SCADTA started its first international routes that initially covered destinations in Venezuela and the United States.