The airline, which serves the Azores, Madeira and Canary islands, as well as the European continent, the United States and Canada, is often the more attractive method of travel within, to and from the islands, given long distances and rough waters.
The new aircraft will be based at Ponta Delgada, Azores.
"We're delighted by the EIB's decision to grant SATA Air Acores a loan on favorable terms," SATA Group Chairman Antonio Menezes said in a statement.
The bank's Vice President Carlos Da Silva Costa said airline was "essential" to the islands' "social cohesion at a regional level."
The loan would allow the airline to purchase aircraft with better fuel efficiency, he said.
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