Avianca has been riding one public relations crisis to another, the latest involving US$7.2 million in bonuses to senior executives despite the airline’s deep financial crisis.
Mayor Claudia López continued her attacks against Colombia’s flagship airline Avianca despite the Colombian capital registering a historic high of 26% unemployment.
Colombia is set to relaunch international air travel after the five-month closure of its air space to commercial airlines. Five nations have been chosen for the reopening of El Dorado.
Bogotá Mayor Claudia López agreed with the government’s decision to reactivate air travel to cities across Colombia with declining coronavirus cases.
Air France – KLM has maintained regular air service between their European hubs and Colombia to repatriate citizens stranded with the global health emergency.
As nations ease lockdowns and assume the impact of COVID-19, Avianca’s Chapter 11 filing is symptomatic of greater economic uncertainty in Colombia with the pandemic.
Curfew in effect in four Colombian departments, international carriers suspend flights, land and sea borders closed.
Having recently celebrated a 100-year milestone, Avianca is embracing a new era of expansion, and which includes a direct Bogota?-Toronto flight this summer.
As a major aviation hub in South America, new carriers will soon be connecting Bogotá with new international destinations, resulting in more competition also on key routes.
The most advanced A320 flight simulator recently arrived in Bogotá to train commercial airline pilots across the region.
German flagship Lufthansa will increase its seat capacity to Colombia with an A340-600 aircraft weeks before Avianca launches its new direct service to Munich.
Colombia’s flagship Avianca continues to expand its international presence by adding a new route between Mendoza and Lima, as well as two codeshares with leading Asian carriers.
Colombia’s Avianca is preparing for major disruptions to service on domestic and international routes, as more than half its pilots go on strike.
The German carrier is celebrating a half-century of flights between Frankfurt and El Dorado, first with its iconic Boeing 707, and today with an extended Airbus A340.