Avianca

Codeshare flights will begin in early June once Emirates opens its first route to Colombia.

Abra Group, the holding company for airlines Avianca and GOL, has acquired a strategic shareholding in Spanish wet-lease and charter provider Wamos Air.

Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the split recovery in Latin American operators’ domestic and international utilization profiles.

This week’s Carbon Analysis returns to Latin America and reassesses the emissions of Avianca Group, Azul Brazilian Airlines, GOL Airlines, and LATAM Group.

Avianca is unconcerned about fluctuations in its unit revenues, but the company believes its cost base serves as the foundation for continued profitability.

Avianca is adding flights from Medellin to Buenos Aires, Lima and Santiago as part of efforts to further increase its point-to-point network.

Firsthand experience is giving Avianca’s CEO Frederico Pedreira confidence in GOL’s ability to successfully navigate the Chapter 11 process.

Colombia’s Avianca is willing to take risks as it aims to expand its point-to-point connections and increase traffic to 40 million passengers annually.

Having emerged from reorganization with a low-cost focus, Avianca is ready to take on JetSmart's debut in Colombia's domestic market.

Colombian market shows "tremendous growth" following difficult stretch.

New routes from and within the Americas region are being opened by American Airlines, Avianca and Delta Air Lines.

As Routes Americas 2024 gets underway in Bogota, airlines operating in Colombia are providing the highest level of domestic capacity ever witnessed.

Brazil’s largest airlines work their way through consolidation, restructurings.

Political influence continues to loom large on Latin America’s aviation landscape.

Short-sighted merger rejections have real-world consequences.

March 2024 sees new route launches from the likes of Virgin Atlantic, Vistara, Hainan Airlines and Zipair Tokyo.

Latin American airlines face headwinds from financial challenges and politics.

A weak or failed Spirit is just as much a threat to price-conscious consumers’ ability to fly and enjoy low fares as a merger with JetBlue Airways would be.

Colombia’s Avianca is increasing service to Canada from the start of the summer 2024 season with the addition of a second destination in the country.

Airline fortunes differ widely north and south of the border.

The exclusive route, with a flight time of around 2 hr. 45 min., will be operated with an Airbus A320 configured to carry 180 passengers.

LATAM, Avianca, GOL and Azul have all made emissions reductions between Q3 2019 and 2023, however, their journeys to reach this reduction differ.

Colombia’s Avianca is comfortable with its aircraft composition over the next year and a half.

As 2023 draws to a close, Colombia’s commercial aviation sector is marking one of the most eventful years in its history.