Avianca

By David Casey
Codeshare flights will begin in early June once Emirates opens its first route to Colombia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
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 & Lessors

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at the split recovery in Latin American operators’ domestic and international utilization profiles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Lori Ranson
Avianca is unconcerned about fluctuations in its unit revenues, but the company believes its cost base serves as the foundation for continued profitability.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Christine Boynton
Firsthand experience is giving Avianca’s CEO Frederico Pedreira confidence in GOL’s ability to successfully navigate the Chapter 11 process.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
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.
Airports & Networks

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

By Aaron Karp
Colombian market shows "tremendous growth" following difficult stretch.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
New routes from and within the Americas region are being opened by American Airlines, Avianca and Delta Air Lines.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
As Routes Americas 2024 gets underway in Bogota, airlines operating in Colombia are providing the highest level of domestic capacity ever witnessed.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Brazil’s largest airlines work their way through consolidation, restructurings.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Political influence continues to loom large on Latin America’s aviation landscape.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Short-sighted merger rejections have real-world consequences.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
March 2024 sees new route launches from the likes of Virgin Atlantic, Vistara, Hainan Airlines and Zipair Tokyo.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Latin American airlines face headwinds from financial challenges and politics.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
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.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
Airline fortunes differ widely north and south of the border.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
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.
Airports & Networks

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

By Lori Ranson
Colombia’s Avianca is comfortable with its aircraft composition over the next year and a half.
Airlines & Lessors

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