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Avianca makes changes to its international flight network, focusing on strengthening the Bogota hub and San Salvador.
Moving forward with the transformation plan Avianca 2021, in which the airline seeks to focus on financial sustainability, Avianca will adjust its international flight network to strengthen international connectivity from Bogotá starting next 29 of March.
This network adjustment will allow the Colombian capital to have international flights to 33 Destinations, 6 in North America, 2 in Mexico, 9 in Central America and the Caribbean, 12 in South America and 4 in Europe, for an estimate of 924 weekly flights and a few 12 million passengers transported to international destinations between April and December 2020.
Capacity increase
From Bogota:
- Avianca will double its operation to Washington, Santo Domingo operating 14 weekly frequencies instead of seven.
- To Brazil, there will be seven additional frequencies to Sao Paulo for a total of 21 and towards Rio de Janeiro there will be five additional frequencies for a total of 12 a week.
- Towards Aruba there will be three additional frequencies per week for a total of 14.
- In high season the company will have seven additional frequencies to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, going from 7 a 14 flights per week.
- There will be double-aisle aircraft with capacity between 250 and 300 chairs on routes to Mexico City, Cancun and New York and A320neo aircraft with capacity between 153 and 156 passenger seats with better performance for routes to the Caribbean, Central and South America.
From Lima:
- Avianca will double its operation to Miami with 7 additional frequencies for a total of 14.
From San Salvador:
- There will be an additional frequency per week to Los Angeles for a total of 28.
New routes
- Subject to government approvals, Avianca will start operating the Bogotá – Porto Alegre route in Brazil in June this year. The operation to this destination had been carried out from Lima, and it will remain so until the month of June where it will be exchanged with the departure from Bogotá.
- It is important to remember that in the month of December the operation of the direct routes to Asunción and Montevideo from Bogotá.
- During the first half of this year, the airline will announce the opening of routes to new destinations in North and South America once the permits for it are available.
Reorganization of international connections
| Current route | new connection |
| San Pedro Sula – Miami | San Pedro Sula–San Salvador – Miami |
| San Pedro Sula – New York | San Pedro Sula–San Salvador – New York |
| Lima–Punta Cana | Lima – Bogota – Punta Cana |
| Lima – Porto Alegre | Lima – Bogota – Porto Alegre (from June - subject to government approval) |
Avianca route network
The route map for the beginning of 2020 of the airline is made up in the following illustrative manner:
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