Recently, an expanded air transport agreement was announced between Canada and Colombia, which allows designated airlines of both countries to operate an unlimited number of passengers and cargo flights within Canada and Colombia. This is a significant upgrade from the previous accord, which ...

A busy month of new flights at Miami International Airport kicked off on December 8, when Avianca launched three weekly flights to Bucaramanga, Colombia, and four weekly flights to Pereira, Colombia from MIA, followed by the airline beginning two weekly Santa Marta-Miami flights on December 10. B...

LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its affiliates in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and the United States today initiated a voluntary reorganization and restructuring of their debt under Chapter 11 protection in the United States with the support of the Cueto and Amaro families and Qatar Airways, two of...

BOC Aviation Limited is pleased to announce that it has ordered 20 new Airbus A320neo aircraft. A minimum of ten and up to 12 of these A320neo aircraft have been committed for lease to Avianca S.A. (“Avianca”) based in Bogota, Colombia. “We are delighted to establish a relationship with BO...

Delta and LATAM will launch codesharing for flights operated by certain LATAM affiliates in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru beginning in the first quarter of 2020, pending receipt of applicable government approvals. The codeshare will offer customers increased connectivity between up to 74 onward des...

Delta Air Lines is to connect New York City with Bogota in Colombia from 21 December when it starts a daily Boeing 757-200 route. The new service will fly out of New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport before arriving at El Dorado International Airport on 22 December. “The ...

Menzies Aviation has penned a three-year ground handling contract renewal with Latin American airline group LATAM. The agreement will see Menzies’ deliver ground handling operations at four Colombian airports for LATAM. The ground handling company will deliver services at El Dorado Interna...

Avianca chief executive officer (CEO) Herman Rincon is to retire on 30 April after three years at the helm of the Colombian airline. The carrier said his announcement is aligned with the company's ongoing long-term strategic and organisational development program, as part of a planned transition...

Colombian carrier Avianca Airlines says in 2019 it wants to “increase its presence” in Europe as it eyes more routes and upping frequencies into the continent. Chief executive officer and executive president, Hernan Rincon says the South American carrier is evaluating the possibility of addin...

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) growing ground handling operations have been boosted by the awarding of a new three-year contract by Colombian carrier Avianca Airlines at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Under the terms of the new agreement, WFS will provide ticketing, customer...