Avianca to fly 11 new routes starting in December

Avianca announced the start-up of 11 new international routes beginning in December, which will increase the airline’s offer by 30%.

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With the launch of these routes, Avianca expects to offer more than 13,000 additional weekly seats on 116 domestic and international routes. In this way, the airline will have one of the most powerful networks in the region, with close to 3,400 flights per week with more than 515,000 seats.

Manuel Ambriz, Avianca’s Chief Commercial Officer, commented «At Avianca, we have set ourselves the goal of inaugurating 50 new routes in three years – from 2021 to 2023 – and to have 200 point-to-point routes in operation by 2025. Without a doubt, having launched 16 new routes during 2021 and increasing the number of flights to operate during the December season by 30% reaffirms our leadership and commitment to economic and tourism reactivation in Colombia and Latin America. We will continue to work to offer our customers more seats, more destinations, more direct routes, and increasingly competitive and affordable prices for all».

Albert Pérez, Avianca’s Vice President of Engineering and Maintenance, added, «New and more seats will allow us to carry 20% more customers, 30% less weight, and 13% less CO2 emissions per passenger. The process is well underway and in the second quarter of 2022, we will have the first aircraft completely reconfigured with three seats: Premium, Plus, and Economy. To date, we already have 8 aircraft with Plus and Economy seats, and we will add 20 more to the fleet that is coming from other airlines and will have to be completely converted».

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The company also announced the resumption of the Bogota-Lima and Bogota-Montevideo routes in December, thus reestablishing connectivity in these markets.

Avianca will offer 14 flights per week and close to 2,000 seats per week between Bogotá and Lima; and 6 flights per week and more than 700 seats per week between Bogotá and Montevideo.