Avianca and Tokyo-based airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) have expanded their codeshare agreement to include flights between Japan and the Latin American capitals of Bogotá and San Salvador. These flights connect Colombia and El Salvador to Japan via a stopover in Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport, and passengers on these routes will be able to earn frequent flyer miles through either Avianca’s LifeMiles program or the ANA Mileage Club. Both airlines are...
Though the 57 billion pesos allotted for 2018 are substantially below the 161 billion pesos invested last year, Colombia's commerce ministry stressed that the investment is critical.
Kingsland says that it "agreed to discontinue that litigation in order to continue to focus on ongoing business negotiations" to resolve their differences.
With an already-massive port business and a spike in international tourism, Cartagena’s Rafael Núñez International Airport is nearing capacity. To solve the problem, Conecta Caribe, along with a team of partners, has devised a proposal to construct a bigger and better airport for the Colombian jewel of the Caribbean. Photo: Rodrigo Araujo of Conecta Caribe is organizing the feasibility study now in hopes of breaking ground on a new airport in Cartagena by 2020....
Ticket sales have been reactivated but technical challenges have made searching for a flight complicated in the first day of encouragement that the strike could end soon.
"It is our obligation to investigate and sanction any company — domestic or foreign — that violates these rules," said Javier Jaramillo of Supertransporte.
Avianca's top executive called it a “difficult decision” to suspend flights for first time in 60 years while citing safety concerns and operational difficulties.
Medellín hosted 42 international association meetings in 2016. This was the same number as Chicago and Zurich — and seven times as many as the former world murder capital held in 2006.
Seven have been confirmed dead, 11 are still missing, and more than 130 people have been rescued after disaster struck during a holiday weekend boat trip in Guatapé.
The deal represents an update to Copa's existing order of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and will make Copa “the first airline in Latin America" to operate the 737 Max 10.
Avianca head Hernán Rincón says the airline "will continue negotiations with United" to reach an alliance that he believes is in the best interest of the company and shareholders.
The 2016 total was more than half a billion dollars above the $5.2 billion USD reported in 2015 and puts the industry second in terms of foreign revenue generation after the oil sector.
Hector Bernal Rozo has worked as sommelier at some of Colombia’s top restaurants, such as globally recognized El Cielo in Bogotá, Medellín, and Miami. Since leaving Bogotá for the verdant mountainsides of Manizales, Bernal established wine wholesaler La Cava del Eje and has been contracted by the Industria Licorera de Caldas as a spirits expert. As a certified sommelier, Bernal is a member of the Association of Sommeliers of Colombia. He is a member of Certified...
The flight will depart José María Córdova each day at 12:18 pm and arrive in Montería at 1:18 pm. The return leg will leave Los Garzones Airport at 2:00 pm and land at 3:00 pm.
“The United transaction diverts the vast majority of the consideration United is paying for a partnership with Avianca...to Efromovich’s financially shaky affiliates," alleges the Kingsland lawsuit.
Details of an alliance between Avianca and United Airlines "are yet to be negotiated," but the Star Alliance carriers are working to formalize a long-term deal.
Passengers flying from Colombia to London can continue on from Heathrow Airport to Paddington Station and then make connections throughout England and Wales by train.
A terrifying incident in the skies over Venezuela didn't cause a crash, but officials are investigating a tense pursuit by military jets that triggered the Avianca 787's collision-warning system.
Colombia’s civil aviation authority fined LATAM Airlines’ domestic arm $83,000 USD for misleading advertising. The regulator, Aerocivil, slapped LATAM Colombia on the wrist for issues related to its online ticket purchasing process, which was “not clear and understandable” and led to passengers making errors when scheduling flights. The precise issue was LATAM Colombia saying on its website that users could reserve a ticket online and then pay the...
Avianca, Éxito Viajes, and others could face up to $110,000 in fines for failing to properly communicate fares to consumers and operate in according to regulations.
Colombia becomes the eighth nation whose citizens can now apply to join the U.S. Customs' Global Entry program and speed up the tedious process of entering the country.