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Avianca Airlines announced this afternoon that as of March 23, the carrier will completely suspend its international operations. The domestic operation will continue at 16% of capacity from Bogotá to certain destinations within Colombia.

A Colombian epidemiologist is under investigation by prosecutors for allegedly removing a surgical mask & coughing on an Avianca Airlines worker during the boarding process for a domestic flight. The incident was captured on video.

Today, Colombia’s Ministers of Health and Social Protection and Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT) ordered all places of public gathering such as nightclubs, casinos, family fun centers, amusement parks, and meeting places closed, at least until April 15.

This morning, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque announced that there will be no entry into Colombia by foreign travelers, regardless of nationality beginning this weekend and for a period of 30 days.

With travel restrictions in place due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Copa Airlines issued a filing indicating that the company will reduce capacity by 80% but may shut down completely.

President Ivan Duque announced Sunday that Colombia, starting today, March 16, is completely closed to foreign visitors in an effort to contain the global Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

While Copa & Viva Airlines have not announced any fleet groundings so far, this week, Avianca & LATAM have announced significant cutbacks on routes, grounding between 30-40% of their fleets in the face of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic.

Panamá based Copa Airlines announced today that all passengers must wear surgical masks during flights, check-in, boarding, and disembarkation on flights to and from Venezuela. The policy is to combat the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. This policy is in order to...

The Avianca board of directors has decided not to pay dividends to shareholders as they state there are no reserves or retained earnings available

Colombia’s immigration authorities in conjunction with the Ministry of Health have announced new measures, effective immediately, that apply to all travelers entering Colombian territory, whether Colombian or foreign.