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Not long after a bitter strike, Avianca is facing renewed labor unrest, this time from Airbus pilots in Peru who claim that Avianca is using the Coronavirus Pandemic to escape from a negotiated early retirement buyout with pilots in the neighboring country.

Viva Air today issued a challenge to find solutions that incentivize passengers to return the airways. The winning proposal will win a $10,000 USD prize, provided by Viva Air and its external innovation collaborators.

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

Colombian Low Cost Carrier (LCC) Viva Air yesterday announced that beginning May 22, it will operate 4 weekly routes between Miami, Florida (MIA) and the coastal city of Cartagena, Bolivar (CTG) in Colombia. Tickets are already available for sale on the airline’s website.

Avianca  (NYSE: AVH, BVC: PFAVH)  has announced that it is changing out the seats in its Airbus A320 fleet with cheaper, thinner versions that will allow the airline to squeeze 24 more passengers on a flight, even though its passenger traffic is down almost 10% and on-time...

Today, the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia served Avianca with a search warrant of its offices with the objective of collecting information related to allegations and cover-up of Avianca’s potentially improper bribery by senior executives and members of the board of...

Spanish airline Plus Ultra has begun sale of tickets for its new route between Madríd, Spain, Calí and Cartagéna, Colombia for flights beginning June 17th, 2020. The Madrid>Cali route will fly Mondays & Fridays leaving at 1:35am and arriving at 5:15am (all local times)....

Already entangled in multiple scandals involving illegal wiretapping of its pilots' union and improper favors to government officials, Colombian air carrier Avianca has now found itself involved in the massive multi-billion dollar global bribery scheme by Airbus uncovered by...

JetSmart Airlines has begun flying routes between Santiago, Chile and both Bogotá & Cali, Colombia

Last Thursday, January 23, Avianca flight AV693 flying from San José, Costa Rica to Bogotá, Colombia had to land in Panamá City’s Tocumen International Airport after experiencing severe turbulence that sent 3 crew and 1 passenger to the hospital, and left the plane damaged.