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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.

Humanitarian Flight to Fort Lauderdale on April 9 Operated by Spirit Airlines From Caly & Bogotá Colombia

The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce that Spirit Airlines will operate two humanitarian flights on April 6, 2020.

Finance Colombia's Loren Moss talks with Duleesha Kulasooriya, executive director of Deloitte's Center For The Edge on how disruptive transformation can benefit developing economies...but the right strategy is the key to success.

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.

Colombia’s CTI (analogous to the US FBI) Captured fugitive American narco-trafficker Daron Odell Jones during a layover at the El Dorado Airport in Bogotá as he attempted to travel from Mexico to the UK on a fake British passport.

According to the Colombian government, it has expelled over 40 foreign nationals to date for violating quarantine orders. Surprise inspections will continue.

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.

As Coronavirus arrives in Colombia, the website of Minsalud, Colombia’s ministry of health and social protection has gone offline intermittently and become unstable. The country is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with a free app for Android mobile devices and telephone...