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Aside from his role as head of international investment for the BVC Colombian stock exchange and providing a column on economics for Finance Colombia, Rupert Stebbings has served on the board of directors for Viva, and wrote the corporate biography, "The Viva Effect."

The new routes which begin operations June 15 increase Viva’s international route network to 14 destinations.

Colombian low-cost carrier Viva Air continues its growth as it takes delivery of new Airbus A320neo aircraft and deploys them to its ever-expanding network of destinations. In just the past two weeks, Viva has announced the addition of several new Colombian cities and...

Viva will initially fly between Medellín (MDE) and Punta Cana (PUJ) on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

With the 5 new routes, Viva expects to transport over a quarter million travelers during the first year of operations,.

Tickets have gone on sale for five new national routes: San Andrés-Pereira, San Andrés- Barranquilla, San Andrés-Bucaramanga, San Andrés-Cartagena and Cartagena-Bucaramanga.

Since February 2021 when OAG resumed its post-pandemic punctuality measurement, Viva remains the most punctual airline in Colombia with a weighted average of 94.9%, between February and May of this year, continuing a 3-year run.

Viva has recently added Orlando flights to its Miami flights in the US, and increased flights between Medellín, Colombia and Miami to four daily, up from one daily round trip. The carrier has also launched flights to México City and Cancún.

Even with the COVID-19 pandemic, Viva Air transported over 100,000 passengers to and from San Andrés during the first two months of 2021, with a load factor (occupancy rate) of 94%.

Bucking the general trend in the aviation & tourism sectors, Viva Air today announced further international expansion with new routes between its Medellín hub and Orlando Florida, México City, and Cancún, México along with a new route between Mexico City & Bogotá.