Due to the pandemic, restrictions in several countries and the uncertainty that travelers still have, Avianca Holdings will suspend 24 international routes, mostly in South America, from the operation it carries out from Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, Ecuador and Guatemala, but also to the United States and Europe.
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According to the company, the routes will be resumed according to the evolution of the pandemic, in some cases during the first semester and in others, during the second semester., Clarifying that, for the first time, these connections will not be closed indefinitely and in some cases will be resumed from April.
These are the paths that are suspended:
From Colombia:
- Bogota – Curaçao
- Bogota – Sant Joan
- Bogota – Fort Lauderdale
- Bogota – Washington
- Bogota – Los Angeles
- Bogota – Orlando
- Bogota – La Pau
- Bogota – Viru Viru
- Bogota – Assumption
- Bogota – Barcelona
- Bogota – London
- Cali – Madrid
- Medellin – Madrid
From the previous group, flights to Curacao and Orlando will return in April.
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From El Salvador: Of the next group, the first three are scheduled to reopen in April.
- San Salvador – Houston
- San Salvador – Toronto
- San Salvador – Mexico City
- San Salvador – Dallas
- San Salvador – Miami.
Those who buy 1 ° tickets. from January to March 31, 2021 can change up to three times the date to fly at most until December 31, 2021, without penalty for change
From Guatemala: From the following list, which is suspended in March, the last two routes will resume in April.
- Guatemala City – Tegucigalpa
- Guatemala City – Bogota
- Guatemala City – Los Angeles
From Panama:
- Panama City – San Jose of Costa Rica
- Panama City – Bogota
From Honduras:
In Ecuador:
- Quito – Galapagos
- Quito – El Coca
Given the new landscape, Avianca Holdings extended the validity of its ‘Buy quiet’ policy, with which those that buy tickets of 1 °. from January to March 31, 2021 they can change up to three times the date of their trip to fly at most until December 31, 2021, without penalty for change.
The openings of routes
Despite these previous suspensions, Avianca Holdings indicated that will launch new national and international routes, Depending on the evolution of the pandemic. In this sense, in Colombia from March will begin operations on the routes Cartagena – Pereira and Santa Marta – Pereira.
Likewise, the airline will operate the San Salvador-Ontario (Southern California) route from July, With three weekly frequencies in Airbus A319 aircraft, making available to passengers an offer of 2,880 seats per month.
On February 25, in preparation for the adjustments, Avianca Holdings sent a communication to its pilots in which, informing the March itinerary, it told them that although a progressive and substantial activation of the operation, the behavior of the market and the different restrictions of different governments made the plans rethink.
A source consulted by EL TEMPS, knowledgeable of the country’s air operation, has indicated that in recent weeks the flow of international passengers on several airlines has dropped significantly and even on flights to the United States the planes were flying with a very low number of passengers, which does not make the operation profitable.
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS – TIME
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