Avianca

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Avianca
IATA AV	ICAO AVA	Callsign AVIANCA
Founded		December 5, 1919, as SCADTA
Hubs		El Dorado International Airport
Focus cities		José María Córdova Int'l Airport Ernesto Cortissoz Int'l Airport Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Int'l Airport Rafael Nuñez Int'l Airport Matecaña Int'l Airport
Frequent flyer program		AviancaPlus
Member lounge		Avianca VIP lounges
Fleet size		49 (+43)
Destinations		43
Parent company		Synergy Group Corp.
Company slogan		The Airline of Colombia
Headquarters		Bogotá, Colombia
Key people		Fabio Villegas Ramírez, CEO
Website: http://www.avianca.com/

Avianca (acronym for Aerovías del Continente Americano, formerly Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia) is a commercial airline headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the sixth largest air carrier in Latin America and the largest airline in Colombia, holding the title of flag carrier since its founding in 1919. It is the second oldest airline in the world.

Avianca's main base of operations is located at El Dorado International Airport, in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia, with scheduled service to international destinations in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Central America and South America, as well as an extensive domestic and charter operation.

Avianca operates five subsidiary airlines: SAM in Colombia, OceanAir in Brazil, Capital Airlines in Nigeria and VIP in Ecuador, as well as controlling 49% of Peruvian airline Wayraperú. Avianca Cargo is its cargo airline, Avianca Services its MRO and Deskubra its travel agency.

Contents 1 History 1.1 SCADTA 1.2 National Airways of Colombia 1.3 Avianca's system 1.4 Summa Alliance 1.5 American Continent Airways 2 Incidents and accidents 3 Destinations 3.1 DesKubra 4 Alliances 4.1 Affinity programs 4.2 Codeshare partners 5 Subsidiaries 6 Fleet 6.1 Avianca-SAM 6.2 Helicol 6.3 OceanAir 6.4 VIP 6.5 Wayraperú 6.6 Capital Airlines 6.7 Retired 7 Livery 8 Awards and nominations 8.1 Awards 8.2 Nominations 8.2.1 2007 8.2.2 2006 8.2.3 2005 9 Avianca around the world 10 Bibliography 10.1 Internet 10.2 Books 11 External links

[edit] History

[edit] SCADTA

The airline traces its history back to December 5, 1919, in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Germans Werner Kämerer, Stuart Hosie, Alberto Tietjen, and Colombians Ernesto Cortissoz (the first President of the Airline), Rafael Palacio, Cristóbal Restrepo, Jacobo Correa, and Aristides Noguera founded the Colombo-German Company called Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transporte Aéreo, or SCADTA. The company accomplished its first flight between Barranquilla and the nearby town of Puerto Colombia aboard a Junker F13 wherein 57 pieces of mail were transported; the flight was piloted by German Helmuth Von Krohn. This and another aircraft of the same type were completely mechanically constructed monoplanes, the engines of which had to be modified in order to be able to efficiently operate in the climatic conditions of the country; there were nine airplanes in the fleet with a total range of 850 km (525 Mi) and could carry up to four passengers and two crewmen. Due to the topographic characteristics of the country, and the lack of airports at the time, two floaters were adapted to the Junker aircraft in order for them to accomplish water landings in the rivers of different towns. Using these floaters Helmuth Von Krohn was able to perform the first inland flight over Colombia on October 20, 1920, following the trail of the Magdalena River; the flight took eight hours and had to perform four emergency landings in the water.

Soon after the vision of the founding group had become a reality, German scientist and philanthropist Peter von Bauer became interested in the airline and contributed general knowledge, capital, and a tenth aircraft for the company as well as obtaining concessions from the Colombian government to operate the country's airmail transportation division using the airline. This new contract allowed SCADTA to thrive in a new frontier of aviation. By the mid 1920s, SCADTA, having ocercome many natural obstacles, inaugurated its first international routes that initially covered destinations in Venezuela and the United States. Regretfully, in 1924, the aircraft that both Ernesto Cortizzos and Helmuth Von Krohn were piloting crashed into an area currently known as Bocas de Ceniza, in Barranquilla, causing their deaths. Despite this tragedy the airline continued to thrive under the guidance of German Peter von Braun until the early 1940s where circumstances related to the outbreak of World War II forced him to sell his shares in the airline to the U.S. owned Pan American World Airways.

[edit] National Airways of Colombia

On June 14, 1940, in the city of Barranquilla, SCADTA, under ownership by United States businessmen merged with Colombian Air Carrier SACO (acronym of Servicio Aéreo Colombiano) forming the new Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia S.A. or Avianca. Five Colombians participated in this act (Rafael María Palacio, Jacobo A. Corea, Cristobal Restrepo, Aristides Noguera), and German citizens Alberto Teitjen, Werner Kaemerer, and Stuart Hosie, while the post of first President of Avianca was acquired by Martín del Corral. There had been decades of dedicated work and contribution to Colombia's development through actions among which the following may be highlighted:

• In September of 1920, with Fritz Hammer as pilot, Wilhem Schnurrbush as copilot, and Stuart Hosie as a passenger, SCADTA accomplished its first flight between Barranquilla and Puerto Berrío.

• On October 19 of that same year, Helmuth Von Krohn accomplished the first flight between Barranquilla and Girardot, and by 1921 routes between Barranquilla, Girardot, and Neiva were established.

• In 1922 Avianca began to provide airmail service.

• In August of 1922, General Pedro Nel Ospina, then President of Colombia, used for the first time a SCADTA aircraft to conduct official business.

• On July 19, 1923, to save the country from bankruptcy, SCADTA transported a gold and currency load from Puerto Berrío to Girardot.

• On July 12, 1928, a SCADTA Junker F13, commanded by Pilot Herbert Boy crossed the Equator.

• On July 23, 1929, regular routes between Girardot and Bogotá were established.

• The cost of the first SCADTA air tickets were as follows: from Bogotá to Barranquilla, COP $75; from Bogotá to Cartagena, COP $85; from Bogotá to Cartago, COP $35; from Bogotá to Cali, COP $ 50.

• On July 16, 1931, SCADTA established the first mail service between Bogotá and New York City.

• In 1937, the airline acquired 10 Boeing 247 twin-engine aircraft, extending its domestic routes.

• By October 1939, Avianca acquired the first Douglas DC3 aircraft arriving in the country, flying then at the incredible speed of 200 miles per hour.

• Beginning in 1946, Avianca inaugurated flights to Quito, Lima, Panama City, Miami, New York City, and finally Europe using Douglas DC4 and C-54 aircraft,.

• In 1951, Avianca acquired the Lockeed Constellation 0749 and the Super Constellation 1049L aircraft, the biggest and fastest of the time.

• A grand feat in Colombian commercial aviation was also conducted by Avianca in 1956 when the airline committed to take the Colombian delegation that was to participate in the Melbourne Olympic Games in Australia. There were 61 hours of continuous operation, with only one stop for refueling allowed.

• Four years later, in 1961, Avianca leased two Boeing 707-100 aircraft to operate its international routes, and on November 24, 1961, it acquired its own Boeing 720, baptizing them with the names Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander.

• The year 1976 was an important one for Avianca becoming the first Latin American airline to continuously operate a Boeing 747. Three years later it started operations with another 747, this time a 747 Combi mixed cargo and passenger operations.

• In 1981 the possibilities for in-ground service for passengers in Bogotá expanded thanks to the modern air terminal that Avianca commissioned: Avianca’s Air Bridge. The new terminal originally operated routes to Miami, New York City, Cali, Medellín, Pasto, and Montería.

• By 1990 Avianca had acquired the most modern aircraft in the world: two Boeing B767-200ERs, which were baptized with the names of Cristóbal Colón and Américo Vespucio.

[edit] Avianca's system

In 1994, a strategic alliance was established to merge three of the most important enterprises of the aeronautical sector of Colombia: Avianca, SAM (acronym of Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín), and Helicol (acronym of Helicópteros Nacionales de Colombia), which brought life to Avianca’s new system of operations.

This system offered specialized services in Cargo (Avianca Cargo) and mail (Postal Services, as well as the most modern aircraft fleet in Latin America made up of: Boeing B767-200, Boeing B767-300, Boeing B757–200, McDonnell Douglas MD83, Fokker F50 and Bell Helicopters.

Avianca’s new system covered the following destinations:

• In Colombia: Bogotá, Arauca, Armenia, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cartagena, Cúcuta, Santa Marta, Leticia, Manizales, Montería, Pasto, Pereira, Popayán, Riohacha, San Andrés, Valledupar, Providencia, Capurganá, Bahía Solano, Nuquí, Caucasia, and Chigorodó.

• In South America: Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Lima, Quito, Guayaquil, Caracas.

• In North America: Los Angeles, Newark, New York City, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Mexico City.

• In Europe: Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt, and London.

• In Central America and the Caribbean: Panama, San José, San Juan, Curaçao, Santo Domingo, and Aruba.

By 1996, the trademark Deprisa was created as an evolution of Avianca’s Postal Services to ship and deliver documents and urgent goods in 24 hours, with the most competitive rates of the market, through Deprisa and Deprisa Empresarial, Traditional Mail, Certified Mail, shipment Airport-to-Airport, and P.O. boxes.

On December 10, 1998, Avianca announced the inception of a new "connections center" in Bogotá with around 6,000 possible weekly connecting flights, and an increased number of frequencies, schedules, and destinations, taking advantage of the privileged geographical location of the country’s capital for the benefit of Colombia and international travellers between South America, Europe, and North America.

[edit] Summa Alliance

After a rigorous and complex process which faced the Colombian airline and the aviation industry worldwide following the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in the United States, Avianca, regional carrier SAM and its major rival ACES (acronym of Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia), joined together to create Alianza Summa which began merged operations on May 20, 2002. These three airlines decided to strategically merge their strengths to offer a more efficient service with concerns to quality, quantity, security, and competition in a new struggling marketplace. However, adverse circumstances within the industry and markets forced the alliance to disband, and airline shareholders decided to initiate the liquidation of Alianza Summa in November of 2003, to focus in streghtening the Avianca trademark. These decisions resulted in the liquidation of ACES altogether, and the acquisition of SAM as a regional carrier under Avianca's system.

[edit] American Continent Airways

On December 10, 2004, Avianca concluded one of the most important and ambitious reorganization processes undertaken after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection by obtaining confirmation of its Reorganization Plan which was financially backed by the Brazilian consortium OceanAir/Synergy Group and the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, allowing the airline to obtain funds for US$63 million dollars in the 13 months following withdrawal from C-11.

The Plan, which counted with the support of 99.8% of the voting creditors and which obtained the majority endorsement of the Creditors Committee, will enter into force once the Company emerges from bankruptcy. In accordance with United States laws, the administration has the trust obligation to consider any other investment proposal until the final term expiration stipulated. Notwithstanding, such offer, besides being better than the one that has been approved by Avianca’s domestic and international creditors and confirmed today by the Court, must be final, i.e. fully financed and backed with non-reimbursable cash deposits or equivalent mechanisms. Likewise, such proposal must be binding. As known, the only investment that complies with these requirements is that of OceanAir/Synergy Group and the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, which already makes part of the Reorganization Plan already voted favorably by the creditors and confirmed by the Judge.

Synergy Group is an evidenced credit-worthy Brazilian entrepreneurial conglomerate. Its strength lies in the oil sector, building, installing, and offering maintenance to offshore oil platforms; it is currently carrying exploration work in Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia. Other businesses include the extraction of gas in the United States; naval construction, telephony infrastructure, hydroelectric power plants, communications and a hydrocarbons marine exploration company which extends throughout nine countries with more than 5,000 workers.

It also owns and operates OceanAir, which services around thirty cities in Brazil, as well as VIP, an airline in Ecuador, Taxi Aero, a charter airline in Brazil, and the recently acquired Wayra in Peru, as well as Turb Serv dedicated to the maintenance of turbines.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

The airline suffered a few incidents during the 1980s and early 1990s. Many were caused by warring gangs, under the assumption that a member of a rival gang was aboard. The deadliest of those incidents was Avianca Flight 203, which was bombed in 1989 following orders from Pablo Escobar to kill a politician. In the aftermath, it was found that the politician had not boarded the plane. Only one successful bombing has occurred in the airline's history, while most other gang related incidents were related to hijackings, or shootings on board. In most hijackings, all passengers and crew members unaffiliated with the hijacker's cause were immediately released.

On April 26, 1990, M-19 presidential candidate Carlos Pizarro was gunned down during a domestic Avianca flight[1][2].

Other incidents include:

• Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing B747-200 that crashed onto a mountain just short of landing at Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain in September of 1983. The cause was determined as pilot error.

• Avianca Flight 410, a Boeing B727 domestic flight which crashed into low mountains after take-off on March 17, 1988, killing all on board. It was determined that pilot error was also the cause of this crash in a situation similar to that of Avianca Flight 011 five years earlier.

• On January 25, 1990, Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing B707-321 jet en route from Bogotá to New York City via Medellín, crashed in the town of Cove Neck, New York after running out of fuel while in a holding pattern, killing 73 of the 158 people aboard. There was much controversy surrounding this crash. The Spanish-speaking pilots appeared not to know how to indicate the urgency of their situation in English. Also, air traffic controllers may have contributed to the disaster by not providing sufficient information regarding poor weather conditions around JFK airport and the time, and maintaining the jet in a holding pattern for too long despite being told that Flight 52 was low on fuel. This accident is discussed in the movie "Faces of Death IV."

[edit] Destinations

Main article: Avianca destinations

Avianca's hub is Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport. Its focus cities are Medellín, Cali and Barranquilla.

[edit] DesKubra

DesKubra is Avianca’s commercial division specialized in the design and offer of tourist packages for destinations in Colombia and abroad.

At present, Deskubra offers plans to:

• The Colombian Caribbean (Santa Marta, Cartagena, San Andrés Island)
• Armenia
• The interior of Colombia (Bogotá, Cali, Medellín)
• Argentina
• Chile
• Chile plus Argentina (Lake crossing)
• Margarita Island
• Aruba
• Florida (Miami and Fort Lauderdale)
• Panamá
• Mexico (Mexico City, plus Taxco and Acapulco and plus Puerto Vallarta)
• Brazil
• Perú (Lima and Cusco)
• Spain (Madrid)

Other new domestic and international destinations will be included soon, as well as special products for similar interest groups. Everything to be combined with our spectacular Deskubra Promos.

[edit] Alliances

[edit] Affinity programs

AviancaPlus is Avianca's frequent flyer program. Avianca offers frequent flyer partnerships the following:

Aerolineas Argentinas Air Canada Air China Air France Conviasa Delta Air Lines Grupo TACA

Iberia Mexicana de Aviación OceanAir SAM VIP

[edit] Codeshare partners

Presently, Avianca has codeshare agreements with:

• Aerolineas Argentinas: Aerolinas Argentinas signed a codeshare agreement last week under which AR passengers on the carrier's thrice-weekly flights to Bogotá will be able to connect to AV's domestic services while AV passengers flying to Argentina will have access to domestic flights operated by AR or Austral Lineas Aereas.

• Air China: Air China has a special prorate agreement with Avianca, enabling Air China to offer customers connecting itineraries between Asia, China and South America at market-leading fares.

• Conviasa : Conviasa has an agreement with Avianca to serve the demand between Colombia and Venezuela. Conviasa is able to operate codeshared national Avianca destinations as well as Avianca is able to operate destinations in Venezuela under codeshared flights by Conviasa.

• Delta Air Lines: Offering connecting service to the United States via the airline's codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines; Delta's non-stop flight from Bogotá to Atlanta allows for codeshare connections to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Chicago, and Boston. Connections from Fort Lauderdale to Boston and to La Guardia airport in New York City using Avianca's non-stop Bogotá-Fort Lauderdale service will soon be offered.

• Mexicana de Aviación: Allows Avianca to offer booking services 14 times per week between Bogotá and the Mexico City: seven frequencies operated by Avianca and seven operated by Mexicana de Aviación. The introduction of a second daily flight on the route by Mexicana will increase the offer.

• Iberia: Through this alliance, Avianca offers destinations in Spain and one in France, through Iberia’s hub in Madrid. Connections available from Madrid include, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, Paris (Orly Airport), La Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Vigo, Asturias, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Pamplona, Palma de Mallorca, Málaga, Sevilla and Las Palmas, and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

• Air Canada: With this agreement, Avianca is able to offer its travelers the two most important destinations in Canada: Toronto and Montreal. The Air Canada operation is initiated in Bogotá with its direct flight to Toronto, subsequently connecting with Montreal. Notwithstanding, this agreement may be commercialized by Avianca from any other city, provided the connections allow.

• Grupo TACA: With this agreement, Avianca offers three destinations in Central America, served by Lacsa and TACA airlines: San José de Costa Rica, Guatemala, and El Salvador, in direct flight Bogotá – San José de Costa Rica with subsequent connection to the other two destinations.

[edit] Subsidiaries

• Avianca Cargo is a cargo airline based at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia.
• SAM is an airline based at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia.
• Helicol is an helicopter operator based at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia.
• OceanAir is an airline based at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil.
• Wayraperú is a regional airline based at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Perú.
• VIP is a regional airline based at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador.
• Capital Airlines is a regional airline based at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria.

[edit] Fleet

[edit] Avianca-SAM

Avianca-SAM fleet consists of following aircraft (as of April 2007) ^[1]:

Aircraft	Number	Seats	Routes	Photo
Boeing B787-800	(10 orders) (10 options)	296	Europe and medium and long range flights within America.
Airbus A330	(10 orders)	293/335	Europe and medium and long range flights within America.
Airbus A320 Family	(23 orders)	117-220	Colombia and medium flights within America.
Boeing B767-300ER	2	210-213	Medium and long range flights within America.	B767-300
Boeing B767-200ER	5	175-181	Europe and medium and long range flights within America	B767-200
Boeing B757-200	7	168-170	Medium range flights within America	B757
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	17	143-147	Flights within Colombia and international short range routes	MD-83
Fokker F-100	10	98	Flights within Colombia and international destinations in its neighboring countries.	F100
Fokker F-50	8	52	Flights within Colombia	F50

Avianca-SAM's average fleet age is 14.2 years old as of June 2006.

[edit] Helicol

Avianca's Subsidiary, Helicol has a separate fleet consisting of the following aircraft (as of June 2006):

Aircraft	Number	Seats	Routes	Photo
Twin Huey	4	14	Flights within Colombia
De Havilland Canada Dash 7	2	xxx	Flights within Colombia

[edit] OceanAir

Avianca's Subsidiary, OceanAir has a separate fleet consisting of the following aircraft (as of April 2007):

Aircraft	Number	Seats	Routes	Photo
Boeing B767-300ER	4 (Not yet in service)	210-213	Africa and medium and long range flights within America.	767-300
Fokker F-100	11	120	Flights within Brazil	F100
Fokker F-50	5	52	Flights within Brazil	F50
Embraer EMB120 Brasilia	7	30	Flights within Brazil	EMB120
Bombardier Learjet 45 XR	-	8-9	Flights within Brazil	L45
Bombardier Learjet 35 A	-	8	Flights within Brazil	L35
King Air C-90	-	6-7	Flights within Brazil	C90
Jet Ranger	-	4	Flights within Brazil	B407

OceanAir's average fleet age is 13.7 years old as of June 2006.

[edit] VIP

Avianca's Subsidiary, VIP has a separate fleet consisting of the following aircraft (as of June 2006):

Aircraft	Number	Seats	Routes	Photo
Dornier Do328-100	3	32	Flights within Ecuador	Do328

[edit] Wayraperú

Avianca's Subsidiary, Wayraperú has a separate fleet consisting of the following aircraft (as of xxx xxx):

Aircraft	Number	Seats	Routes	Photo
Fokker F-100	3	120	Flights within Perú	F100

Wayraperú's average fleet age is xxx years old as of xxx xxx.

[edit] Capital Airlines

Avianca's Subsidiary, Capital Airlines has a separate fleet consisting of the following aircraft (as of March 2006):

Aircraft	Number	Seats	Routes	Photo
Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia	4	30	Flights within Nigeria	EMB120

Capital Airlines's average fleet age is xxx years old as of June 2006.

[edit] Retired

The following have been airplanes the airline has used in the past:

Aircraft	Year retired	Replacement	Photo
Junkers F.13	-	Boeing B247	J.13
Boeing B247	-	Douglas DC3	-
Douglas DC-3	-	Boeing B737	DC-3
Douglas DC-4	-	Lockheed L-749 Constellation and Lockheed L-1049-G Super Constellation	DC-4
Douglas C-54 Skymaster	-	Lockheed L-749 Constellation and Lockheed L-1049-G Super Constellation	DC-54
Lockheed L-749 Constellation	-	Boeing B707 and Boeing B720	L-749
Lockheed L-1049-G Super Constellation	-	Boeing B707 and Boeing B720	L-1049
Boeing B707	1992	Boeing B757	B707
Boeing B737	1971	-	B737
Boeing B720	1984	Boeing B757	B720
Boeing B747	1995	Boeing B767	B747
McDonnell Douglas MD-11	-	Boeing B757	MD-11
Boeing B727	2002	McDonnell Douglas MD-83	B727

[edit] Livery

Livery through time:

Date	Aircraft	Notes	Photo
Early 1930's	Junkers F13	Avianca as SCADTA	[3]
November 1968	Boeing B737-159	-	[4]
April 1973	Boeing B727-24C	-	[5]
June 1977	Boeing B747-124	-	[6]
June 1979	Boeing B747-124	-	[7]
March 1980	Boeing B727-21	-	[8]
Mid 1980's	Boeing B747-123	American Airlines colors	[9]
December 1980	Boeing B707-321C	Pan Am colors	[10]
September 1988	Boeing B727-225/Adv	Eastern Airlines colors	[11]
December 1989	Boeing B727-225/Adv	Eastern Airlines colors	[12]
Early 1990's	Boeing B757-23A	-	[13]
Mid 1990's	Boeing B747-128	Air Atlanta Icelandic colors	[14]
December 5, 1993	Boeing B757-236	Ambassador Airlines colors	[15]
April 1995	Boeing B727-2H3/Adv	-	[16]
February 1998	Boeing B727-2H3/Adv	Bancoquia Bank colors	[17]
August 16, 1998	Boeing B727-2A1/Adv	ES: Tómese ya unas Aviancaciones. Usted se las merece. EN: Take an Aviancations off now. You deserve it.	[18]
January 1999	McDonnell Douglas MD-11ER	World Airways colors	[19]
September 1999	Boeing B767-3S1/ER	Grupo TACA colors	[20]
October 9, 2000	Boeing B757-2Q8	1960's colors	[21]
August 15, 2002	Boeing B767-284/ER	Summa Alliance colors	[22]
October 28, 2002	Boeing B757-2Q8	ES: 80 años EN: 80 years	[23]
October 24, 2003	Boeing B757-256	Icelandair colors	[24]
November 23, 2003	Boeing B757-236	TransMeridian Airlines colors	[25]
January 12, 2005	Boeing B757-208	Icelandair colors	[26]
April 17, 2005	Boeing B767-3Y0/ER	ES: 85 años EN: 85 years	[27]
October 22, 2005	Boeing B767-2B1/ER	Current livery	[28]
December 30, 2005	Boeing B757-28A	North American Airlines colors	[29]
July 8, 2006	Boeing B767-283/ER	ES: Colombia es pasión EN: Colombia is passion	[30]

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Awards

• Avianca VIP Lounge at El Dorado Int'l Airport - Latin America & Caribbean - 2006 Priority Pass Lounge of the Year Awards

[edit] Nominations

[edit] 2007

• South America's Leading Airline - 14th World Travel Awards
• South America's Leading Airline Website - 14th World Travel Awards
• (OceanAir) South America's Leading Budget / No Frills Airline - 14th World Travel Awards
• South America's Leading Business Class Airline - 14th World Travel Awards

[edit] 2006

• South America's Leading Airline - 13th World Travel Awards
• South America's Leading Business Class Airline - 13th World Travel Awards

[edit] 2005

• South America's Leading Airline - 12th World Travel Awards
• South America's Leading Business Class Airline - 12th World Travel Awards

[edit] Avianca around the world

Avianca Benelux - www.avianca.be Avianca Argentina - www.avianca.com.ar Avianca Brazil - www.avianca.com.br Avianca Chile - www.avianca.cl Avianca Colombia - www.avianca.com.co Avianca Ecuador - www.avianca.com Avianca Europa - www.aviancaeuropa.com

Avianca France - www.avianca.net Avianca Mexico - www.avianca.com Avianca Panamá - www.avianca.com.pa Avianca Spain - www.avianca.es Avianca Venezuela - www.avianca.com.ve Avianca United Kingdom - www.avianca.co.uk Avianca United States - www.avianca.us

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Internet

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] Books

• De La Espriella, Alfredo.(2000) "La Colonia alemana en Barranquilla". Serie Documento #7. Colonias extranjeras en Barranquilla. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Barranquilla.

[edit] External links

(English) Avianca (Spanish) Avianca Cargo (English) AviancaPlus (English) Avianca VIP lounges (English) Avianca Services (Spanish) Deskubra (English) Avianca´s fleet age (English) Avianca's star ranking by Skytrax (English) Avianca's aircraft photos by Airliners.Net

(English) Avianca's aircraft photos by JetPhotos.Net (English) Avianca's aircraft photos by MyAviation.Net (English) Avianca's domestic route map (English) Avianca's international route map (Portuguese) OceanAir (Spanish) Helicol (Spanish) VIP (Spanish) Wayraperú

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