RICARIZA From Colombia, joined Apr 2005, 2356 posts, RR: 29 Posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 6149 times:
This week AV will be 89 years old..
5 December 1919
A Colombian airline, Aerovias Nacoinales de Colombia SA (Avianca) is formed. By 1982 it will have achieved the longest continuous record of scheduled services.
The airline traces its history back to December 5 1919, in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Germans and Colombians founded the Colombo-German Company. The company accomplished its first flight between Barranquilla and the nearby town of Puerto Colombia, aboard a Junkers F.13, 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 aircraft 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 seaplanes were adapted to the Junkers aircraft, in order for them to accomplish water landings in the rivers of different towns. Using these floats, Helmuth Von Krohn was able to perform the first inland flight over Colombia on October 20 1920, following the course of the Magdalena River; the flight took eight hours and had to make four emergency landings in the water.
NAVEGA From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 741 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 6135 times:
777jaah From Colombia, joined Jan 2006, 1401 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 6090 times:
Quoting RICARIZA (Thread starter): the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Germans and Colombians founded the Colombo-German Company
Just a bit out of topic, but I just happened to receive as a gift a paper ticket issued by SCADTA. I was pretty happy to get it, since it belonged as to a relative, and to me, it is nothing more than a personal a family piece of valuable memorabilia.
When I get my scanner working I'll post it.
Cheers
JAAH
Next flights: AV BOG-ADZ-BOG, AV-UA BOG-IAD-ORD-IAD-BOG, BOG-FLL-BOG, LA BOG-MIA-BOG J
Troest From Denmark, joined Mar 2008, 167 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 6058 times:
Happy Birthday Avianca!
Do some of you know how many airbus planes is expected to be delivered in 2009?
And how is it going in the process of building the new international terminal in Bogota? I could imagine that Avianca will demand more space at Eldorado for its fleet as more and more new planes are being added to the fleet.
Happy 89 wonderful years of great achievements !!! ...
Ricardo, Colombian friends, can someone tell us when did Avianca exactly started flying to Mexico City... Was the " Connie " the first aircraft from AV to land in Aztec land ?
... Mexico and Colombia go back quite sometime already thanks to the links provided by the great condor airline...
I recall very well seeing those beautiful " Ruana Roja " flight attendants, stepping out from AV´s 720s and 707s at MEX in the early sixties... Oh, those very wonderful and glamorous days !!!
Best regards
No matter how you fly...just never get your wings clipped !
Tavong From Colombia, joined Jul 2001, 833 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 5976 times:
Congratulations AV!!!!!!
It´s great to seethat AV has survived the tougth times and are already becoming a important player on the region. I have a lot of good memories of my fligths with them.
Gus
SKBO
Colombian coffee, the best...take a cup and you will see how delicious it is.
RCS763AV From Colombia, joined Jun 2004, 4282 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 5961 times:
Happy birthday! Keep the expansion coming....what about BOG? I have been living in Paris since July so i havent seen the progress, but im coming back next week!!!! I hope they started Hito III already
Jigarciar From Colombia, joined May 2005, 87 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5910 times:
I feel so proud of our Airline; for what it has represented for our Country in the past years and for what is going to represent in the upcoming years, not only for Colombia, but for Latin America.
I want to share some information that some of you Colombians might remember, taken from various AV's magazines:
Celebrating Company's 75th birthday, back in 1994.
Once again, Avianca flies to London, this time, to Heathrow. It was offered, initially, twice a week on Boeing 767-200ER aircraft (N988AN was leased to be able to operate the route). Year 1997.
This was the international network the Company had by the ends of the 1990's. Since then, scheduled services to destinations such as SJU, CUN, FRA, CDG, LHR and GIG are not flown by the Airline.
Domestic routes map (1999). By that time, SAM used to operate a fleet of Cessna Caravan, which were used to fly to from CLO, PPN, BUN, UIB, NQI, BHS, EOH, CTG, VUP, RCH, PVA, MTR, CPG, etc.
During Colombia's economy crisis, by 2000, international destinations were reduced.
Jigarciar From Colombia, joined May 2005, 87 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5899 times:
Quoting RCS763AV (Reply 9): Keep the expansion coming....what about BOG?
For work purposes, I flew today BOG-SMR-BOG. The construction of the new international cargo terminal is on the way and going really fast. They are doing some jobs on the adyacent roads, so the traffic is really a mess (well, at least today). Also, I saw that they are building something in front of the B concourse, between taxiways 'G' and 'F'. Taxiway 'G' is closed.
LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12335 posts, RR: 12 Reply 12, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 5886 times:
An amazing accomplishment for Aviacna to survive to be one of the oldest continuiously operated airlines in the world.
Avianca707359B From Colombia, joined Oct 2005, 206 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 5781 times:
Quoting Jigarciar (Reply 10): I want to share some information that some of you Colombians might remember
Wow, thanks for posting these... Some I remember, some I had never seen before. Interesting that the 2-page "80th Anniversary" poster did not mention the B720/B707 introduced in the early 60's (yes, I'm biased!).
VAAengineer From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 89 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 5751 times:
Happy 89th !!! cant wait for 787 im proud to be colombian !!!
Alianza From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 230 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 5701 times:
89 years, WOW!! Felicitaciones a Avianca!!! That is really quite a great accomplishment, for a business in Latin America to have endured and grown they way have, to become one of the successful and highly regarded corporations of the region.
NAVEGA From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 741 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 5593 times:
RICARIZA,
I believe Mexicanas birthdate is July 8, 1921. Only 7 months after Aviancas.
WesternA318 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 5395 posts, RR: 25 Reply 20, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 5582 times:
Quoting XA744 (Reply 7): Happy 89 wonderful years of great achievements !!! ...
Hear hear! Heres to another 89 years of flying! Im happy to say that Ive finally using AV on my journey next summer! MIA-BOG-CLO-MAD-BOG-MIA. I'm excited to see how Avianca has changed since I flew them last in 1990.
Woohoo! Back to Beirut in Oct '13! (Along with a stop in DOH for 4 days)
NAVEGA From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 741 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 5521 times:
RICARIZA,
I stand corrected. You are absolutely right. I researched and Mexicana started July 12, 1921.
MATURRO727 From Colombia, joined Apr 2004, 297 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 5442 times:
Hey.
Happy B-day AV! 89 years.... just beautiful, I'm so proud of our airline, keep up the good work. Hope to be part of this great team in the near future as I'm getting my Commercial Pilot's License by February. again lets celebrate for this great moment! cheers to you all.
Regards
MATURRO727
25 WesternA318: I cant say anything bad about the flights, I enjoyed them, but I am still looking forward to the new Avianca.
26 RICARIZA: TODAY IS THE DAY... AVIANCA'S BIRTHDAY 5 DECEMBER 1919 BARRANQUILLA - COLOMBIA...
27 Avianca: great day! so I am not the only good "Colombo-Aleman" combo out there.. jeje Cant wait to fly on of the new avianca birds (A319 / A320 / A330) it is r
28 RICARIZA: Is it true that mid January, AV will suspend the A330 to MIA? If so, why?
29 AV757: By the end of January all of the A330-243 flight crews will have finished their check rides, including me now as an A330 captain. By then we will have
30 RCS763AV: Really? Do you have more information on this? Sources? It's quite interesting, since cargo is becoming less profitable these days maybe AV bought Tam
31 RICARIZA: Captain, but I still don't understand why the cancellation of the A330 to MIA. Is it to use them for Europe?
32 A300AA: They are scheduled for the MAD flights.
34 Troest: I also read that they will be used for GRU
35 Colinatl: So will BOG - MIA go back to 762 or 763?
36 A300AA: For Feb there are 2 757 scheduled and for March a 762 and a 757
37 ChilliQueen: ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Avianca! I have heard great things about you, and hope to fly with you soon!
38 WesternA318: So have the 762 been completely removed from TATL service?
39 Tavong: Not entirely, you still have the CLO-MAD and te BCN fligths. I think that the 762s still have life on TATL fligths, not THAT much, but at least you s
40 WesternA318: In July Im booked on CLO-MAD and its showing me on a 763...lol. Oh well, my MAD-BOG is on the 332, and BOG-MIA is still on the 762, whilst im on CO h
41 RICARIZA: A nice video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEY7fdhYUdY (For some reason it did not allow me to embed it)
42 Avianca: ok - point one. Tampa is doing all cargo related work, so no Avianca Cargo more, as Tampa is using there own airplanes + selling the space on Avianca
43 Summa767: Andreas, it does souns like a mess in the cargo department at AV/QT. It's a shame on all those people who lost their jobs overnight. I guess that the
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