Avianca is again offering SAL-MAD flights for the height of the Summer season, from Mid June to mid September in the first instance. These flights are again operated by Wamos in A330-200 in a decent (not densified) configuration. This aircraft will also cover some SAL-LAX rotations. Wasn’t AV BOG-L...
Jump to postAll good news and thanks for sharing this with us here Summa767. I hope AV will at the 787-9 again for future expansion. Good to see the aviation in Colombia increasing. Has JetSmart started flying domestically and internationally to/from BOG already or is this planned for the coming months? Also, ...
Jump to postAvianca is again offering SAL-MAD flights for the height of the Summer season, from Mid June to mid September in the first instance. These flights are again operated by Wamos in A330-200 in a decent (not densified) configuration. This aircraft will also cover some SAL-LAX rotations. I am sure that ...
Jump to postAvianca is again offering SAL-MAD flights for the height of the Summer season, from Mid June to mid September in the first instance. These flights are again operated by Wamos in A330-200 in a decent (not densified) configuration. This aircraft will also cover some SAL-LAX rotations. I am sure that i...
Jump to postAll good news and thanks for sharing this with us here Summa767. I hope AV will at the 787-9 again for future expansion. Good to see the aviation in Colombia increasing. Has JetSmart started flying domestically and internationally to/from BOG already or is this planned for the coming months? Also, ...
Jump to postAvianca launches BOG-CDG route! In time for the Olympic Games but planned for the long haul -as it were. After many years since it last flew to Paris on 767s, Avianca is returning to Charles de Gaulle from 3 July with 5 weekly frequencies (4 weekly for the first 2 weeks). Schedule AV228 BOG 13:25 C...
Jump to postAvianca lunches Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and Lima from Medellín from June Schedule: MDE 18.10 -21.10 LIM Tue, Thurs, Sat from 1 Jun. LIM 01.55 - 05.00 MDE Weds, Fri, Sun. MDE 17.45 - 0045 SCL Mon, Weds, Fri, Sun from 2 Jun. SCL 01.45 - 06.59 MDE Mon, Tues, Thurs, Sat. MDE 16.45 - 01.25 EZE D...
Jump to postEmergency services are responding to a Latam aircraft which has just landed at AKL from SYD. The flight experienced a sudden drop in altitude and about a dozen people have required medical treatment. Some people have been seriously injured. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/03/11/emergency-response-at-a...
Jump to postVueling returning to Heathrow! According to a slot transaction published today by ACL, British Airways will be leasing Vueling 42 weekly slots (equivalent to 3 daily frequencies) Interestingly Vueling would operate at T4 in LHR. Looks like Vueling would operate BCN (presumably replacing a couple of ...
Jump to postVS are cancelling their TLV service to early September now. They were planning to return one frequency, will they now use this slot elsewhere for the summer season? and have they already allocated the other TLV slot to another route? According to ACL slots swap report published today, VS will be le...
Jump to postEx-Norwegian 787-8 LN-LNE (now N799AV) is on its way to MDE from ARN to join AV’s fleet. It’s still in Norwegian’s colour scheme so will need some work at avianca’s MRO facility there. https://fr24.com/OMD312/33dc1cda 2 other ex-Norwegian 787-8s should follow in the next few months. All of these are...
Jump to postThere has been more information the reason (or one of the reasons) for LATAM's suspension of its month old route between Lima and Heathrow from the 1st of next month. In a statement to some outlets, LATAM had accused UK authorities of imposing sudden conditions that were incompatible with the way i...
Jump to post[ Excluding paper airlines: Air Atlanta Icelandic, Azul, Emerald Airlines, Flynas, Norwegian, Play, Turkmenistan Airlines, US-Banlga are all airlines who requested slots as new entrants and collectively they received a total of zero slots. There are also the dozens of existing airlines who also req...
Jump to postAny update on LIM-LHR? Last flight appears to be next Wednesday? What will happen after that? Good question. In theory the suspension is from next Wednesday till 30 March. That route gained extra slots for summer so that it could be operated daily.I don’t know whether LATAM will resume the route or...
Jump to postJetsmart Colombia initial routes, starting 14 March are as follows, as per https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240125-jamar24co BOG-MDE. 26 weekly BOG-CTG 20 weekly BOG-PEI 10 weekly BOG-SMR 14 weekly MDE-CTG 20 weekly MDE-SMR 14 weekly PEI-CTG 4 weekly Interesting to see that this new airline is startin...
Jump to postAC YYZ to Bogota is not daily. It is just 3 times / week YUL - BOG is also 3 times / week https://services.aircanada.com/portal/rest/timetable/pdf/ac-timetable-en.pdf Indeed. Avianca is daily BOG-YYZ and AC has 3 weekly frequencies to each YYZ and YUL. wonder if the Canada - Colombia market will su...
Jump to postYUL by AV is excellent news. AC is reducing capacity to South America, so these 4 new frequencies on top of its daily YYZ and AC’S 3 weekly frequencies from YUL and 3 from YYZ makes BOG a decent distribution centre for passengers between Canada and different parts of Colombia, plus Ecuador, Peru an...
Jump to postYUL by AV is excellent news. AC is reducing capacity to South America, so these 4 new frequencies on top of its daily YYZ and AC’S 3 weekly frequencies from YUL and 3 from YYZ makes BOG a decent distribution centre for passengers between Canada and different parts of Colombia, plus Ecuador, Peru and...
Jump to postThere has been more information the reason (or one of the reasons) for LATAM's suspension of its month old route between Lima and Heathrow from the 1st of next month. In a statement to some outlets, LATAM had accused UK authorities of imposing sudden conditions that were incompatible with the way it...
Jump to postIt appears that the reason behind the suspension of LATAM's new LIM-LHR route is the negative of the British authorities (CAA) to accept the airline's fleet interchange program. In other words, as far as the British are concerned, LP flights should be operated with OB-XXXX registered aircraft as th...
Jump to postVirgin is too flaky, too small with no feeder network . LATAM should go double daily to LHR asap They should, but it’s very unlikely to happen anytime soon. They can’t use the slots for the LIM route on GRU (unless there were 5th freedom rights arranged between Peru, Brasil and the UK for Latam Per...
Jump to postIt appears that the reason behind the suspension of LATAM's new LIM-LHR route is the negative of the British authorities (CAA) to accept the airline's fleet interchange program. In other words, as far as the British are concerned, LP flights should be operated with OB-XXXX registered aircraft as th...
Jump to postThat’s a pitty. Would be great if LA could run double daily GRU-LHR-GRU since VS is not launching the route any longer and they could improve connectivity from a different bank time in GRU to all deep South America, which lacks non-stop UK connectivity. With the current slot portfolio, it is not po...
Jump to postGood old Sean reliably comes through with a reliable update. Numbers must have been pretty dire in the first 3 weeks of this route for it to have been pulled for 2 months. It’s not looking good. I guess that if LATAM will not operate this route for the Winter, those season slots conditioned to a sp...
Jump to postWell, well, well.. Mystery solved. LATAM Peru's recently introduced LIM-LHR has been suspended and expects to return at some point during the NS2024 - no future flights have been loaded beyond 31JAN. Stay tuned for more as I doubt we have heard the last of the developments on this route. https://tw...
Jump to postnice to have LATAM on the route as well, just wondering how this will put further pressure on business class fares from/to Europe - Colombia I agree it’s good to have LATAM on the route. As for pressure on Business Class fares I think it will be negligible, especially as Avianca is removing 8 busin...
Jump to postThis is not looking good. How many times have you made the same remark? Jeez, give it a rest. Cannot be that many. The route has only been gone off sale from February for a couple of days. LATAM's new route between Lima and Heathrow has barely been less than 3 weeks in operation. So how can you pos...
Jump to postLATAM has opened for sale its new SCL-BOG-MAD service, effective 03JUL24 with 787-8 daily service operated by LATAM Chile with 5th freedom traffic rights on all legs. LA710 SCL 15:30 BOG 20:25 - 22:50 MAD 15:40+1 D 788 LA711 MAD 17:25 BOG 20:40 - 23:10 SCL 06:00+1 D 788 nice to have LATAM on the ro...
Jump to postThe LIM-LHR-LIM non-stop flights are still listed on Amadeus after February 1. It seems like it's just a glitch. On Amadeus but zeroed out? This is not looking good. Latam has stated that Peru is its most challenging market these days and though LHR is a great opportunity on paper, but the demand h...
Jump to postAnyone knows why after 01Feb2024 there are no longer any LATAM LIM-LHR flights offered for sale? LATAM's currently offering connections via MAD. Looked for every day in the first 2 weeks of February. https://i.postimg.cc/VvbnvPmC/Screenshot-2023-12-20-at-09-54-41-Trip-from-San-Francisco-to-anywhere...
Jump to postGreat to have more UK- Latam air links. However, LATAM will have to do something about its operational resilience. It’s noticeable how bad it’s been on LIM-LHR-LIM. Last night saw the 3rd cancelation of the LIM-LHR since the route started and so the third return LHR-LIM due today. 6 out of 24 ops c...
Jump to postGreat to have more UK- Latam air links. However, LATAM will have to do something about its operational resilience. It’s noticeable how bad it’s been on LIM-LHR-LIM. Last night saw the 3rd cancelation of the LIM-LHR since the route started and so the third return LHR-LIM due today. 6 out of 24 ops ca...
Jump to postNot sure why, but AV launched a brand refresh using lower case "a" in its logo. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8rnBGWXkAAFIig?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8rnBGWXkAAFIig?format=jpg&name=large It makes sense to me and their adverts are clear as to the “why”. The...
Jump to postLATAM is reintroducing tonight its LiM-Salta SLA flights, one of the few routes that were still suspended since the pandemic. Operated 3x w with A319s by LATAM Peru, Salta becomes LATAM's sixth destination in Argentina (seventh if we also consider USH, served as a charter destination from SCL with ...
Jump to postLATAM has made an application to operate SCL-BOG-MAD and return.
It would be the fourth airline on the BOG-MAD route.
Avianca has applied to operate BOG-COR and/or MDE-EZE for up to 7 weekly frequencies.
Not sure if this is a sign that demand may be softer than anticipated. LATAM has downgauged the new Lima - London 5x w service to the 247-seat 787-8 instead of the 313-seat 787-9 from the first day of service, 01DEC23. Previously the airline had filed for a change of equipment to the 787-8 on 31MAR...
Jump to postAvianca has extended the route between San Salvador and Madrid until the 13 January 2024. It was originally only scheduled until this month and had already had a one month extension until the end of October. This route is operated by Wamos Air A330-200s. Wamos is also continuing to operate one fligh...
Jump to postRB211trent wrote:Being repaired. Definitely
Today, CC-BBF, a Boeing 787-8, sustained damage while being towed at El Dorado Airport in Bogota, Colombia. The towbar on the tug broke and the vehicle got caught underneath the airplane. There's a video on twitter and also a picture taken after the incident: https://twitter.com/aviationbrk/status/...
Jump to postIt's reported that l/n 185, CC-BBF LAN is getting broken up at BOG following it's accident with a tow-tug earlier this year. Some other versions suggest that whilst the vertical stabilizer / rudder has indeed been removed, this is normal procedure for balancing the aircraft weight as work is done o...
Jump to postMany NW23 international service changes filed by Avianca, including the removal of seasonal service between Cartagena - Santiago SCL/Sao Paulo GRU. IIRC those 2 routes were introduced 2 seasons ago but failed to gain traction in the market. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230825-avnw23intl Avianca i...
Jump to postSchedule for new MDE-SJO route, from 1 Dec 2023
Monday, a Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
MDE 0951 - 1336 SJU
SJU 1501 - 1646 MDE
RAGAZZO777 wrote:PB26 wrote:Maybe SCL
Except that LIM-SCL already sees two 787s a day, besides multiple flight frequencies on A320 aircraft. Methinks that 789 will be deployed to another South American route.
LATAM has confirmed the launch of the Lima - London LHR flights, beginning 01DEC23, 5x w, with the group's 787-9. https://es.linkedin.com/posts/manuel-van-oordt-fernandez-5b8718_somos-la-primera-aerol%C3%ADnea-peruana-que-llega-activity-7097693851347283968-5xJ8 Cheers for the news. Great to have an...
Jump to postAny update on LATAM's LIM-LHR due to start in November? None to my knowledge, other than LP pilots being informed about the aircraft type which will fly to LHR: the 787. That’s a pretty good update. Both on aircraft type (even if it’s not the one suggested when requesting slots) and the implication...
Jump to postMaybe something like this could work? LA8084 22:50 GRU - LHR 14:05+1 77W LA8087 16:00 LHR - LIM 21:05 77W LA8086 23:50 LIM - LHR 17:10+1 77W LA8085 21:25 LHR - GRU 05:00+1 77W Only potential concern would be this hypothetical LA8087 wouldn't be able to connect well to the regional network. These sc...
Jump to postThe 77W was a big mistake by TAM management, it was a big plane for the market. And when retrofit from 365 to 410 paxs, it was a way to low the CASK, but they can't fill with paxs. The international market for brazilian carriers fits well with midsize widebodies (A330, 767 and 787) and not like 77W...
Jump to postThanks for sharing the schedule. Definitely the MDE-MIA-MDE will have some connections with DL out of MIA, probably BOS, MCO, JFK and LGA. And maybe even LHR with VS! Times fit well. While LIM-ATL is a necessary link for the JV and the alliance, I do wish them well and hope for expansions on the ro...
Jump to postnickpo wrote:
Thanks for sharing the schedule. Definitely the MDE-MIA-MDE will have some connections with DL out of MIA, probably BOS, MCO, JFK and LGA.