Avianca to Provide La Paz and Rio Links from Bogotá

Posted 27/09/2011

Colombian national carrier Avianca is to introduce flights from its primary base at El Dorado International Airport in the country’s capital Bogotá to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and La Paz, the administrative capital of Bolivia.  The latter route remains subject to government approval and will be the carrier’s first link to Bolivia – it already serves Brazil with a twice daily flight to São Paulo.

The airline plans to offer a three times weekly service to Rio de Janeiro from November 4 using an Airbus A330-200 and a five times weekly link to La Paz from November 16 using an A319.  It currently uses an A330-200 on one of its daily flights to São Paulo with the second rotation operated by an A319.

An estimated 26,000 O&D passengers travelled between Colombia and Brazil in the last year, a market that has almost doubled during the last 12 months.  Alongside Avianca, TAM Airlines and Gol Transportes Aereos and Oceanair offer flights between Bogotá and São Paulo, although the carrier will be the first to offer direct flights to Rio de Janeiro.

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