Avianca

Avianca S.A.

IATA ICAO Callsign AV AVA AVIANCA
Founded	5 December 1919; 98 years ago (1919-12-05) as SCADTA
Hubs	El Dorado International Airport El Salvador International Airport (Avianca El Salvador) Jorge Chávez International Airport (Avianca Peru)
Secondary hubs	Juan Santamaría International Airport (Avianca Costa Rica) Mariscal Sucre International Airport (Avianca Ecuador)
Focus cities	La Aurora International Airport (Avianca Guatemala) Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (Avianca Honduras) José María Córdova International Airport Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport Miami International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	LifeMiles
Alliance	Star Alliance
Subsidiaries	Avianca Argentina Avianca Costa Rica Avianca Ecuador Avianca El Salvador Avianca Guatemala Avianca Nicaragua Avianca Honduras Avianca Peru Avianca Cargo Helicol Sansa
Fleet size	173[1]
Destinations	114
Company slogan	"Es Por Ti" ("It's For You") "Con Todo Gusto" ("With Pleasure") "The First Airline of the Americas"
Parent company	Avianca Holdings S.A.
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Key people	Germán Efromovich (Chairman of Avianca Holdings S.A.) Hernan Rincon (CEO of Avianca S.A.)
Operating income	COP 2.8 B[2] (FY 2009)
Total assets	COP 2.403.632 M (FY 2008)
Website	www.avianca.com

Avianca S.A. (acronym in Spanish for "Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A.", Airways of the American Continent) is a Colombian airline that has been the national airline and flag carrier of Colombia^[3][4] since 5 December 1919, when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA.^[5][6] It is headquartered in Bogotá, D.C. with its main hub at El Dorado International Airport. Avianca is the flagship of a group of eight Latin American airlines, whose operations are combined to function as one airline using a code sharing system. Avianca is the largest airline in Colombia and second largest in Latin America, after LATAM of Chile. Avianca and its subsidiaries have the most extensive network of destinations in Latin America.^[7] It is wholly owned by Synergy Group S.A., a South American holding company established by Germán Efromovich and specializing in air transport. It is listed on the Colombia Stock Exchange.^[8]

Through SCADTA, Avianca is the world's second oldest airline after KLM, and celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2009, when it was announced that it would merge with TACA. It is the oldest airline in the Western Hemisphere.^[9] It became an official member of Star Alliance on 21 June 2012, after a process that lasted approximately 18 months from the initial announcement^[10] of their invitation to join the Alliance.^[11]

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 SCADTA (1919–1940)
    
  
  
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    1.2 National Airways of Colombia (1940–1994)
    
  
  
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    1.3 Merger and alliance (1994–2002)
    
  
  
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    1.4 Summa Alliance (2002–04)
    
  
  
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    1.5 American Continent Airways (2004–09)
    
  
  
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    1.6 Avianca-TACA merger (2009–13)
    
    
    
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      1.6.1 Star Alliance
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1.7 Avianca Holdings S.A. (2013–present)
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Headquarters
  


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  3 Destinations
  
  
  
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    3.1 Subsidiaries
    
  
  
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    3.2 Frequent Flyer Program
    
  
  
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    3.3 Codeshare agreements
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 LifeMiles
  


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  5 Fleet
  
  
  
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    5.1 Current Fleet
    
  
  
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    5.2 Retired Fleet
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Incidents and accidents
  


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  7 Certifications
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

History

SCADTA (1919–1940)

SCADTA Junkers W 34 "Magdalena"; circa 1920s.

The airline traces its history back to 5 December 1919, in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Colombians Ernesto Cortissoz (the first President of the Airline), Rafael Palacio, Cristóbal Restrepo, Jacobo Correa and Aristides Noguera and Germans Wilhem Schnurbusch, Werner Kämerer, Stuart Hosie and Albert Tietjen founded the Colombo-German Company, called Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transporte Aéreo or SCADTA. The company accomplished their first flight between Barranquilla and the nearby town of Puerto Colombia using a Junkers F.13, transporting 57 pieces of mail. 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 to efficiently operate in the climate of the country. There were nine aircraft in the fleet with a total range of 850 km (528 mi) which 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, floats were adapted for two of the Junkers aircraft to make water landings in the rivers near different towns. Using these floats, Helmuth von Krohn was able to perform the first inland flight over Colombia on 20 October 1920, following the course of the Magdalena River; the flight took eight hours and required four emergency landings in the water.

Soon after the airline was founded, 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, which began in 1922. This new contract allowed SCADTA to thrive in a new frontier of aviation. By the mid-1920s, SCADTA started its first international routes that initially covered destinations in Venezuela and the United States. In 1924, the aircraft that both Ernesto Cortissoz and Helmuth von Krohn were flying crashed into an area currently known as Bocas de Ceniza in Barranquilla, killing them. In the early 1940s, Peter von Bauer sold his shares in the airline to the US-owned Pan American World Airways.

National Airways of Colombia (1940–1994)

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Avianca Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation at Miami International Airport (1965).

Avianca Boeing 720 at El Dorado International Airport (1972).

Avianca Boeing 747 at Miami International Airport (1993).

On 14 June 1940, in the city of Barranquilla, SCADTA, under ownership by United States businessmen, merged with regional Colombian airline SACO (acronym of Servicio Aéreo Colombiano), forming the new Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia S.A. or Avianca. Five Colombians participated in this: Rafael María Palacio, Jacobo A. Corea, Cristobal Restrepo, and Aristides Noguera, as well as German citizens Albert Teitjen, Werner Kaemerer and Stuart Hosie, while the post of first President of Avianca was filled by Martín del Corral.

In 1946, Avianca began flights to Quito, Lima, Panama City, Miami, New York City and Europe, using Douglas DC-4s and C-54 Skymasters. In 1951, Avianca acquired Lockheed 749 Constellations and 1049 Super Constellations. In 1961, Avianca leased two Boeing 707 aircraft, to operate its international routes and on 2 November 1961, it acquired its own Boeing 720s. In 1976, Avianca became the first Latin American airline to continuously operate^{[clarification needed]} a Boeing 747. Three years later, it started operations with another 747, this time a 747 Combi, mixing cargo and passenger operations.

Merger and alliance (1994–2002)

Avianca Boeing 767 (2004)

Avianca Airbus A330-200 at El Dorado International Airport (2009).

In 1994, Avianca, the regional carrier SAM and the helicopter operator Helicol, merged, beginning Avianca's new system of operations. This arrangement allowed for specialized services in cargo (Avianca Cargo) and postal services, as well as a more modern fleet, made up of Boeing 767–200s, Boeing 767–300s, Boeing 757–200s, McDonnell Douglas MD-83s, Fokker 50s, and Bell helicopters.

By 1996, Avianca Postal Services became Deprisa, which provided various mail services.

Summa Alliance (2002–04)

After the September 11 attacks, Avianca, the regional carrier SAM Colombia, and its major rival ACES Colombia joined efforts to create Alianza Summa, which began merged operations on 20 May 2002. In November 2003, Alianza Summa was disbanded and ACES Colombia was liquidated altogether and SAM Colombia was acquired to be a regional carrier under Avianca's brand.

American Continent Airways (2004–09)

On 10 December 2004, Avianca concluded a major reorganization process, 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, in the 13 months following withdrawal from bankruptcy.

Under this plan, Avianca was bought by Synergy Group, and was consolidated with its subsidiaries OceanAir and VIP Ecuador. The company's full legal name was changed from Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia (National Airways of Colombia) to Aerovías del Continente Americano (Airways of the American Continent), retaining the acronym Avianca. In 2009, OceanAir and VIP were re-branded as Avianca Brazil and Avianca Ecuador, respectively.

Avianca-TACA merger (2009–13)

In 2009, it was announced that Avianca would merge with TACA.^[12][13] This created AviancaTaca Holdings, which instantly became one of the region's largest airlines, with 129 aircraft and flights to more than 100 destinations.

In November 2009, the airline's Chief Executive Fabio Villegas announced that the airline was looking to replace its Fokker 50 and Fokker 100 aircraft with newer aircraft of 100 seats or less.^[14] On 1 January 2011, the airline decided to retire the Fokker 100 aircraft in 2011 and replace them with 10 Airbus A318 leased from GECAS. The aircraft were delivered from February to April 2011.

Star Alliance

Avianca Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (2015)

On 10 November 2010, Star Alliance announced that Avianca (and its merger counterpart, TACA) were full members in 2012. Due to Avianca's entry into Star Alliance, it ended its codeshare agreement with Delta Air Lines and began a new codeshare agreement with United Airlines. TACA had been codesharing with United Airlines since 2006.^[15] On 21 June 2012, Avianca and TACA were both officially admitted into Star Alliance.

Avianca Holdings S.A. (2013–present)

TACA and all other AviancaTaca airlines changed their brand to Avianca on 28 May 2013. On 21 March 2013, at the annual general meeting, the shareholders approved the change of corporate name from AviancaTaca Holdings S.A. to Avianca Holdings S.A.^[16]

Headquarters

Avianca headquarters designed by Esguerra Saenz Urdaneta Samper

Avianca's headquarters are on Avenida El Dorado and between Avenida la Esmeralda and Gobernación de Cundinamarca, located in the Ciudad Salitre area of Bogotá. The building is located next to the Gran Estación.^[17] Its previous head office was at Avenida El Dorado No. 93-30.^[18]

Destinations

Main article: List of Avianca destinations

Countries with destinations of Avianca (including seasonal and future destinations).

  Colombia

  Avianca Destinations

Avianca Airbus A330 cabin.

Avianca's hubs are in Bogotá at El Dorado International Airport, in San Salvador at Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport and in Lima at Jorge Chávez International Airport. Its focus cities are Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla, San José and Quito as well as Miami, where Avianca is the largest foreign carrier by number of passengers. The airline covers 114 destinations in 27 countries.

Subsidiaries

Avianca's subsidiaries destinations

Company	Number of destinations	List
Avianca	54	Avianca destinations
Avianca Argentina	2	Avianca Argentina destinations
Avianca Cargo	20	Avianca Cargo destinations
Avianca Costa Rica	12	List of Avianca Costa Rica destinations
Avianca Ecuador	15	List of Avianca Ecuador destinations
Avianca El Salvador	37	List of Avianca El Salvador destinations
Avianca Guatemala	11	Avianca Guatemala destinations
Avianca Honduras	4	Avianca Honduras destinations
Avianca Peru	32	List of Avianca Perú destinations

Frequent Flyer Program

Avianca launched their LifeMiles frequent-flyer program in 2011, replacing AviancaPlus. The levels include Silver, Gold and Diamond, replacing the former Basic, Gold, Platinum, and Platinum Executive levels. This program covers all Avianca Holdings airlines.

Codeshare agreements

Avianca has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:^[19]

• Aeroméxico


• Air Canada


• 
  Air India (Begins 5 November 2018)^[20]
  


• All Nippon Airways


• Avianca Brazil


• Avianca El Salvador


• Copa Airlines


• Cubana de Aviacion


• Etihad Airways


• EVA Air


• Iberia


• Lufthansa


• Silver Airways


• 
  Singapore Airlines^[21][22]
  


• TAME


• Turkish Airlines


• United Airlines

LifeMiles

The frequent flyer program of Avianca and its subsidiaries is LifeMiles.This program is to reward customer loyalty. The membership is free and you can register online. LifeMiles members earn miles every time they fly with Star Alliance members, Avianca subsidiaries or use service in some hotels, retails, car rental and credit card partners.

LifeMiles has three Elite Tiers:

• Silver (Star Alliance Silver)


• Gold (Star Alliance Gold)


• Diamond (Star Alliance Gold)

Fleet

Avianca Airbus A330-200, in the post-2013 livery, arrives London Heathrow Airport (2015)

Avianca A330

Current Fleet

As of September 2018, the Avianca Holding S.A. fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[23]

Avianca Fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Airbus A318-100	10	—	12	88	100
Airbus A319-100	14[24]	—	12	108	120
Airbus A319neo	—	20[25]	TBA
Airbus A320-200	36	—	12	138	150
Airbus A320neo	3	97[25]	12	141	153
Airbus A321-200	8	—	12	182	194
Airbus A321neo	2	15[25]	12	183	195	First A321neo operator in Latin-America and second in America
Airbus A330-200	6	—	30	222	252
Airbus A330-300	2	—	32	268	300	Taken over from former TransAsia Airways fleet.
ATR 72-600	9[24]	—	—	68	68
Boeing 787-8[26]	13[24]	—	28	222	250
Boeing 787-9	—	8	TBA			Delivery begins mid-2018
Cessna 208	11	—	—	12	12
Embraer 190	12	—	8	88	96
Avianca Cargo Fleets
Airbus A330-200F	5	—	Cargo
Total	130	138

Avianca's first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was delivered on 17 December 2014 and launched its first service on 16 January 2015 between Bogotá and New York.^[27]

Erroneously, Avianca Holdings has been associated with the purchase of ten units of the Airbus A350-900 XWB.^{[citation needed]} However, the purchase was made by Grupo Synergy, owner of Avianca Brasil and main shareholder of Avianca Holdings. The purchase is destined to Avianca Brasil, which is not a subsidiary of Avianca Holdings.^[28][29]

Retired Fleet

Avianca former fleet^[30][31]

Aircraft	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Boeing 247D	1937	1947
Boeing 707-300	1969	1993	One was written off as Avianca Flight 52
Boeing 720	1961	1984
Boeing 727-100	1966	1992
Boeing 727-200	1978	1998
Boeing 737-100	1968	1971	First Latin American airline to operate its type
Boeing 747-100	1976	1996
Boeing 747-100SF	1981	1988
Boeing 747-200M	1981	1988	One was written off as Avianca Flight 011
Boeing 757-200	1992	2010	Many aircraft have been converted into freighters and sold to FedEx Express.[32]
Boeing 767-200ER	1989	2011
Boeing 767-300ER	1994	2010
Consolidated PBY Catalina	1946	Unknown
Curtiss C-46 Commando	1950	Unknown
de Havilland Giant Moth	Unknown	Unknown
de Havilland Tiger Moth	Unknown	Unknown
Douglas C-54 Skymaster	1948	1975
Douglas DC-2	1944	Unknown
Douglas DC-3	1939	1975
Douglas DC-4	1945	1970
Dornier Do J	Unknown	Unknown
Dornier Komet	Unknown	Unknown
Dornier Merkur	1927	Unknown
Fokker 50	1993	2014	Replaced by ATR 72-600
Fokker 100	2005	2011	Replaced by Airbus A318.
Fokker Super Universal	1931	1934
Ford 5-AT-DS Trimotor	1932	1946
Hawker Siddeley HS 748	1968	1978
Junkers F.13	1920	1939
Junkers W 33	1928	1932
Junkers W 34	1929	1947
Lockheed L-749 Constellation	1956	1968
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation	1958	1968
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar	Unknown	Unknown
McDonnell Douglas MD-11ER	1999	1999
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	1992	2011
Sikorsky S-38	1929	Unknown

Incidents and accidents

The airline suffered a few incidents during the 1980s and early 1990s. The deadliest of those incidents was Avianca Flight 011, which crashed in 1983.

• On 22 January 1947, a Douglas C-53B, registered C-108, crashed in the Magdalena river valley, killing all 17 people on board.^[33]
  


• On 9 August 1954, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, registered HK-163, crashed three minutes after take off from Lajes Field, Azores, after it flew left into the hills instead of right towards the sea. All 30 on board died.^[34]
  


• On 9 March 1955, a Douglas C-47A, registered HK-328, crashed at Trujillo, Colombia, killing all eight on board. The wreckage was found a month later, but some of the gold and cargo was missing.^[35]
  


• On 23 June 1959, a Douglas DC-4, registered HK-135 and operating Flight 667, struck Cerro Baco mountain while en route to Lima, Peru, killing all 14 aboard.^[36]
  


• On 21 January 1960, a Lockheed L-1049E operating Flight 671 crashed and burned on landing at Montego Bay International Airport in Jamaica, killing 37 aboard.^[37]
  


• On 22 March 1965, a Douglas C-47-DL, registered HK-109 and operating Flight 676, struck Pan de Azucar at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2,200 m), killing all 29 on board. The cause was the decision of the pilot to fly VFR in conditions that required IFR.^[38]
  


• On 15 January 1966, Avianca Flight 4 crashed shortly after takeoff from Cartagena-Crespo Airport. The cause was determined to be maintenance problems, possibly compounded by pilot error.


• On 22 September 1966, a Douglas DC-4, registered HK-174 and operating Flight 870, crashed while attempting to return to Eldorado Airport due to engine problems, killing both pilots. The cause was traced to a failure in the governor control unit. Improper supervision by the company was a contributing factor, as the pilot was briefed to make a night flight while he was in conversion training for the L-749.^[39]
  


• On 24 December 1966, a Douglas C-47A, registered HK-161 and operating Flight 729, struck Cerro Las Animas at an elevation of 11,600 feet (3,500 m) while approaching Pasto, killing all 29 on board. A combination of poor CRM, pilot intoxication, deviation from route, and pilot error was cited as the cause.^[40]
  


• On 21 May 1970, a Douglas DC-3, registered HK-121, was hijacked to Yariguíes Airport, Barrancabermeja whilst on a flight from El Alcaraván Airport, Yopal to Alberto Lleras Carmargo Airport, Sogamoso. The hijackers had demanded to be taken to Cuba.^[41]
  


• On 29 July 1972, two Douglas C-53s, registered HK-107 and HK-1341, were involved in a mid-air collision over the Las Palomas Mountains. Both aircraft crashed, killing 21 people on HK-107 and 17 people on HK-1341. Both aircraft were operating domestic scheduled passenger flights from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Yopal Airport.^[42][43]
  


• On 22 August 1973, a Douglas DC-3A, registered HK-111, crashed into a hill near Casanare, Colombia, killing 16 of the 17 people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Alcaraván Airport, Yopal.^[44]
  


• On 12 August 1974, a Douglas C-47, registered HK-508, flew into Trujillo Mountain, killing all 27 people on board. The aircraft was on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from El Dorado Airport, Bogotá to La Florida Airport, Tumaco.^[45]
  


• On 27 November 1983, a Boeing 747–200 operating Flight 011 crashed onto a mountain just short of landing at Barajas Airport in Madrid, killed 181 of the 192 people aboard. The cause was determined to be pilot error.


• On 17 March 1988, a Boeing 727 operating Flight 410 crashed into low mountains near Cúcuta – Norte de Santander, Colombia after take-off, killing all 143 on board. It was determined that pilot error was also the cause of this crash, in a situation similar to Flight 011.


• On 27 November 1989, a bomb destroyed Avianca Flight 203. All 110 passengers and crew were killed. The boming was ordered from Pablo Escobar to kill presidential candidate César Gaviria Trujillo. In the aftermath, it was found that Gaviria had not boarded the aircraft. 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 25 January 1990, Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing 707–320 operating Flight 52 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, awaiting landing at New York's Kennedy Airport, killing 73 of the 158 people aboard.


• On 26 April 1990, 19th of April Movement presidential candidate Carlos Pizarro was gunned down during a domestic Avianca flight.^[46][47]
  


• On 12 April 1999, a Fokker 50 operating Flight 9463 from Bogotá to Bucaramanga was hijacked by 6 ELN members, who forced the plane to make an emergency landing on a clandestine runway in the Bolivar region. One passenger died during captivity, the rest were eventually liberated a year after the hijack.^[48]
  

Certifications

In the field of security, Avianca has different international certifications that guarantee the quality of its procedures and safety standards in their services of maintenance, training and support to aircraft. In addition, on November 27, 2008 it received certification ISAGO (IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations), being the first airline in the world to receive it. ISAGO certifies the compliance with the standards and practices for the control and management of the processes of care and boarding of passengers, cargo, luggage, as well as assistance and handling of aircraft.^[49]

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