Avianca
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- Founded
- 5 December 1919 (as SCADTA)
- Callsign
- AVIANCA
- Headquarters
- Registered office: Barranquilla, Colombia, Corporate headquarters: Bogotá, Colombia
- Hubs and bases
- Bogotá
What they fly
- Airbus A320-200 47
- Airbus A320neo 31
- Boeing 787-8 13
- Airbus A319-100 8
- Airbus A330-900 2
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About the airline
Avianca S.A. (acronym in Spanish for Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A.; lit. 'Airways of the Americas Inc.'), stylized as avianca since October 2023, is the largest airline in Colombia. It has been the flag carrier of Colombia since December 5, 1919, when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA. It is headquartered in Colombia, with its registered office in Barranquilla and its global headquarters in Bogotá and main hub at El Dorado International Airport. Avianca is the flagship of a group of airlines of the Americas, which operates as one airline using a codesharing system. Avianca is the largest airline in Colombia and second largest in South America, after LATAM of Chile. Avianca and its subsidiaries have the most extensive network of destinations in the Americas. Before the merger with TACA in 2010, it was wholly owned by Synergy Group, a South American holding company established by Germán Efromovich and specializing in air transport. It is listed on the Colombia Stock Exchange. Through SCADTA, Avianca is one of the world's oldest extant airlines and dates its founding to 1919. It became a member of Star Alliance on June 21, 2012,…
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