Colombia´s Avianca Ramps Up Airlift to Aruba

The Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) and Colombian airline Avianca announced last week that as of July 1 the air carrier will increase its 5 weekly flights from Bogota to Aruba to daily.

This will not only offer better service between Bogota and Aruba, but will also increase connections from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Panama to Aruba via Bogota.

The Aruba Tourism Authority´s Office in Colombia has been doing great PR and marketing in support of the increase in flights and just completed an intensive road show in Colombia together with Avianca and members of AHATA.

In addition, Avianca will also launch twice weekly service from Medellin via Baranquilla to Aruba on Wednesdays and Sundays as of June 18. The flights will be operated by SAM, an Avianca company, with Fokker-100 aircrafts.

At present Aires operates twice weekly service from Baranquilla to Aruba on Thursday and Sundays, with the addition of Avianca flights there will be service four times a week and expanding the connection opportunities via Baranquilla to coastal regions.