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Avianca was formed in 1940 by the merger of SCADTA and Servicio Aereo Colombiano . Over the decades Avianca expanded their routes to include all of South America, as well as Central America, the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico and parts of Europe. Avianca's fleet has included such types as the Boeing 727, Boeing 707, Boeing 747, Boeing 757British Airways Boeing 757-200. The Boeing 757 is a medium-range transcontinental commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was designed for Eastern Airlines and British Airways to replace the Boeing 727 and entered ser, and Boeing 767The Boeing 767 is a commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The Boeing 767, which was introduced in about the same time period as the 757, has a seat-to-aisle ratio in economy class of 3. 5 seats per aisle, making for qu. Nowadays, they have retired the 727's and 747's but have added the Fokker 50 , MD-87, MD-88's to their fleet.
As Colombia struggled to fight drug trafficking in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends, Avianca also had trying times. The airline suffered a few accidents which were arranged by rival gangs whenever they knew that someone they wanted killed was on board an Avianca flight (See: Avianca Flight 410Avianca Flight 410 was a flight that crashed on March 17 1988, at Santander, Colombia. It was a Boeing 727, with the registration #HK-1716. That airplane had flown previously with Pan Am, as #N321PA. All 143 people on board died in the accident. The crash). It should be noted, however, that in the great majority of these accidents, Avianca was not to blame, as investigations almost always pointed to other causes and not the Avianca planes themselves. Avianca Flight 011Avianca Airlines Flight 011, registration HK-2910, was a Boeing 747-283B on an international scheduled passenger flight from Paris to Bogota with an intermediate stop in Madrid. On November 27, 1983, Flight 011 was attempting to land at the Barajas Intern, a Boeing 747, crashed shortly before landing at Barajas International AirportBarajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain, is that country's most important international and domestic getaway center. Started in 1928, the airport has grown to be one of the most important aviation centers of any Hispanic country. Barajas Internatio in Madrid, Spain on September of 1983.
On January 25, 1990, Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing 707-321 jet en route from Bogota to New York City via Medellin, crashed into Long Island after running out of fuel in a series of hold-up patterns, killing 73 of the 158 people on board.
After the death or arrest of various traffickers at the hands of Colombian police, Avianca has regained its status as one of the safest airlines in the world and is one of Latin America's leading airline companies. It also owns SAM, another Colombian airline that is striving to succeed with the help of Avianca.
In December 2003, Avianca announced that a pilots' strike cost the airline about 3 million US dollars.
As of May 2004, Avianca has an average operation of 290 daily flights to 18 domestic and 17 international destinations, including South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, the United States and Spain [1].Avianca Airlines uses the IATA designator code AV and the ICAO designator code AVA.