BOGOTA – Colombian airline Avianca confirmed that it will soon receive the first of 15 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners, saying that order will usher in a new era of service for the carrier.
“This has been and will continue to be our response to the trust deposited in us over all these decades,” Avianca CEO Fabio Villegas said Friday on the 95th anniversary of the company’s founding.
In recent years, the airline has been carrying out a modernization plan that has involved incorporating more than 100 next-generation Airbus planes, as well as a group of Airbus A320 family jets for use on medium- and long-haul routes.
Likewise, it is currently incorporating 15 ATR 72-600 planes, which are produced by French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR and are already serving Avianca’s routes in Colombia and Central America.
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a long-range, mid-size wide-body that seats between 217 and 323 passengers, will be incorporated soon.
Two fires early last year – one in the United States and another in Japan – caused by a battery failure prompted regulators to ground the Dreamliner until the problem was resolved. It was cleared to fly again three months later by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
“This has been and will continue to be our response to the trust deposited in us over all these decades,” Avianca CEO Fabio Villegas said Friday on the 95th anniversary of the company’s founding.
In recent years, the airline has been carrying out a modernization plan that has involved incorporating more than 100 next-generation Airbus planes, as well as a group of Airbus A320 family jets for use on medium- and long-haul routes.
Likewise, it is currently incorporating 15 ATR 72-600 planes, which are produced by French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR and are already serving Avianca’s routes in Colombia and Central America.
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a long-range, mid-size wide-body that seats between 217 and 323 passengers, will be incorporated soon.
Two fires early last year – one in the United States and another in Japan – caused by a battery failure prompted regulators to ground the Dreamliner until the problem was resolved. It was cleared to fly again three months later by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.