Avianca Adds Airbus A320 Chicago O’Hare To Bogota Flights

With airlines starting to look toward the 2024 winter season, Latin American carrier avianca has announced it is resuming the route connecting Chicago to the Colombian capital, Bogota, after a five-year hiatus. On Wednesday, the airline opened ticket sales for the new nonstop route that will commence on October 27, offering more than 2.500 seats weekly.

Another post-COVID restart

Avianca operated the route between Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport (BOG) and Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) from 2018 to 2019, and from October, it will resume the route after a five-year suspension with seven weekly flights. The route’s return will strengthen connectivity across the Americas, with seamless connections to Chicago for travelers from South America, Central America and the Caribbean through Bogota.

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Chicago is the thirteenth city avianca will fly to in North America, adding to the network that includes Boston, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Washington, Houston, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami, Ontario, San Francisco and, subject to regulatory approval, Chicago from October.

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The route will be operated with an Airbus A320 with a capacity for 180 passengers on the daily flights. It is scheduled to depart Bogota El Dorado as flight AV262 at 07:00 and arrive in Chicago at 13:15. The return flight AV263 departs Chicago O’Hare at 14:35 and is due back in Bogota at 20:25.

Stronger connections from avianca

Avianca Airlines Sales Director for North America, Central America and the Caribbean Rolando Damas said the airline is continuing to focus on providing more connectivity and access to new destinations around the world.

“Following our successful launches in Montreal and Paris earlier this year, we are thrilled to introduce the new Bogota-Chicago route. This new route will allow more travelers to connect to the United States through our network and facilitate the arrival of new visitors to Colombia and the rest of our region.”

Damas added that avianca is committed to delivering a refreshed travel experience that prioritizes safety, punctuality and reliable baggage handling. Colombia is the leading South American destination for US travelers, and the new route will boost Colombian tourism and strengthen connectivity with the US, which is the largest source of travelers to Colombia.

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According to ch-aviation, avianca has a fleet of 148 aircraft, including 49 operated under wet lease agreements with avianca’s affiliate airlines. The data shows that the fleet, including wet-leased aircraft, includes eight Airbus A319-100s, 79 A320-200s, 43 A320neos, three A330-200s, one A330-300 and 14 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners.

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Avianca uses those aircraft to service a network of 150 routes to 75 destinations in 25 countries on more than 700 daily flights across the Americas and Europe. In 2023, the airline carried more than 32.2 million passengers on more than 213,000 flights, and its loyalty program, LifeMiles, has more than 14 million members and 600 partner brands.

In May, it launched a codeshare partnership with Emirates that will see avianca place its code on routes operated by Emirates between Barcelona, Madrid or London Heathrow and Dubai. Emirates passengers from those ports can fly directly to three Colombian destinations with seamless connectivity, with codeshare flights including Madrid to Bogotá, Medellin or Cali; Barcelona to Bogotá; and London Heathrow to Bogota.