Avianca
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Cranky on the Web: Awards Around the World
The Cranky Network Awards may be over for 2025, but the articles continue to come in celebrating some of the wins. I…
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Abra Makes a Push for a Consolidated Brazil
Brazil has always been a fascinating yet incredibly difficult market for airlines. The country is huge, but for years air travel was…
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Avianca’s Owner Abra Group Jumps Across the Atlantic
Avianca was a slow-moving, bloated legacy carrier based in Colombia that had spread its wings around South America but not in a…
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The Avianca/Viva Saga is Even Stranger Than I Imagined, and Trouble is Brewing
I thought I was done writing about Avianca and Viva until I started learning more about just how tangled and strange this…
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Colombia Seals Viva’s Fate By Asking Avianca to Give Too Much
It’s been more than a year since Avianca first announced it was buying low-cost operator Viva Air, and now, the deal is…
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Colombia Does Not Like the Avianca/Viva Merger, But Avianca is Not Giving Up Yet
Avianca has been busy remaking itself over the last few years. That has meant pivoting toward an ultra low cost (ULCC) model…
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Avianca Adds Breadth to Its Recent Move for Depth with Gol Deal
As interesting as the US airline market is these days, it’s hard to beat what’s going on in South America. There seems…
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3 Links I Love: Ops are Hard, Porg Party, Viva Avianca, LAX Tower
This Week’s Featured Link Travel chaos returns as Alaska Airlines blames … the calendar? – Seattle TimesAnother month, another mess. Will it…
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3 Links I Love: No Shutdown, China Inches Closer, Avianca Wins the Race
This Week’s Featured Link President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-19 this Winter…
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3 Links I Love: Avianca Rising, Demolition in Phoenix, Norwegian Says No Heathrow
This week’s featured link Interview: Avianca CEO Applauds Airline Consolidation In Latin America – AirwaysKeep your eyes on Avianca. With United’s support,…
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United Bets On TACA As Avianca Flounders
There has been quite the mess unfolding down in Latin America. South America’s second largest airline has been falling apart, and United…
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3 Links I Love: Avianca Drama, Buffett on His Airline Purchases, United’s New Way of Serving Venezuela
This week’s featured link: United-Avianca Deal Becomes Target of Lawsuit by Kingsland – Bloomberg Avianca has been desperately looking for new investors,…