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Avianca Airlines Offers Business Class on flights to Bogotá

  • The purchase of business class tickets will be available starting tomorrow, June 1, at avianca.com, travel agencies, and other airline channels for flights beginning July 1, 2023.
  • Some of the benefits available to customers traveling in this class are dinner or lunch with three options to choose from, hot and cold beverages, liquor, free entertainment system, among others.
  • The company offers one daily flight on the Los Angeles-Bogotá route on Boeing 787* aircraft with 28 seats in the business cabin and 222 seats in economy class.

BOGOTA, Colombia, May 31, 2023 - Avianca Airlines announced that as of June 1, customers of the airline will have the option of flying in business class on the Los Angeles to Bogotá route. This decision was made after analyzing and addressing customer suggestions to improve their travel experience on the longest route the airline operates in the Americas.

With this change, passengers flying between these destinations will be able to choose the size that best suits their needs from five options: XS, S, M and L in economy fare and XXL in business fare to fly on Boeing 787* twin-aisle aircraft with 28 seats in business cabin and 222 in economy. 

Avianca Airlines flight AV0083 will depart Los Angeles (LAX) at 8:45 p.m. (local time) daily, arriving in Bogotá (BOG) at 05:45 a.m. the following day (local time), with a flight time of seven hours. The return flight (AV0084) will depart Bogotá at 1:10 p.m. (local time) daily, arriving in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. (local time) the same day. 

"We know that going to Bogotá is almost like going to Europe,” said Manuel Ambriz, Avianca's chief commercial officer. “It's a long trip and we want our customers to have the opportunity to enjoy more benefits. We listened to them, we made some internal adjustments and today we are implementing the option of flying in the business cabin on a flight of seven hours. We currently operate one daily flight between Los Angeles and Bogotá and we believe that this is an important development to the route." 

With this announcement, customers who choose to fly business class between Los Angeles and Bogotá will have access to a service that includes:

  • Welcome drink
  • Dinner/lunch with three menu options to choose from and snacks
  • Offers on liquors and beverages
  • Blanket and pillow kit
  • Amenity kit and mattress pad for night flights
  • Complimentary entertainment system

The service for passengers flying in the economy cabin on this route includes:

  • Dinner or lunch with two options and a snack
  • Offers on liquors and beverages
  • Blanket and pillow kit on night flights
  • Free entertainment system

*Flights on this route are operated on Wamos aircraft and have a capacity of 34 executive cabin seats.

AVIANCA GROUP includes Avianca -Star Alliance member-, LifeMiles and Avianca Cargo. In passenger transportation and with more than 103 years of continuous operations since 1919, Avianca is the leading airline in Colombia, Ecuador, Central America and has one of the largest airline operations in Latin America with 130 routes, 3,800 weekly flights and a fleet of more than 130 Airbus 320 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, connecting to around 70 destinations in the Americas and Europe. More than 11 million members and 500 commercial partners are part of its loyalty program, LifeMiles, one of the largest in the region. In cargo transportation, Avianca Cargo is a leader in the region and is the main cargo airline in different markets in the Americas. It serves more than 70 destinations with a fleet of Airbus A330 freighters, along with its operation of passenger aircraft bellies. Avianca successfully emerged from Chapter 11 at the end of 2021 and today, has a team of more than 12,000 people committed to providing a safe, convenient, affordable and friendly service to its customers. More information is available at www.avianca.com.