Medellin International Airport - José María Córdova (AIRPLAN), Colombia

Avianca is adding flights from Medellin to Buenos Aires, Lima and Santiago as part of efforts to further increase its point-to-point network.

Three new routes across three continents are being added by United Airlines, with new services to Cebu, Philippines; Marrakesh, Morocco; and Medellin, Colombia.

JetSmart will enter Colombia’s domestic market—the third largest in Latin America—on March 14.

The exclusive route, with a flight time of around 2 hr. 45 min., will be operated with an Airbus A320 configured to carry 180 passengers.

The agreement between the airlines starts on Oct. 31.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The network additions mean Colombia’s flag-carrier is almost halfway towards reaching its goal of launching 50 new routes in three years.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Chilean ULCC JetSMART has launched a fourth route to Colombia.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the ideal conditions for the launch of a new ULCC in Colombia, according to the founder of start-up Ultra Air.

Anko van der Werff says the difficulty of driving in Colombia presents the carrier with opportunities.

Flights from Bogota and Medellin will connect to 16 cities, including Miami and New York.

As Routes Americas 2019 gets underway in Québec City today, Routesonline can reveal the top ten busiest passenger air routes in the Americas region, as well as those which have grown at the fastest rate over the past year.