Easyfly’s expansion plan for 2023 aims to strengthen its offer of 48 routes in order to reach new destinations and expand your route offer in order to add new routes that allow to continue connecting, mainly, remote cities of the country.
Felipe Gutiérrez Forero, Easyfly’s general manager, believes that venturing into new markets will contribute to consolidate the presence of the airline in the regional market. Currently, it is in 70 percent of Colombian territory.
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For this year, the opening of nine additional routes is expected, among which are destinations such as San Gil, Pitalito and Nuqui. In addition, depending on the seasons, some routes that respond to the market will be presented.
For example, for Holy Week the Medellín-Mompox routes will be reopened with up to three flights a week and Medellín-Popayán with up to four flights, among other religious destinations.
These new routes will be added to those recently inaugurated by Easyfly such as Bogotá-Medellín operating from the Puente Aéreo and the Olaya Herrera Airport; Bogotá-Buenaventura with an offer of up to two weekly flights, and Yopal-Paipa.
Currently, an airline has a fleet of 20 ATR aircraft for 50 and 70 passengers and expects transport in this 2023 more than 2 million people4.3 percent more compared to last year.
In 2022, Easyfly transported more than 1.91 million passengers, an increase of 35 percent compared to 2021, which is attributed to a greater offer and opening of new routes such as Bahía Solano, Paipa, Buenaventura and Tolú/Coveñas.
Additionally, the growth that is expected to occur this year is linked to the opening of new points of sale at the Olaya Herrera airport in Medellín, Puente Aéreo in Bogotá and soon at El Caraño in Quibdó, where those interested in purchasing tickets They can do it through specialized sales personnel.
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Easyfly and Avianca codeshare
Starting this Wednesday, travelers flying with EasyFly to and from Puerto Asís (Putumayo), Florencia (Caquetá), Quibdó (Chocó) and Arauca (Arauca) will be able to connect with the more than 20 national destinations that are part of the Avianca network with a single ticket, a single check-in, guaranteed connections and luggage registration to the final destination.
This means that a customer will be able to fly, for example, from Puerto Asís in Putumayo to Bogotá on a flight operated by EasyFly and connect through Bogotá with Cartagena on Avianca.
Customers will be able to buy their tickets from today through Avianca’s sales channels to fly from next March 8.
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This phase is added to the already existing one and announced in May 2022, which includes 17 regional routes point to point operated by EasyFly within Colombia. You can fly between Bogotá and Barrancabermeja, Florencia, Manizales, Neiva, Popayán, Puerto Asís, Quibdó, San José del Guaviare and Yopal.
Also, between Arauca and Bogotá, Bucaramanga and Cúcuta; and between Cali and Guapi, Pasto, Quibdó, Tumaco and Villavicencio.
In the coming months, connections will be enabled to and from eight additional cities, specifically Manizales, Tumaco, Barrancabermeja, Yopal, NeivaPopayán, Pasto and San José del Guaviare.
In the second half of 2023, the codeshare will fully operate by adding the possibility of purchasing tickets connecting many of Easyfly’s regional routes with the Avianca route network, since not only nationally but also internationallywith the more than 70 destinations that companies operate in Colombia and the
abroad.
