From this Thursday, Medellin and San Andres they are directly connected to the start of a route operated by Avianca, which continues to strengthen its network in Colombia.
The airline will operate six weekly flights (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) on A320 family aircraft with capacity for up to 180 passengers per flight, with a total offer of around 1,000 weekly seats that will provide more connectivity opportunities to Colombians.
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the economy and the strengthening of tourism in these destinations
“The objective of connecting the regions of Colombia and the world continues, with the start of the route Medellin-San Andres-MedellinWe seek to contribute to the economy and the strengthening of tourism in these destinations”, said David Alemán, Avianca’s Sales Director for Colombia and South America.
At the moment, the airline operates more than 20 direct routes from Medellín, connecting it with national and international destinations. “We are to continue contributing to tourism and the aeronautical industry to continue developing the country,” he added.
Meanwhile, Mauricio Valencia, Medellín’s Secretary of Economic Development, assured that “through this new air route we are connecting the city with more people and we continue working to promote economic development and tourism competitiveness of both territories.
In addition, he said that this new route will help more citizens of Medellín to reach San Andrés more easily and also strengthen that tourist destination. “It’s a relationship that will allow a better connection and a new opportunity to increase visits,” the official said.
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For his part, the governor of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Everth Julio Hawkins, assured that the Archipelago is a purely tourist territory and unlike other departments, access can only be done by air; “hence the importance that airlines represent for our economic model“.
For this reason, highlight that being able to have direct flights by Avianca from Medellín “gets us a little closer to our normality and increases the number of daily flights allowing us to recover the local economywhich has been hit by the crisis in the aeronautical industry.”
