By Ricardo J. Delpiano
-TACA is currently Avianca the largest airline in the region. Tas its merger with the oldest American Airlines American Airlines is undergoing a process of large-scale expansion, extending its network across the continent, which has been accompanied by a steady investment plan embodied in its new fleet of latest generation and the excellent service that the company provides and which is being widely recognized.
In Chile, Avianca has historically been the leading airline in passenger traffic to Bogotá with 69,916 passengers carried in 2010, 12,554 more than its nearest competitor close a gap that has kept over the last decade. In these ten years, has had a positive evolution in the Chilean market going from 36,209 passengers in 2001 to 81,485 at the end of last year. Only between 2002-2004, the airline recorded a decrease in the number of passengers carried as a result of the crisis that the company lived during those years, before entering the Synergy Group to the company.
Airbus A330-200 Avianca plane with the Colombian company which operates its main long-haul routes and high density. Photo: Airbus Industries.
Associate increase in the number of passengers, the company has progressively increased its frequencies and capacity to Santiago, going from three to four flights weekly to daily flights from March 2010 when the airline added its seventh frequency. A year after starting daily flights, the Colombian company introduces the plane Santiago logo: an Airbus 330-200, which currently uses in its long-haul flights.
As shown on the website of the airline and distribution systems, Avianca operates with this modern generation aircraft starting next April 26 on Tuesdays and Thursdays departing from Bogota returning from Santiago on Wednesday and Friday. With the addition of Airbus A330-200, the airline will significantly increase capacity at two services a week, which will offer 120 seats in the Airbus A319 to 252 in the A330.
Avianca currently has in its fleet with six Airbus A330-200, which are configured with 30 seats in business class and 222 economy class. In the new business class, the Colombian company offers full flat seats with a system advanced entertainment at every seat, which also incorporates the "Sky Office", a program designed for people who need to work during your flight. Economy class passengers have new seats, each equipped with a PTV with a variety of movies and games, plus the company's extensive menu offers all its flights. The Airbus A330 operating on routes from Bogota to Madrid, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bMiami, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Santiago now.
addition to these aircraft, the company also has six Airbus A319s, 18 A320, 2 Boeing 767-200ER, 3 Mc Donnell Douglas MD83, Fokker 100 and 15 10 Fokker 50 aircraft for regional routes. They also added two Airbus A318 (ex Mexico) that will gradually replacing the Fokker 100 aircraft on domestic routes and short range. Avianca also incorporate the A318 that will go out of LAN's fleet, which will be placed in Avianca's fleet of Brazil (former Ocean). These aircraft are also added to the 8 Airbus A319s, 16 A320, 5 and 8 Embraer ERj190 A321 operated by TACA.
By December this year, Avianca-TACA group will be comprised of nine types of aircraft to only four significant homogenizing the company's fleet, with significant savings in operating costs and achieving economies of scale. It will be seen together with a better service to each customer of the airline, thanks to technology that incorporate the new equipment, which also opens up new opportunities for expansion and entering new markets.
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