Puerto Rico has been lastly seeing progress in worldwide visitors, and that’s largely as a consequence of two markets: Spain and Colombia, with the latter coming from a brand new push from Colombian provider Avianca.
Now, Avianca is increasing its footprint in Puerto Rico, planning to completely function a route from Medellin to San Juan starting March 31.
That flight might be working 4 instances every week, that means Avianca will quickly be working its biggest-ever schedule to Puerto Rico because it began flying there in 2013.
“With these expansions, Avianca may have tripled its capability on the island in comparison with 2019,” mentioned Carlos Mercado Santiago, govt director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Firm. “We estimate that the financial affect of this progress in Puerto Rico might be round $49 million, with nearly 130,000 seats in whole throughout 2024 from Bogotá and Medellín.”
Total, Avianca says it is going to be flying a minimal of 10 weekly frequencies between Colombia and San Juan.
“With the everlasting operation of our direct flight between San Juan and Medellín, we intention to additional strengthen Puerto Rico’s worldwide connectivity and supply clients with a direct and handy choice to succeed in one among Colombia’s most engaging locations. Moreover, we proceed to broaden our operations and supply extra handy flight choices for vacationers,” mentioned Rolando Damas, Avianca gross sales director for North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
