Avianca

Avianca or Aerovias del Continente Americano is the Colombian national air carrier. It is the oldest airline on the American continent and the second oldest in the world. It was founded in 1919. Today it has become one of the largest airline conglomerates in Latin America and is managed by the Synergy Group from Colombo-Brazilian entrepreneur German Efromovich.

Avianca flies with a fleet of 62 aircraft to 22 domestic and 22 international destinations plus other 77 share code cities. The recent acquisition of several airlines like OceanAir, VIP, Capital Airlines and TACA, is offering Avianca the opportunity to fly to 65 new international destinations.http://www.avianca.com/Inicio/Navegacion/AcercaAvianca/Nuestra+historia/es/Naceunahistoriaconalas.htm I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_South_America

In 1925, Avianca made its first international flight to Palm Beach, Florida. Since then it has flown to the United States, all of Latin America and Europe uninterrupted for more than 84 years. The company flies today to the following destinations: http://www.mombu.com/culture/colombia/t-un-pedazo-de-historia-barranuillera-3190344.html

South America:

Buenos Aires, Caracas, Guayaquil, Lima, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Valencia.

Central America & The Caribbean:

Aruba, Curacao, Panama, San Jose, San Juan, Santo Domingo.

North America:

Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Washington D.C.

Europe:

Barcelona, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Paris.

Colombia:

Armenia, Barrancabermeja, Barranquilla, Bogota, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Cucuta, Ibagué, Leticia, Manizales, Medellín, Montería, Neiva, Pasto, Pereira, Popayán, Providencia, Riohacha, San Andrés, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Valledupar.

Avianca currently owns an aircraft fleet of 62 Boeing, Airbus, Fokker and McDonnell Douglas commercial jets and turboprops. http://www.avianca.com/Inicio/Navegacion/AcercaAvianca/Nuestra+historia/es/Naceunahistoriaconalas.htm

During the last five years Synergy begun a busy acquisition program adding numerous subsidiary airlines under Avianca's wings. Among these companies are OceanAir and TurbServ from Brazil, VIP and AeroGal from Ecuador, Tampa Cargo from Colombia and Capital Airlines from Nigeria. They all will be members of the AviancaPlus FF program along with older subsidiaries like SAM and Helicol.

In 2008, OceanAir was rebranded as Avianca Brazil and VIP as Avianca Ecuador. In October 2009 it was announced that there would be an acquisition of Brazilian cargo carrier VarigLog and a merger between Avianca and Salvadorian carrier TACA. Together, this will create one of the largest airlines in Latin America operating a combined fleet of 129 aircraft flying to over 109 destinations in America and Europe.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca#Avianca-TACA_alliance_.28since_2009.29