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Safety Rating 7/7

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Superior snacks and meals offered depending on flight time; multi course meals on medium and long haul flights with alcohol provided; welcome drink offered
Shared screens showing movies and short programs on A318s and one A319; personal screens with Audio/Video On Demand on 787s, A330s, A320s and most A319s
USB port and iPod connector on 787’s, A330s and new A319s
Seats pitch of 65 inch on A330s with recline of 170 degrees; seat pitch of 38 inch on A318s, A319s and A320s with greater recline than in economy; seating in 2-2 configuration on narrow body aircraft; seats transform in to a lie flat bed on the 787
In seat power and massage function
Blankets, pillows and amenity kit provided on international flights
Baggage allowance of no less than 2 x 32kg bags but varies with flight

Full meal and beverage service on international flights
Shared screens showing movies and short programs on A318s and one A319
Personal screens with Audio/Video On Demand on 787s, A330s, A320s and most A319s
Seat pitch of 32 inch
Blankets and pillows on international flights
Baggage allowance of no less than 2 x 23kg bags but varies with flights

Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aereo – SCADTA founded in Barranquilla, Colombia on December 5th, 1919
First commercial airline in Latin America and second in the world
Public document signed founding Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia S.A., Avianca, due to merger of SCADTA (already in US hands) and Servicio Aereo Colombiano – SACO in Barranquilla on June 14th, 1940
Pan American took 64% stake which was gradually reduced until 1978 when the airline was completely Colombian-owned
Entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the September 2001 terrorist attacks
In 2003 emerged from bankruptcy protection as Aerovias de Continente Americano in 2004 however the Avianca brand and livery was kept
Became a member of Star Alliance in 2012
Merger between Avianca and TACA in 2013