Could Avianca/Taca return to Boston?
Nov 11, 2012, 4:00 pm
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Could Avianca/Taca return to Boston?
Almost 350,000 flew from Boston to Central/South America last year.
Could Avianca/Taca start a Boston flight to capture some of that traffic?
Would competing with DL or AA (and in some cases B6) be too much?
Would they codeshare with US/UA?
What hub would be used?
Bogota? Best for connecting to South America but low O&D (37 PDEW to Colombia)
Return to San Salvador? Some O&D and has some connections
San Jose? Could stimulate more tourism and has some connections
Guatemala City? Currently highest O&D but not enough connections
Could Avianca/Taca start a Boston flight to capture some of that traffic?
Would competing with DL or AA (and in some cases B6) be too much?
Would they codeshare with US/UA?
What hub would be used?
Bogota? Best for connecting to South America but low O&D (37 PDEW to Colombia)
Return to San Salvador? Some O&D and has some connections
San Jose? Could stimulate more tourism and has some connections
Guatemala City? Currently highest O&D but not enough connections
Jun 24, 2015, 6:49 pm
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UPDATE: Two months after posting this CM announced BOS.
I've heard that AV has applied for BOG-BOS. Any hints of when it may start?
There's rumors of a new carrier being announced at BOS tomorrow.
I've heard that AV has applied for BOG-BOS. Any hints of when it may start?
There's rumors of a new carrier being announced at BOS tomorrow.
Jun 26, 2015, 2:43 pm
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You could be right. I'd say wait until tomorrow haha.
JetBlue has what I would deem a fairly easy service BOS-FLL-Colombia (a few spots)
It doesn't help me at all, but I'm psyched to see AV expand anywhere.
JetBlue has what I would deem a fairly easy service BOS-FLL-Colombia (a few spots)
It doesn't help me at all, but I'm psyched to see AV expand anywhere.
Jun 26, 2015, 5:24 pm
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Turned out to be the Norwegian Air Shuttle announcement for US- French Caribbean service.
Next week Colombian Civil Air authority does review the application for BOG-BOS service.
Article is in Spanish and mentioning of route is on page 5. Plan is daily A319 it seems. I would start it either December or after April.
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/Document...NIO%202015.pdf
Next week Colombian Civil Air authority does review the application for BOG-BOS service.
Article is in Spanish and mentioning of route is on page 5. Plan is daily A319 it seems. I would start it either December or after April.
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/Document...NIO%202015.pdf
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Jul 25, 2015, 8:36 pm
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Turned out to be the Norwegian Air Shuttle announcement for US- French Caribbean service.
Next week Colombian Civil Air authority does review the application for BOG-BOS service.
Article is in Spanish and mentioning of route is on page 5. Plan is daily A319 it seems. I would start it either December or after April.
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/Document...NIO%202015.pdf
Next week Colombian Civil Air authority does review the application for BOG-BOS service.
Article is in Spanish and mentioning of route is on page 5. Plan is daily A319 it seems. I would start it either December or after April.
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/Document...NIO%202015.pdf
Jul 26, 2015, 1:17 pm
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http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...n/6393427/1/#1
They may be ironing out times between both airports. I'm guessing Massport who operates BOS, would want them to land in the am thus a red-eye BOS-BOG is highly likely.
AV has to only serve this route 3x weekly to get the incentive package too. I wonder if they do 4-5 weekly off peak and daily peak. CM learned the hard way to do this on BOS-PTY.
Mar 13, 2017, 8:33 am
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Interesting. However, I am not sure if that much extra capacity to Central/South America is economically feasible considering the presence of AM and CM at BOS.
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/avia...n-los-angeles/
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/avia...n-los-angeles/
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Mar 13, 2017, 7:52 pm
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Interesting. However, I am not sure if that much extra capacity to Central/South America is economically feasible considering the presence of AM and CM at BOS.
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/avia...n-los-angeles/
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/avia...n-los-angeles/
http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/...a-boston-link/
CM is bonafide competition but BOS-MEX is just out of the way for Central and South America connections - granted people do take these connections but they didn't even make the list in the link above .
I think it would have been a neat out of the box idea if AV also added BOS-SAL 3x weekly which would cover most of Latin America with the mini-hub there.
Aug 6, 2017, 2:39 pm
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I'm going to be taking this BOS>BOG route on Avianca next week and for anyone who's taken it yet I was wondering what the plane quality they've been using has been like? Are there in-seat entertainment systems?
Any info would be appreciated.
Any info would be appreciated.