Avianca strengthens connectivity between El Salvador and North America with the reactivation of routes to Boston (BOS) and Orlando (MCO) starting in June. The company will have 10 destinations to the United States operated from Central America for the summer season.
«With these new destinations we strengthen connectivity between the United States and El Salvador, which will benefit Salvadorans living here and looking to spend their vacations abroad, as well as compatriots residing in Boston and Orlando, who will now be able to travel non-stop to visit their families», said Rolando Damas, Avianca’s Sales Director for North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
With this announcement, the company is addressing the strong VFR (friends and/or family visiting) demand between the United States and Central America by offering customers greater travel options. Currently, Avianca’s North American network from its hub in San Salvador (SAL) has non-stop service to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Washington – Dulles (IAD), Houston – Intercontinental (IAH), New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), Ontario (ONT), San Francisco (SFO), Mexico City (MEX) and Toronto – Pearson (YYZ).
Flight schedule between San Salvador and Boston
Starts on June 1st.
- San Salvador – Boston Flight AV 444 SAL 09:00 – BOS 16:05 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
- Boston – San Salvador Flight AV 445 BOS 17:25 – SAL 20:05 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The airline will have an offer of more than 2,000 seats per month and the last operation on this route was on June 1, 2019. Avianca is also scheduled to reactivate service between Bogota (BOG) – Boston (BOS) starting March 27.
«With this new route, almost 66 thousand Salvadorans living in the state of Massachusetts will benefit, and more than 81,000 if we take into account the New England region, who also use the Boston airport to mobilize», said Cindy Mariela Portal, Vice Minister of Diaspora and Human Mobility.
Flight schedule between San Salvador and Orlando
Starts on June 11.
- San Salvador – Orlando Flight AV 422 SAL 09:25 – MCO 14:25 Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
- Orlando – San Salvador Flight AV 423 MCO 15:50 – SAL 16:40 Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The company has scheduled on this route an offer of more than 5,000 seats per month and its last operation in this segment was on June 30, 2019. Avianca currently operates year-round flights at Orlando (MCO) to Bogotá (BOG) and seasonal service to Medellín (MDE).
More flights to Central America
Avianca is promoting tourism in Central America and will add 12 weekly flights on the San José de Costa Rica (SJO) – San Salvador (SAL) – Guatemala City (GUA) route.
In addition, since March the airline has started a campaign called: «Central America is for living», which aims to promote tourism in Central America through affordable fares to major destinations in the region for travel from $79 each way.
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