Avianca

Avianca is the flag carrier and largest airline of Colombia, operating domestic and international scheduled services.

= History = Avianca was established in 1940 through the merger of Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos or SCADTA and SACO Servicio Aéreo Colombiano to create a new airline called Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia – Avianca. As the direct descendent of SCADTA, which was formed in December 1919, Avianca can claim to be the world's second-oldest airline after KLM.

Avianca in British Columbia
The relationship between Avianca and British Columbia dates back to the early days, as predecessor SACO had purchased two DH.89 Dragon Rapides from De Havilland BC in 1938 and another two in 1939. Avianca operated these for two decades, retiring the first in 1957, another in 1959, and the last two in 1961, and in 1946 it bought four Catalina flying boats from the Royal BC Air Force; these were retired in 1956. Avianca briefly operated seven DHBC-7 Tridents, acquiring three Trident 7A and four Trident 7B from All Nippon Airways of Japan in 1980. These were sold to SAM Colombia in 1982.

Avianca inaugurated its service between Bogotá and Vancouver (along with one to Toronto, Canada) as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2019.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A319-100 - 14
 * Airbus A320-200 - 49, 9 more on order
 * Airbus A320neo - 11, 89 more on order
 * Airbus A330-200 - 5, to be phased out
 * ATR 72-600 - 9
 * Boeing 787-8 - 13
 * Boeing 787-9 - 1, 2 more on order

Historic

 * Airbus A318-100 - 10 (2011–2019)
 * Airbus A321-200 - 9 (2014–2021)
 * Airbus A321neo - 2 (2017–2020)
 * Airbus A330-300 - 2 (2018–2020)
 * Beechcraft Model 17 - 2 (1941–1943)
 * Boeing 247D - 18 (1936–1948)
 * Boeing 707-120 - 1 (1960–1961), leased from Pan Am
 * Boeing 707-320C - 8 (1968–1994)
 * Boeing 720B - 7 (1961–1984)
 * Boeing 727-100 - 33 (1966–1992)
 * Boeing 727-200 - 18 (1978–1999)
 * Boeing 737-100 - 2 (1968–1971), first 737 operator in Latin America
 * Boeing 747-100 - 3 (1976–1996)
 * Boeing 747-100SF - 2 (1981–1988)
 * Boeing 747-200M - 2 (1981–1995)
 * Boeing 757-200 - 21 (1992–2010)
 * Boeing 767-200ER - 5 (1990–2011)
 * Boeing 767-300ER - 5 (1994–2011)
 * Consolidated Catalina - 4 (1946–1956), bought from RBCAF
 * Curtiss T-32 Condor II - 2 (Un­known)
 * Curtiss C-46 Commando - 5 (1949–1955)
 * DH (UK) DH.60 Moth - 7 (1929–1939)
 * DHBC DH.89 Dragon Rapide - 4 (1938–1961)
 * DHBC-7 Trident 7A - 3 (1980–1982)
 * DHBC-7 Trident 7B - 4 (1980–1982)
 * Dornier Do J Wal - 3 (1925–1932)
 * Dornier Merkur - 2 (1927–1932)
 * Douglas C-47 Skytrain - 52 (1939–1974)
 * Douglas C-54 Skymaster - 26 (1946–1975)
 * Douglas DC-2 - 2 (1944–1947)
 * Douglas DC-3 - 4 (1939–1973)
 * Douglas DC-4 - 2 (1953–1974)
 * Fokker 50 - 10 (1993–2014)
 * Fokker 100 - 15 (2006–2011)
 * Fokker Universal - 2 (1929–1934)
 * Ford 5-AT-DS Trimotor - 19 (1929–1946)
 * General Aviation GA-43 - 1 (1934–?)
 * Hawker Siddeley HS.748 - 2 (1968–1978)
 * IAI 1124 Westwind - 1 (1978–1995)
 * Junkers F 13 - 31 (1920–1940)
 * Junkers W 33 - 1 (1929–1932)
 * Junkers W 34 - 13 (1928–1947)
 * Lockheed L-749A Constellation - 6 (1951–1967)
 * Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation - 4 (1954–1969)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-11ER - 1 (1998–2007)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - 18 (1992–2011)
 * Sikorsky S-38 - 7 (1929–1940)
 * Sikorsky S-41 - 1 (1930–1936)

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within Colombia.