Avianca Holdings - statistics & facts
With an operating revenue of 1.7 billion U.S. dollars and more than 140 aircraft in service in 2020, Avianca is one of the largest airlines in Latin America. On a global scale, it also ranks as the second-oldest air carrier still in operation, only after KLM based in the Netherlands. The history of the company dates to 1919 when Colombian and German investors founded the Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos (SCADTA). The newly founded airline initially covered the route Barranquilla-Puerto BerrÃo: a flight from Colombia’s Caribbean coast to the center of the country. After merging with another regional airline in 1940, the company took its current name, an acronym of AerovÃas Nacionales de Colombia.
