Avianca doubles down on Florida, adds new route from Miami to Central America

Latin American airline Avianca is on a growth tear to the U.S. this year, making good on its year-end promise to add at least five new routes to Florida. The Star Alliance carrier will connect Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport (GUA) and Miami International Airport (MIA) daily starting May 10. Avianca will fly an Airbus A320 with up to 180 seats on the route. Schedules from aviation analytics firm Cirium show that the route is Avianca's fifth to the U.S. from Guatemala City and its sixth systemwide so far in 2025. Other new links include Bogota's El Dorado International Airport (BOG) to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Tampa International Airport (TPA) and Medellin's Jose Maria Cordova International Airport (MDE) to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). The airline that restructured under Chapter 11 bankruptcy during the pandemic is growing to the U.S. at an impressive clip. In the first half of the year, seats are scheduled to increase 9% year-over-year, Cirium data shows. That follows a 25% jump in seats in 2024. While Avianca has grown across the U.S., Florida figures highly in its U.S. expansion. Seats to the Sunshine State are scheduled to increase 19% year-over-year in the first half of 2025, or about a quarter compared to 2019.<br/>