The airline announces more flights from Colombia to New York and an increase in frequencies near Miami, United States.
In May, American Airlines announced plans to operate in Colombia with three new daily routes from Bogotá, Cali and Medellín to New York, including flights to the airline itinerary in the country, which includes 14 more diarios. Omar Nottaro, Director of Aerolina Colombia in Ecuador, spoke to The Spectator about its reactivation process in the region and its more strategic markets in its business.
Why did Tomaron make the decision to increase his operation?
Since we reopened the routes in September we will be using a progressive cremation of the market. Pesar de todas las medidas que hay hoy en dia par day, the Colombian market has been reacting in a positive way and for us it is very important to refer to the public all these flights that we have announced: to leave March we have a flight and additional Medellín in Miami and in April we will be offering a quarter flight from Bogotá. In addition, we will be carrying a crème de la crème because our planes van a cambiar and van a tener cabin ancha (Boeing 777-200 and Boeing 787-800), with mayor capacity of passengers and cargo. The last thing we can do in May is increase our frequencies in the New York market from Bogota, Cali and Medellín.
Before the current pandemic offer of flights or was it progressively reduced?
Our commencing operations in Colombia 30 years ago, the compliments in August of this year; originally, in 1990, we moved to Bogotá and Cali. We operate in six cities in total, together with Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Pereira. With the crime that we may experiment with mayo we will have 65 flights a week and 117 flights. This is a expectation of crime of 160%.
How did you get these months to reactivate?
We will resume operations in September 2020 and the hiccups of a segmented manner will begin first in Barranquilla and the next week in Cartagena. For October we will have the opportunity to operate from Bogotá and Medellín, and the last operation that will take place in Pereira, in December of this year. Demand rose sharply in 2020 when the flights were interrupted, but the Colombian passenger was confident that the time had passed, one of the markets that had good recovery.
How many passengers and cars?
Since we started the operation, in addition to this year, we have taken an increase in the number of passengers that travel, we have been transporting 50,000 to 60,000 passengers in the first months of this year, due to fluctuations in the governing body, pues de vez en cuando se dan algunos cierres y requisitos adicionales; aun así, notamos que hay una demand reprimide que necesita viajar. The expectation is that there will be many more passengers, starting in April we will probably be around 130,000 to 150,000 monthly.
How strategic is Colombia for the airline, can the country contribute to the recovery of operations?
Demo debilitated so much, in 2020 we registered a global loss of US $ 9.5 km of millions, 62% less than in 2019. and so it is that we of the confidence to put the product in the market of the way as we are making.
What is the perspective for 2021?
Para 2021 is a teenager and the brand alrededor of 1.7 millone de sillas disponibles, a quantity that is important to respond to the sector. The hecho of an airline is apostate to increase its offer at a time when the demand is not the levels of 2019 is a compromise signal that will allow reactives to enter sales and that the person can find better prices. We see that since January there has been a strong demand for channel channels, such as travel agencies, although there have been a few more reprimands like the corporate lad.
How did the airline reactivate in other countries?
Our region is set to reactivate in June 2020 and there is a progressive crime in the middle of which the governors of the countries where we operate are allowed to play. Today we have practically 95% of the region operating respecting all the biosecurity protocols, with the requirements in evidence, for example.
Do you have the ability to create more than one in Colombia?
Our route planning group is always looking for opportunities, revising where there are new markets in which we can initiate operations or existing markets have the potential to create, is a periodic and constant study.
And when it comes to cargo business, do you have any news?
This is an important part for the nosotros and queremos that a nuestros clients que vamos en tener aeronaves con burgemeester capacidad. The crime that we registered cargo transport in libraries since December, when we decided to operate our cabin cabs, increased by 170% in 2019; in ener, 375% respect for the same months of 2020. We are only allowed to increase the number of passengers, so that it is also an opportunity for our customers to load as long as we have the capacity of mayor and we are ready to help Receive your registered mail United States and other countries of the world with all the rights we have.
American Airlines announced that in United States tend to send some passengers due to the pandemic, does this decision have anything to do with Colombia?
What is the most recent announcement is only for the United States, not for international markets, at the moment.