Colombia’s flag is including service within the Windy Metropolis. Beginning in late October, Avianca will launch nonstop service to Bogota from Chicago’s O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD) following a five-year break.
The transfer will mark the Bogota-based airline’s first time serving the route from Chicago since 2019, earlier than the coronavirus pandemic. The provider will function day by day flights from O’Hare to its dwelling base, El Dorado Worldwide Airport (BOG) in Bogota.
As a Star Alliance accomplice with a LifeMiles loyalty program widespread for redemption candy spots, it is sensible the provider would bolster its footprint within the dwelling metropolis of United Airways.
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Route particulars
Avianca will function its service between Chicago and the Colombian capital metropolis day by day with an Airbus A320 plane, which has a complete capability of 180 passengers.
This is how the itinerary shakes out:
- ORD-BOG — departs 2:35 p.m., arrives 8:25 p.m.
- BOG-ORD — departs 7:00 a.m., arrives 1:15 p.m.
Extra Avianca, LifeMiles alternative
Avianca at the moment serves 13 U.S. cities. That features Chicago service it at the moment operates from Guatemala Metropolis — a route that launched this previous winter.
Even previous to the announcement of this latest route, the provider’s complete seats to the U.S. in 2024 was set to rise 27% over 2023 — and by almost 38% over 2019, based on knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
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Although loads of vacationers could also be desperate to fly Avianca on this latest route, understand that its LifeMiles program stays a helpful guess even should you by no means (or hardly ever, no less than) step foot on an Avianca plane.
This system is understood for its award chart that usually produces candy spots for Star Alliance redemptions, together with home U.S. flights aboard United.
American Categorical Membership Rewards, Capital One miles, Citi ThankYou Rewards and Bilt Rewards all switch to Avianca LifeMiles at a 1:1 fee.
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