“This order allows us to solidify our passenger experience strategy in local markets on a broader scale,” said Fabio Villegas Ramirez, Avianca Chief Executive Officer. “With the A320neo Family aircraft, we can further the company’s fleet modernisation process, while connecting the region and supporting its development.”

“For over 15 years, Avianca has benefited from the operating economics and reliability of the A320 Family,” said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers. “The A320neo brings them higher efficiency at lower cost, making it ideally suited to operate within their network and especially within the region’s challenging airports.”

The Airbus-Avianca partnership was taken to a new level in 1998 when TACA (now part of Avianca), LAN, and TAM placed a joint order for 90 single-aisle aircraft. This was the largest joint contract ever signed in Latin American commercial aviation history. To date, the Avianca airline group has ordered nearly 300 aircraft including 276 A320 Family (among them, 133 A320neo Family) and 15 A330 Family.