List of airlines of Colombia

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This is a list of airlines which have an air operator's certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia.

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Scheduled airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Callsign ImageHub airport(s)FoundedNotes
Avianca AVAVAAVIANCA Avianca Colombia Airbus A330-343 N803AV at JFK Airport.jpg Bogotá
Cali
Cartagena
Medellín-JMC
1919Flag carrier
Avianca Express EXAVRAVAEXPRESS ATR 72-600 Avianca (AVA) F-WWEC - MSN 1114 - Will be HK-4955 (10498384486).jpg Bogotá 2018
Copa Airlines Colombia P5RPBAEROREPUBLICA HK-4507 Embraer 190 Copa Airlines (7489023094).jpg Bogotá 2010Currently operates with the fleet of its parent company through exchange agreements
Clic Air VEEFYEASYFLY Clic-Air ATR72 Bogota HK-5293.jpg Bogotá
Bucaramanga
Medellín-Olaya Herrera
Montería
2023
JetSmart Colombia J6JECJETROCK Bogotá 2023
LATAM Airlines Colombia 4CARELAN COLOMBIA A319 de LATAM (Colombia).jpg Bogotá
Medellín-JMC
2016
SATENA 9RNSESATENA HK-4528 - FAC-1180 Embraer 170 SATENA (7496806834).jpg Bogotá
Medellín-Olaya Herrera
1962
Starblue Airlines Bucaramanga 2021Planned
Wingo P5RPBAEROREPUBLICA Wingo HP-1524CMP, Jan 2017.jpg Bogotá 2016

Charter airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Callsign ImageHub airport(s)FoundedNotes
AeroBoyacá Paipa 2017
AerUpia HK-2822 BN-2 Islander AerUpia (7496797654).jpg Villavicencio 1993
Aexpa Cessna 402 095.jpg Pereira 2001
Central Charter de Colombia Bogotá 1979
Heliandes Medellín-Olaya Herrera 1998
Helicol HELHELICOL Bogotá 1955
Searca SRCSEARCA LET 410 en El Embrujo.JPG Bogotá 1992
SARPA SARPA HK-4124 Bell 212 SARPA Colombia (7499377584).jpg Medellín-Olaya Herrera 1980
SELVA Colombia SDVSELVA Selva Colombia Douglas DC-3 Volpati-1.jpg Villavicencio 1989
Sociedad Aérea de Ibague Chía 1992
TAC Colombia TACTCCTAC L-410 TAC Colombia MDE 15 Jan 2010.jpg Cali
Medellín-Olaya Herrera
1995

Cargo airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Callsign ImageHub airport(s)FoundedNotes
AerCaribe JKACLADMIRE AerCaribe Beechcraft King Air 200 HK-4658 (6155942159).jpg Bogotá 1997
Aerosucre 6NKREAEROSUCRE B727-200f.jpg Bogotá 1969
Aliansa - Aerolineas Andinas Villavicencio 1989
Avianca Cargo QTTPATAMPA Avianca Cargo (Tampa) Airbus A330F (13188264674).jpg Bogotá
Medellín-JMC
Miami
1973
Cosmos Colombia KMSCOSMOS Bogotá 2003
LATAM Cargo Colombia L7LAELANCO N540LA Boeing 767-316(ER)(BCF)(WL) LATAM Cargo Colombia Stansted 13.4.21.jpg Bogotá 2016
Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas 4LLAUSURAMERICANO LAS 4636.jpg Bogotá 1986In process of restructuring [1]
SADELCA SDKSADELCA HK-4356 Antonov An.26 SADELCA (7496110242).jpg Bogotá 1974
SAEP KSPSAEP SAEP Antonov An-32 Volpati-1.jpg Bogotá 1980

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viva Air Colombia</span> Former Colombian low-cost airline

Fast Colombia S.A.S., trading as Viva Air Colombia and formerly VivaColombia, was a Colombian ultra low-cost airline based in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. It was a subsidiary of Irelandia Aviation and, as of its bankruptcy in March 2023, the third largest airline in the country. The company was not legally affiliated with Mexico's Viva Aerobus, another low-cost carrier co-founded by Irelandia which also uses the "Viva" brand, although they did have a codeshare agreement for their flights. The company filed for insolvency in February 2023, and on February 27, 2023, the airline suspended, and eventually ceased, all operations, citing rising fuel prices and Aerocivil's failure to approve its planned acquisition by Avianca.

Avianca Express is a Colombian regional airline founded in December 2018. It is owned by Avianca Group and is being phased in, as of spring 2019, as part of the adjustment plan for its operating model and in search of more profitability and efficiency.

Aerovanguardia is a defunct airline founded in 1993 in Colombia. The company had a total of 6 airplanes in the entirety of its history. The company out of all 6 of those airplanes, crashed 3 of them in Colombia. When the company became bankrupt because of its airplanes getting destroyed, it sold 2 of its airplanes to Aliansa and ADES. The only surviving two aircraft were stored at La Vanguardia Airport. Then the company went bankrupt in 2007.

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References

  1. Dominik Sipinski (September 26, 2023). "Colombia's LAS Cargo enters restructuring, put up for sale". Ch-aviation.com.