{"id":188628,"date":"2026-06-06T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/?p=188628"},"modified":"2026-06-07T13:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:37:57","slug":"avianca-seeks-to-connect-medellin-and-caracas-while-united-airlines-bets-on-cartagena-flights-from-houston-and-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/avianca-seeks-to-connect-medellin-and-caracas-while-united-airlines-bets-on-cartagena-flights-from-houston-and-washington-d-c.html","title":{"rendered":"Avianca Seeks to Connect Medellin and Caracas, While United Airlines Bets on Cartagena Flights from Houston and Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Avianca and United Airlines <\/strong>have formalized their requests with Colombia\u2019s civil aviation authority to operate new strategic routes to Venezuela and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avianca Seeks to Connect Medellin with Caracas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Colombian flag carrier has submitted the required documentation to the Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia (Aerocivil) aiming to expand its international network from the Department of Antioquia to the Venezuelan capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medellin\u2013Caracas Route Operational Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Frequency:<\/strong> Seven weekly flights (one daily flight).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proposed Fleet:<\/strong> Airbus A320 family aircraft, specifically Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If approved by the regulatory authority, this route would add to the connections the company already operates to Venezuela, which include the Bogota\u2013Caracas and Bogota\u2013Maracaibo routes\u2014the latter scheduled to launch on August 28. With this addition, the carrier would enter into direct competition on this segment with Avior Airlines and Wingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/avianca-launches-seasonal-direct-route-between-guatemala-and-san-francisco-for-world-cup-season.html\">Avianca Launches Seasonal Direct Route Between Guatemala and San Francisco for World Cup Season<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">United Airlines Projects Growth in Colombia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. carrier has focused its growth strategy on the Colombian Caribbean, requesting Aerocivil authorization to link the city of Cartagena with two major hubs in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United\u2019s Application Operational Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Requested Routes:<\/strong> Houston\u2013Cartagena and Washington, D.C.\u2013Cartagena.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Frequencies:<\/strong> Seven weekly flights for each of the routes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proposed Fleet:<\/strong> Boeing 737 aircraft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regulatory Framework:<\/strong> The request is filed under fourth-freedom traffic rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the North American airline, approval of this service would consolidate Cartagena as its third destination in Colombian territory, adding to its existing operations into Bogota and Medellin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch of these new services remains subject to government evaluation and subsequent approval by Aerocivil. Should both applications succeed, the regional aviation sector will see a significant increase in seat capacity and direct connectivity options for both business and leisure passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-9e302684     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"528\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/airbus-nears-landmark-widebody-order-from-scandinavian-airlines.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SAS-A350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SAS-A350.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SAS-A350-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SAS-A350-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SAS-A350-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/airbus-nears-landmark-widebody-order-from-scandinavian-airlines.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Airbus Nears Landmark Widebody Order from Scandinavian Airlines<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/airbus-nears-landmark-widebody-order-from-scandinavian-airlines.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/london-heathrow-airport-celebrates-80-years-of-history-with-a-star-alliance-round-the-world-ticket-giveaway.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aeropuerto-de-Heathrow.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aeropuerto-de-Heathrow.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aeropuerto-de-Heathrow-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aeropuerto-de-Heathrow-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aeropuerto-de-Heathrow-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/london-heathrow-airport-celebrates-80-years-of-history-with-a-star-alliance-round-the-world-ticket-giveaway.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">London Heathrow Airport Celebrates 80 Years of History with a Star Alliance Round the World Ticket Giveaway<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/london-heathrow-airport-celebrates-80-years-of-history-with-a-star-alliance-round-the-world-ticket-giveaway.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/iberia-launches-new-seasonal-route-between-madrid-and-bucharest.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Iberia-Airbus-A320.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Iberia-Airbus-A320.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Iberia-Airbus-A320-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Iberia-Airbus-A320-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Iberia-Airbus-A320-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/iberia-launches-new-seasonal-route-between-madrid-and-bucharest.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Iberia Launches New Seasonal Route Between Madrid and Bucharest<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/iberia-launches-new-seasonal-route-between-madrid-and-bucharest.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/ryanair-consolidates-european-leadership-carries-20-7-million-passengers-in-may.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ryanair-Boeing-737-800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ryanair-Boeing-737-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ryanair-Boeing-737-800-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ryanair-Boeing-737-800-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ryanair-Boeing-737-800-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/ryanair-consolidates-european-leadership-carries-20-7-million-passengers-in-may.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Ryanair Consolidates European Leadership: Carries 20.7 Million Passengers in May<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/06\/ryanair-consolidates-european-leadership-carries-20-7-million-passengers-in-may.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avianca and United Airlines have formalized their requests with Colombia\u2019s civil aviation authority to operate new strategic routes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4312,"featured_media":188621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[230,197,207,196,198,344,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-188628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airlines","8":"tag-airline","9":"tag-airlines","10":"tag-avianca-2","11":"tag-colombia-2","12":"tag-flights","13":"tag-united-airlines-2","14":"tag-venezuela-2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-300x150.webp",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-768x384.webp",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-80x80.webp",80,80,true],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-300x225.webp",300,225,true],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-80x80.webp",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-200x140.webp",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-380x220.webp",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-300x180.webp",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-380x190.webp",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines-560x336.webp",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Avianca-United-Airlines.webp",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Dergam Mousa","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/dmousa"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Avianca and United Airlines have formalized their requests with Colombia\u2019s civil aviation authority to operate new strategic routes&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188629,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188628\/revisions\/188629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}