Avianca completed reconfiguration of its new cabin on 104 Airbus A320 aircraft
In a record time of less than two years, with the work of more than 1,500 trained technicians, the airline Avianca announced Wednesday that it completed 104 Airbus A320 aircraft reconfigured with its new cabin.
With the reconfiguration of this fleet, Avianca offers its customers 20% more capacity per aircraft with a total of 180 seats differentiated between Premium, Plus and Economy. This will allow Avianca to continue offering more competitive prices, transport more passengers per aircraft, contribute to the decongestion of some airports and reduce CO2 emissions per passenger transported by up to 15.35%, making its operation more sustainable. In addition, with the progress made in reconfiguring its fleet during 2022, the airline was able to transport more than 24.6 million passengers on 187,000 flights operated.
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“We are very proud of this milestone for Avianca and for the industry worldwide. We were told that we were being very ambitious wanting to do this in-house and in less than two years. Even so, we achieved it together with more than 1,500 experts from our MRO and other areas of Avianca, and hand in hand with allies such as Recaro, our seat manufacturer, and Airbus, the manufacturer of this fleet and who developed the engineering, who were instrumental in moving this project forward even in the midst of difficult situations such as the pandemic, the situation in Europe or the shortage of some inputs. The reconfiguration of our fleet has allowed us to carry more passengers on fewer flights, thus reducing our carbon footprint per passenger and also helps us to achieve our goal of being an Avianca for all,” said Adrian Neuhauser, Avianca’s President and CEO.
As part of its strategy to increase capacity in the different markets where it operates, Avianca will continue to incorporate A320 aircraft that will temporarily have a different configuration, but will also enter the reconfiguration process during 2023.
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