Above: the San Andres archipelago
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Avianca is expanding its Caribbean service with new flights to the island of San Andres.
The Colombia-based carrier will be operating thrice-weekly service between San Jose, Costa Rica on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
The flights will officially launch July 3; the service will mean an easy connection for the 28 flights Avianca operates between Bogota and San Jose.
Avianca will be operating the service to the Colombian island on ATR-72 planes.
In a release, Avianca said San Andres was a “favourite destination:”
San Andres is the largest island in an archipelago on the Caribbean coast of Central America, although it is under Colombia’s sovereignty.