BOGOTA, April 29 (Reuters) - Flag-carrier Avianca has agreed to merge with Viva, another of Colombia's most important commercial airlines, while keeping separate branding and strategies, the firms ...

The Jan. 25, 1990, crash of an Avianca airliner from Bogota, Colombia, which ran out of fuel and came down in a wooded area of Cove Neck, led to major changes in aviation.

1971: Avianca launched its first flight connecting Colombia to Switzerland. 1972: Avianca operated a fleet of 33 aircraft, successfully transporting 75% of the nation’s passengers, amounting to ...