Bucaramanga airport expansion ready by 2016: authorities
Local authorities have announced the second stage of the expansion of the international airport in...
Tag: airports
Bogota’s airport is flying high in world rankings
El Dorado, the airport of Colombia’s capital city Bogota, was ranked in the top six airports...
Colombia air traffic controllers busted for drug trafficking
Colombian authorities on Tuesday conducted simultaneous undercover operations at multiple airports across the country in order to bring down three alleged drug traffickers. The three men state security officers apprehended were...
Airplane stolen in northern Colombia
An armed group stole a small airplane after entering an airport in northern Colombia Sunday night, newspaper El Colombiano reported. The airplane, a small Cesna 210 stationed at Antioquia’s “Los Cedros”...
Plans for new Santa Marta airport underway
Visitors to Santa Marta will touch down in a larger, more comfortable airport by 2014, El Heraldo newspaper reported Thursday. The remodeled Simon Bolivar airport is slated to cost $21 million and will more than double in size,...
City in Colombian Amazon unveils renovated airport
The airport in Florencia, the capital of the southern Colombian Caqueta department, has received...
Police warn of thieves in Medellin airports
Police in Medellin’s international airport have caught a family stealing tourist luggage, Colombian media reports. The thieves reportedly targeted careless travellers who left their luggage and personal belongings...
Consultants start feasibility study for Bogota’s 2nd airport
Colombia’s air transport authority has contracted consultants to conduct a technical feasibility study for the location of Bogota’s proposed second airport, Colombian media reported Friday. Aeronautica Civil invested...
Miami airport mural honors Colombian talents
In the Miami International Airport, a new 82 foot wide mural titled “A Journey of Success” honors 100 Latin American professionals from Nicaragua, Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, and of course Colombia, reported...
Avianca-Taca boss sees 12% growth in Colombia airline industry
The majority shareholder of Avianca-Taca foresees 12% growth in the Colombian airline industry and between 14% and 15% growth in that of Latin America. In an interview with financial publication Portafolio, majority shareholder...
Colombia government to invest $100M in airport renovations
Colombia’s government will renovate and modernize six airports near the Caribbean Coast and the Santander departments, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. More than $100 million is being invested in the airports,...
Future of Colombian aviation announced
Civil Aeronautics presented the Air Navigation Plan Colombia, a tactical guideline for the development of Colombian air travel through 2032, reported El Espectador. The director of Air Navigation Services Thursday announced the...
