Aruba Airport Authority N.V., manager, and operator of Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix (Aruba Airport) continues to expand their gateways into Colombia. “We are extremely excited to announce that our airline partner Wingo has started the sale of their new direct flights to and from Cali, Colombia today. Wingo is an important and valuable partner for Aruba Airport, and we are very happy with this new, additional service out of Cali, opening yet another route to Colombia. We continue to expand our horizons in Colombia and are ready to facilitate our partner Wingo in this new venture, further diversifying our network in the Latin America market”, said Barbara Brown, Chief Revenue Development & Communications Officer of AUA Airport.
Tickets sales as of March 16, 2023
The sale of the airfares for this new service is currently available on Wingo’s website at www.wingo.com or through your local travel agent of your choice that provide the Wingo air service options. As of July 1, 2023, Wingo will operate two weekly flights directly to Cali Colombia and back on Wednesday and Saturdays with their aircraft B737-800 with 189 seats. These operations translate to approximately 1500 additional seats to and from Aruba for Wingo. With this additional service as of July 1, 2023, Wingo will now operate 7 flights per week out of Colombia, 3 from Bogota, 2 from Medellin and 2 from Cali.
About Wingo
On October 29, 2016, Aero República S.A. doing business as Wingo was found. The company is owned by the Copa Holdings. Wingo started operations to Aruba in December of 2016 as the first Low-Cost Carrier to serve Aruba out of Colombia. Offering the local market and tourists low fares, good vibes, and lots of flexibility. Wingo domestic Colombian operation also offers flights to cities in Colombia such as Armenia, Barranquilla, Bogota, Cali, Cartagena, Medellin, San Andres and Santa Marta. Wingo also operates regular service out of Colombia to Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Peru.
Wingo started operating its routes with Boeing 737-700’s and changed their entire fleet two years ago. Nowadays they operate with 8 aircraft Boeing 737-8000 and each can carry up 189 passengers.
About AUA Airport
AUA Airport is one of the busiest airports in the Caribbean region, with 22 different airlines operating into Aruba contributing to processing over 2.5 million passengers per year and providing air service to 22 cities and 34 non-stop destinations worldwide. AUA Airport’s markets served comprise of 78% from the United States & Canada, 11% from Latin America, 6% from Europe, and 4% from Dutch Caribbean, year to date, February 2023. AUA Airport attributes this to the island’s stable economic and political climate, hospitable and multilingual population, and safe environment. AUA Airport’s aspiration is to become one of the most Sustainable, Safe, and Future Proof airport so the Latin America & Caribbean region, providing a trusted workplace, modern airport facilities and excellent customer service which reflects Aruban hospitality, contributing to a prosperous future for Aruba.
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