California’s Bay Space is getting a brand new nonstop flight to Central America.
Colombian airline Avianca on Friday introduced that it is launching a brand new nonstop route from San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO) to Guatemala Metropolis’s La Aurora Worldwide Airport (GUA).
This can be a brand new seasonal route, so the flights will function through the summer time months.
Avianca, a member of Star Alliance, is not a stranger to Northern California.
The Bogota-based service at the moment flies between San Salvador, El Salvador, and San Francisco — a significant West Coast hub for its U.S. associate United Airways.
Avianca’s flights between SFO and GUA will launch June 1 and run via Aug. 31.
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Here is how the itinerary shakes out. As you’ll be able to see, the eastbound flights depart within the morning and land within the Guatemalan capital through the early afternoon hours; westbound, it is red-eye service:
- SFO-GUA: Departs at 7:45 a.m. and arrives at 2:15 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (all occasions native)
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- GUA-SFO: Departs at 1:20 a.m. and arrives at 6:25 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (all occasions native)
We must always observe: Avianca has arrange the itinerary for one-stop service to El Salvador Worldwide Airport (SAL), so the identical plane that flies from SFO to GUA would proceed on to SAL.
Nevertheless, Avianca will proceed to function its nonstop service between California and El Salvador, too, a spokesperson confirmed.
Vacationers seeking to guide Avianca flights with factors and miles can switch to the airline’s Avianca LifeMiles program, 1:1, from 4 main transferable rewards applications:
It’s also possible to search associate awards via the United MileagePlus program or one other Star Alliance associate, resembling Air Canada Aeroplan.
Avianca plans to function its SFO-GUA service with a 180-seat Airbus A320 that seats 180 passengers. The plane consists of Avianca’s Enterprise Class Americas cabin, which gives extra spacious extra-legroom seats, within the first three rows.
Nevertheless, Avianca surrounds its elevated seating possibility with a extra premium gentle product that features onboard amenity kits.
“The launch of this route responds to buyer demand for extra connectivity choices between key locations and is a part of Avianca’s technique to proceed strengthening its worldwide community with an environment friendly and dependable operation,” Alejandro Benitez, Avianca’s senior vice chairman of company improvement, mentioned in an announcement on Friday.
Avianca has continued to develop its presence in North America. In 2025, its whole departures to the U.S. have been up by 12% versus 2024, in line with knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
It wasn’t simply new flights, both: The airline opened a new airport lounge in Miami final spring in tandem with TAP Air Portugal.
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