Colombian airline satin confirmed the opening of a new air route between Colombia and Venezuela. It’s about the route Barranquilla and Caracaswhich will start from May 8.
brigadier general Oscar Zuluagapresident of Satena, affirmed that the opening of this will allow the integration of this region with Venezuela and at the same time generate the development of a growth opportunity for the region, integrating it, in addition, with the interior of the country.
“With this intention, we want to represent for the Atlantic Coast the opportunity for a greater presence of tourists and a greater presence of businessmen and family members from all regions towards the coast,” said Zuluaga.
According to the airline, the flights will be made in an aircraft Embraer ERJ145with capacity for 50 passengers. They will be direct and will have affordable rates of USD230 (one million pesos) which include, without additional costs, a hand luggage of up to 5 kilograms and a hold of up to 15 kilograms.
The departure itinerary from Barranquilla will be at 9:00 am.., while from Caracas it will be at 12:30 pm
In addition to the announcement of the new Barranquilla-Caracas route, Satena announced that as of next sunday may 7 will inaugurate a new frequency between Bogota and Caracas.
According to the airline, the new route between Bogotá and Caracas will only take off on Sundays, being operated from El Dorado International Airport from the Colombian capital. The rates and itineraries, according to the company, will be as follows:
– Bogota–Caracas: It will take off from 10:10 in the morning. The price of the tickets will be from US$264 each way.
– Caracas–Bogotá: it will take off from 2:45 in the afternoon. The price of the tickets will be from US$246 each way.
Satena took the opportunity to remind its passengers that each of the rates they offer includes one baggage per hold of up to 15kg and one of 5kg by hand, without additional costs.
Those interested in acquiring the flights of the new air routes of the Colombian state company may do so through its website or in travel agencies nationwide.
The announcement of Satena’s new air routes comes just days after the Transport Minister Guillermo Reyesmade it known that, due to the departure of Live and Ultra Air of the Colombian air market, the National government study the possibility that satin operate international routes to and from Saint Andrew.
The news was revealed by the senior official in dialogue with Blue Radiowhere he explained that the objective of the initiative, which is just being studied, would be to encourage the arrival of tourists to the archipelago.
“It is having a Satena that not only operates national flights to the territories that we call those of theto deep Colombiabut also a Satena that flies towards the border areas. We already operate to Venezuela and we are waiting for new destinations,” Minister Reyes told the Bogotá media.
Among the international destinations that Satena would offer from and to San Andrés, would be Costa Rica, Antilles and new cities in Ecuador.
“Let’s see how Providencia is. Yesterday (April 7) we took the opportunity to review the works of the San Andrés ring road. There are some needs in terms of controlling the whole issue of the growth of the tide that has been taking the ring road in some parts”, concluded the head of the Transportation portfolio in his interview with Blue Radio.
It is worth remembering that, during his visit to San Andrés on April 7, Minister Reyes indicated that the portfolio is preparing a series of decrees to address the air crisis that the archipelago is currently going through. Among the main aids that would be being considered from the national government would be fuel tax breaks.
