Santiago’s airport is up and running fine. It’s 8am, and I’m sitting on a private balcony at the foot of the Parque Metropolitano, a verdant, hilly city park in Santiago de Chile. I’ve just checked into the Hotel Aubrey, a new luxury boutique hotel set in a former private mansion. I’ve just landed in Chile’s…
Category: Airlines
Best Airline Uniform in the Hemisphere: Avianca
The Avianca flight attendant uniform: Winner of the LatinFlyer.com best uniform award. BY MARK CHESNUTIt’s been a long time since walking into an airline terminal meant entering a world of jet-set glamour. But one airline in Latin America has kept a bit of the stylish side of flight: Avianca. And whether you’re in the midst…
FLIGHT REVIEW: Avianca Economy Class, 2010 (Airbus A330)
The tail of an Avianca Airbus A330. Photo: LatinFlyer.com An Avianca A330 at Bogota El Dorado Airport. Photo: LatinFlyer.com A boarding gate at the Avianca domestic terminal at Bogota’s El Dorado Airport. Photo: LatinFlyer.com I’m headed to Cartagena, Colombia, today, and already the experience of flying Avianca is proving a bit different from most airlines….