Avianca: United
in Synergy — February 2019

Recent months have seen notable developments involving Synergy Group’s Avianca brand airlines that have drawn global attention, may aid Latin American airline recovery in 2019 and could even lead to structural change in the sector.

First, on November 30, United Airlines, Colombia’s Avianca and Panama’s Copa announced a three-way joint business agreement (JBA) on US-Latin America routes (excluding Brazil), for which they plan to seek antitrust immunity. The three airlines were already Star and codeshare partners.