Flights Returning to Normal in Colombia as Jet Fuel Shortage Is Resolved

Published on August 27, 2024

BOGOTA, Colombia—The Colombian airlines Avianca and Latam Colombia said late Monday they will operate most of their flights Tuesday and resume full schedules Wednesday, after warning earlier they would have to cancel dozens of flights due to shortages of jet fuel. Avianca said it had received confirmation from the nation’s main supplier of jet fuel that there would no longer be any restrictions on how much fuel was provided to airlines. It said that allowed it to again sell tickets for all its routes and observed its planned flights. Latam Colombia said that it would resume normal operations Wednesday and that passengers whose Tuesday flights were cancelled had been assigned to other flights on the same day. Latam had announced earlier Monday that it was cancelling 36 flights for Tuesday due to fuel shortages....

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