ACES airlines Contacts--IM FLIPPING OUT

[Brandon2253]

I cant find a telephone number for this airline anywhere???  Im flying from Medellin to Manizales, and heard they were the least expensive...please someone give me a contact number.  There website is under construction.

flippingoutally,
Brandon

[Gator]

... in response to ACES airlines Contacts--IM FLIPPING OUT, posted by Brandon2253 on Jan 30, 2005

Aces bit the dust in the middle of last year.  SUMA is gone with the wind, it is now Avianca.  BUT that may change if the pending sale goes through.

Avianca web site is:

http://www.avianca.com.co/default.htm  (this is its main site all in Spanish)

This is their United States site in English:  http://www.avianca.us/default.asp?chapter=2
Look at the bottome of the page for current specials.  BE SURE and go to the upper left of the english page, click on promotional fares.

Your best bet for inside Colombia may well be AeroRepublica.  It's in Spanish and may be hard to find whatt you need.

Since Spanish is not a problem for me (I live here) I TRIED TO GIVE THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTINOS.  Hope they work.

Go to AeroRepública web site  http://www.aerorepublica.com.co/

Open the site, go to the right to Resarvas select on the cities and dates of travel click on Continuar. Go to the right and click on  Volver a empezar  When the next windo opens click on Reservas, the small one at the top of the page.  When that opens go to the right and click on Tarifas about 1/2 way down..  When that open go to the bottom select the route and click buscar.

To find the schedules open the site pn the right hand side you will see Reservas  Select the cities and the date like Barranquilla/Santa Martacali and the dates of travel.  if this appears "Lo sentimos, no se ha encontrado ninguna ruta de Aerorepública para el origen y destino solicitados. Por favor regrese al paso anterior y seleccione una nueva ciudad de origen y/o destino." Means no flights. Select Bogotá/Medellin and if this appears you are good to go.  
     
Vuelo de Ida (depart)      
 7500 Bogotá Medellín 06:10 AM 07:00 AM Ninguna
 7502 Bogotá Medellín 07:50 AM 08:40 AM Ninguna
 7510 Bogotá Medellín 10:30 AM 11:20 AM Ninguna
 7504 Bogotá Medellín 03:00 PM 03:50 PM Ninguna
 7514 Bogotá Medellín 04:30 PM 05:20 PM Ninguna
 7506 Bogotá Medellín 05:40 PM 06:30 PM Ninguna
 7508 Bogotá Medellín 07:20 PM 08:10 PM Ninguna

Vuelo de Regreso (return)      
 7501 Medellín Bogotá 06:20 AM 07:10 AM Ninguna
 7503 Medellín Bogotá 09:10 AM 10:00 AM Ninguna
 7509 Medellín Bogotá 07:00 PM 07:50 PM Ninguna
 7511 Medellín Bogotá 11:20 AM 12:10 M Ninguna
 7515 Medellín Bogotá 05:50 PM 06:40 PM Ninguna

The fare box when it appears looks like this (Ida is one way and Ida y Vuelta is round trip.

"Estas son las Tarifas Normales de AeroRepública entre Bogotá y Medellín,
y no tienen restricción alguna (Ver Regla de Tarifa)

CLASE PRECIO ADULTO  PRECIO NIÑO  TIPO .
L $173000 $116000 Ida  
G $186000 $125000 Ida  

Estas son las Tarifas Reducidas de AeroRepública entre Bogotá y Medellín,
y tienen restricciones (Ver Regla de Tarifa)

CLASE PRECIO ADULTO  PRECIO NIÑO  TIPO .
Q $136000 $136000 Ida  
H $246000 $246000 Ida y Vuelta  
K $203000 $203000 Ida y Vuelta  
B $177000 $177000 Ida y Vuelta  
T $157000 $105000 Ida  
N $118000 $118000 Ida"

Do get an idea of the fare in USD divide the pesos by 2350 COP

Aires at http://www.aires.com.co/ has about the same fares for BOG to MDE so it is what ever schedule fits your time frame

A la orden

gator

[MarkNJ]

... in response to ACES airlines Contacts--IM FLIPPING OUT, posted by Brandon2253 on Jan 30, 2005

ACES, SAM, and Avianca all merged together back in May of 2002 to form the Alliance named SUMMA.   In essence all the flights are now Avianca flying to 23 destinations in Colombia and approximately 19 international destinations.  I used to use ACES pre 2002 and at that time they were the only way to fly...

[Brandon2253]

... in response to Re: ACES airlines Contacts--IM FLIPPING ..., posted by MarkNJ on Jan 30, 2005

OK, How do I get from Medellin to Manizales inexpensively.  To use Avianca it is over 400 dollars because i have to fly through Bogota. Any suggestions???

Brandon

[Gator]

... in response to Re: Re: ACES airlines Contacts--IM FLIPP..., posted by Brandon2253 on Jan 30, 2005

There is an airline that makes that trip but damn if I can remember the name.  Why not by bus?  About three hours(not that long by bus when you consider the trip to the Medellin airport, secutity bulls--t, the flight is on time, etc, etc, even though it is only 20 minutes by air.  Cost by bus is around $10.000 COP and the route is safe.

[MarkNJ]

... in response to Re: Re: ACES airlines Contacts--IM FLIPP..., posted by Brandon2253 on Jan 30, 2005

You can try calling AeroRepública, Aires, or Intercontinental de Aviación.  All three of these airlines have most of their flight destinations within Colombia.  I have used   AeroRepública in the past but I do not think they fly into Manizales.   I do know that Aires does fly into Manizales but I think you will need to connect in Bogota.  I do not know much about Intercontinental de Aviación but they do have some smaller planes that fly into some remote parts of the country.    Try:  http://www.aires.com.co/  
http://www.aerorepublica.com.co/

[WS244]

... in response to ACES airlines Contacts--IM FLIPPING OUT, posted by Brandon2253 on Jan 30, 2005

Aces went bankrupt last year