N493TA wears the flag of Costa Rica in the ‘international’ airline called Avianca. We photographed this Airbus A320-200 while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) on August 11, 2019.
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N493TA
N493TA performed its first flight on October 2, 2006. The Airbus A320-233 was first delivered to TACA on October 25, 2006. The A320 became a member of the Avianca fleet on May 28, 2013. This aircraft is configured for a maximum total of 150 passengers. There are 12 seats in business class and 138 economy class seats.
On December 15, 2016, N493TA had a flight cut short due to a suspected fuel leak. The airplane was flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lima, Peru. Cruising at 34,000 feet, northwest of Campo Grande, Brazil, it was decided to divert to Sao Paulo, Brazil for a safe landing.
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Airbus A320-200
The Airbus A320 is the leader of the Airbus A320 family. The A321 is the extended version while the A319 and A318 are shrunken versions. The airplane is 38 metres or 123 feet in length with a wingspan of 36 metres or 118 feet. At the tail, the aircraft stands 12 metres or 39 feet in height. The flight range is 6,100 kilometres.
The first Airbus A320 was introduced in 1988 with Air France. Somewhere around 4,400 of the A320 have been built and around 7,500 aircraft from the A320 family have been put into service.
Avianca
Avianca El Salvador began as TACA Airlines in 1931. Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano merged with Avianca S.A. in May, 2013. The El Salvador subsidiary has a fleet of nearly 40 aircraft, consisting of Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A330 and Embraer ERJ-190. The airline flies to 50 destinations in 22 countries. Avianca El Salvador is headquartered in San Salvador.
Avianca S.A. is the parent country, also known as Aerovias del Continente Americana S.A. The company is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia and was founded in 1919. Avianca and all its subsidiaries are members of the Star Alliance and have been full members since 2012.
With subsidiaries in Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru, Avianca has a fleet of 173 aircraft and flies to 114 destinations. However, as of May 10, 2020, the airline has filed for bankruptcy. Immediately, the Peru subsidiary has been liquidated. The fate of the rest of the airline remains uncertain.