Although no formal announcement has been made, it seems that Avianca El Salvador is interested in beginning flights between San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, and Boston. TACA used to fly this path but terminated it. In 2013 TACA finished its merger with Avianca and became Avianca El Salvador. In January 2018's Avianca in-flight magazine the President and CEO of Avianca stated that they are beginning flights to Boston from San Salvador this year. It can be found on page 6 of the in-flight magazine found here. Avianca started flying Bogota to Boston in June 2017 so it will be interesting to see how they will add this route, and it's great to see TACA back in Boston although with a different name.

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