Overview
- Avianca confirmed that it will retrofit its Boeing 787 Dreamliners with a new INSIGNIA business class featuring private, doored mini‑suites and fully lie‑flat seats, with the staged retrofit set to begin in 2027.
- The airline named Collins Aerospace to supply the doored Elements‑style mini‑suites and Panasonic Avionics to provide 19‑inch 4K Astrova seatback screens with Bluetooth audio for the INSIGNIA cabins.
- Avianca said each retrofitted 787 will carry 20 INSIGNIA suites and that the first aircraft with the new cabin will enter service on routes to Europe and New York.
- The cabin overhaul is paired with a wide soft‑product upgrade that includes new menus by Álvaro Clavijo and Rafael Buitrago, Maaji pajamas, Mola Sasa amenity kits, Meridian noise‑canceling headphones and crew hospitality training.
- Separately, Avianca is expanding regional premium access and economy inclusions now and rolling out SES‑powered Wi‑Fi beginning with A320s, though some operational details such as exact 787 retrofit basing and the full connectivity scope remain to be finalized.