Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Vail to El Salvador
Entry restrictions
El Salvador has reopened its airports on September 19 with enhanced health protocols (wearing of mask at all times, social distancing, and temperature checks).
El Salvador will not allow entry to non-resident foreign nationals that have been in the UK and South Africa in the last 30 days.
Entry requirements
All travelers must present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result taken within 72 hours prior to departure to board the flight, except travelers younger than 2 years old and travelers with a diplomatic, official, service, or special passport. Consult with the airline for full details prior to travel.
Quarantine requirements
Travelers with a negative PCR test result will not be required to quarantine upon arrival.
There are currently 1,477 active cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in SV and 2,054 deaths as of Apr 13 2021
Please see our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel Restrictions page for more information on restrictions worldwide.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Pros: "Yes"
Cons: "Yes"
Pros: "Yes... very well"
Cons: "puntuality Departure and arrive"
Pros: "The crew was great and separation of passengers unless traveling together was great as well!"
Cons: "My luggage was completely soaked, ruining important paperwork, clothing and even my parking lot ticket for me to exit the parking garage. Apparently they didn’t even try to cover the passengers luggage."
Pros: "Flight was generally smooth. Bags arrived in good time and undamaged."
Cons: "Announcements were too loud and far too frequent."
Pros: "Yrs"
Cons: "Dunno"
Pros: "Is ok"
Cons: "More space between seat and free food"
Pros: "No"
Pros: "I made it alive"
Cons: "American airlines will leave you out to dry if there are any issues. Never had so many issues with the same airline."
Pros: "The crew was nice."
Cons: "EVERYTHING! We were supposed to leave at 7:30 pm and we ended up departing at 9pm"
Cons: "Leg room"
Cons: "1 hour delay boarding then another hour waiting for a Pilot!?"
Pros: "Crew had great personalities"
Cons: "Late to leave and arrive"
Cons: "I didn’t like the food, worse I’ Ever taste"
Pros: "Latam would not transfer 1 medium baggage from LATAM to Avianca at Lima"
Cons: "Why go through security over again as a transit passenger? Especially, as Lima airport security appears poorly organized."
Pros: "Worst airline food in years."
Cons: "Food was bad on all 4 legs of trip"
Cons: "Remained on tarmac too long before allowed to disembark airplane in San Salvador. However, I did not miss my connection because of it. Did not offer enough water during flight! I was getting dehydrated."
Pros: "Price"
Cons: "No complains"
Pros: "Relatively quick, friendly crew, on time (boarding, departure, arrival)"
Cons: "Hit a bit of turbulence, food was good, but can be improved"
Pros: "The crew was very friendly and helpful"
Cons: "The delay"
Pros: "the flight was AVIANCA , not American Airlines"
Pros: "It was a very good fight"
Cons: "I didn't like the fact that the gate kept on changed 3-4 times and that it was delayed for an hour"
Cons: "The A319 outfitted in this way is to freaking tight!!! There is not even close to enough leg room for an average sized American male. I'm no taller than six foot and not overweight. You must fix this issue. I will look for other carriers whenever possible."
Cons: "Tiny airplane. We had a delay of 2 hours."
Cons: "don’t know! didn’t get to phoenix because of plane issues"
Pros: "Good food, kind staff, free booze"
Pros: "Good food!"
Cons: "My flight was canceled and rebooked overnight, then delayed 2-3x. This wasn’t all the airline’s fault, but nevertheless, it was a very mediocre experience."
Cons: "No food, no entertainment, no room for luggage, no good."
Pros: "The flight was equal to AA service I have had on a regular basis."
Cons: "Nothing"
Pros: "one more bag"
Pros: "If you are not in first class, they treat you like dirt."
Cons: "I saw the whole plane packed in the back with 6 people in a row, when the middle of the plane has plenty of empty seats. It seems that American Airlines will pack people who don't pay for choice of seats in the back. Distasteful practice."
Pros: "The only reason I was able to make this flight was that it, too, was delayed. We received ZERO notification - as we were running from one plane to another from Concourse A to B - that the Phoenix-LA flight was delayed. I mean how difficult is that to do?"
Cons: "We took off. We landed. We didn't crash. We sat on the runway for nearly an hour. So much fun!"
Pros: "Las aeromosas muy amables y profesionales."
Cons: "Los asientos incómodos que no funcionaban el cambio de posición. El pago de sobrepeso escandalozo; por 10 Libras $160 más extra fees...."
Pros: "nice flight - nonstop got us exactly where we want"
Cons: "not a big selection on food... just cookies (although good it would be nice to have some selection)"
Pros: "Gate crew provided frequent updates about the nature and duration of our substantial delay in takeoff. Polite and efficient crew"
Cons: "2.5-hour delay caused me to miss connection in Tokyo. Boarding took a long time. Nearly one hour for my suitcase to emerge on carousel, well after all other bags. Legroom minimum in coach. Sandwich for the snack was frozen in the middle."
Pros: "It was comfortable, nice staff and had a meal as well"
Pros: "Food and "free" drinkscomfort of seats overall"
Cons: "Comfort of seats in which to sleep"
Pros: "Very fast, efficient boarding."
Cons: "Entertainment options were excellent although the screen did not work very well (touch screen not super responsive) so I could not get to them easily. Neighbor had the same problem too"
Pros: "Great having plugs, nice seats"
Cons: "First leg of flight did not have personal TVs, so limited selection of entertainment"
Cons: "The passport check point was horrendouslyorganized as was boarding in Barcelona. My vegetarian sandwich served for lunch was nothing more than Dry bread, two cucumbers and a piece of iceberg lettuce- just awful."
Cons: "The landing gate in Palm Springs."
Pros: "The flight was fast and good service"
Cons: "En El Salvador the person who check my luggage was rude And throw my medicines to the garbage and she told That I need a proscription from my Dr , never it happen before , I think she work for El Salvador airport but she was rude"
Pros: "Solo que a la 1:10pm le comunique al sobrecargo del vuelo Avianca #928 Lima _ salvador 1010 1: 20 pm hora local me di cuenta que se quedo el anillo de matrimonio en el paso de migración en la bandeja, el sobrecargo me di una instrucción que debía hablar con el encargado del Salvador la Srta Geaninia Gomez indica que como no es pérdida dentro del avión no se hacen responsables, lo que no estoy de acuerdo que me digan eso ya que es trayecto del vuelo que estaba realizando voy a tomar medidas para presentar un reclamo ya que es un valor sentimental ya que ni me dejaron ir a ver estando casi 40 minutos y sentí que no me ayudaron por los menos con una llamada en el departamento."
Pros: "no fresh food"
Cons: "Same as above"
Cons: "Flight from LAX was late causing our flight to leave 2 hours late missing our flight to CAE. This would have caused us to miss wedding events on Sat Drove to DIA took Red Eye to CLT and drove to CAE to pick up car and drive to Charleston for wedding event at 11:00 Am"
Pros: "Leg room is extremely limited and they made me Check my bag even though it was not at all over size and fit easily into the overhead on my previous flight. Gate crew was impolite but crew on plane was friendly."
Cons: "Smaller seats with very limited leg room (I'm only 100 pounds and 5'4" and felt crowded!) Forced to check bag"
Pros: "good attention"
Airlines flying from Vail to El Salvador have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travelers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Vail to El Salvador
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Vail to El Salvador
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Vail to El Salvador
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Vail to El Salvador
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Vail to El Salvador