Palonegro International Airport BGA / SKBG

Full third-party ramp and passenger ground handling at Palonegro; Talma (Peru's Grupo Sandoval) acquired Avianca's ground-handling subsidiary Servicios Aéreos Integrados (SAI) in Feb 2023 as part of Avianca's Chapter 11 reorganization. SAI's own published Colombian station list explicitly names Bucaramanga alongside Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Armenia, Barranquilla, Montería, Ibagué, Neiva, Pereira and Pasto, and Talma's own site states it operates at 19 Colombian airports in total, consistent with a "BGA plus 18 others" footprint.

Jet A-1 into-plane fuel supplier at Palonegro. Independently corroborated by contemporaneous news coverage of a 2024 trucker strike ("paro camionero"), which reported Terpel Jet A-1 inventory-replenishment disruption specifically at the Bucaramanga/Palonegro airport, grouped with Cartagena, Santa Marta and Cúcuta -- confirming Terpel's active operating role at this station. Could not independently verify the draft's specific claims about tank ownership/construction, fleet truck capacities, or 24-hour service; those operational specifics are unconfirmed and omitted here.

Engine shop — reciprocating piston engine repair/overhaul (Lycoming, Teledyne Continental) for general-aviation aircraft up to 5700kg, at Hangar LE-109 on Palonegro airport. Company's own site (regionair.co) publishes this under its 'Taller de Mantenimiento en Aeronaves Clase 1 (TAR/OMA)' — Aerocivil-approved maintenance organization at this location, verified 2026-08-10; no separate engine class letter is cited, so engine class rating unconfirmed.

Structures shop — general airframe structural repair ('estructuras generales'), on-airport at Hangar LE-109, Palonegro. Company's own site (regionair.co) explicitly cites this work as Class I ('clase 1') under its Aerocivil-approved OMA/TAR, verified 2026-08-10; no composite capability is described on the site — work is metal/general airframe structure, not composite.

Electrical accessories/components shop — 'accesorios y componentes eléctricos' listed on company's own site (regionair.co) alongside its engine and structural work at Hangar LE-109, Palonegro; Aerocivil-approved OMA/TAR at this location, verified 2026-08-10; no specific accessory class letter published, so class rating unconfirmed.

Cabin/aircraft cleaning is a standard part of Talma's full-service ground-handling contracts in Colombia, but no BGA-specific confirmation was found; scope at this station unconfirmed.

Full-service ground handlers of Talma's type typically also handle ramp-side cargo/freight at their Colombian stations, but no BGA-specific cargo-handling documentation was found; scope at this station unconfirmed.

State aviation-security/policing unit posted at Palonegro airport. Confirmed via the Policía Nacional's own directory (policia.gov.co), which lists "CAI AEROPUERTO PALONEGRO," address Vereda Palonegro - Lebrija, phone •••, email •••, under Estación de Policía Girón. This is airport policing/guarding per Colombia's standard state-run AVSEC model rather than a private security contractor; screening-checkpoint operator details beyond this were not separately confirmed.