2023-05-14 02:14:47
The airline live air announced this Saturday that -after 11 years of operations- it no longer has the capacity to continue operating in the market after Avianca desist from integrating with that company due to the “conditions” that the Civil Aeronautics of Colombia (Aerocivil) has placed on the process.
“Viva announces with deep pain that, without the possibility of financial backing, the company no longer has the capacity to continue operating in the market”detailed the airline in a statement.
He added that he tried to “avoid this outcome by presenting the integration review in a timely manner to save a company in crisis, requesting for more than nine months a timely and coherent response from the authorities that would allow him to define the actions necessary to save the company.” ”.
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first thing in the morning Avianca indicated that it studied in detail the most recent resolution on the integration and found that “the conditions of Aerocivil make it impossible to recover Viva and could even affect the stability of Avianca”.
live air suspended operations on February 27 due to serious financial problems that left thousands of passengers grounded.
He said goodbye to his collaborators
Through an internal statement, the airline said goodbye to its team with “thank you, it was a great flight”.
“We have the satisfaction of having changed the history of Colombian aviation forever. We will be informing you of the process below after the instructions we will receive”, reported.
Conditions of the Aerocivil
Last Monday, the Aerocivil published a resolution in which it updated the conditions for the integration of Avianca y live air.
They propose that “the rights of Viva users be respected and addressed”, which means that the money for air tickets be reimbursed or that “those who have reservations and tickets pending execution” be allowed to travel.
He also points out that Avianca should “maintain the ‘low cost’ scheme of live air as an option that materializes alternatives to the users of the air transport service, especially on those routes that were only operated by said airline”.
Likewise the Aerocivil He said that the company should return “departure and arrival slots, adjusting them in such a way that the infrastructure of the El Dorado International Airport is used more efficiently, guaranteeing competition conditions and enabling the permanence of live air”.
About, Avianca He assured this Saturday that what was proposed by the air authority demonstrates “little regulatory flexibility to give certainty about the conditions for the reactivation of Viva operations.”
Faced with what happened, live air pointed out that is defining “the routes of action to follow, which will be timely informed to public opinion and stakeholders of the company”.
(With information from EFE)
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