low cost airline JetSmart announced this Tuesday, February 7, its interest in acquiring 100 percent of the shares of the airline Viva Air.
This Chilean company is part of the portfolio of airlines of indigo partnersinvestment fund that controls five other airlines and is recognized for its leadership in this segment of the global airline industry.
JetSmart currently has 79 routes in seven South American countries and in Colombia, where it has been operating since the end of 2019, it flies to Bogota, Cali and Medellin.
«We believe that a transaction between JetSmart and Viva Air will allow the ultra-low-cost model to be maintained in Colombia and that will allow us to continue offering more routes at lower prices,» said Estuardo Ortíz, CEO of JetSmart.
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The company said that this alliance is sought because «the airlines They do not have common routes in Colombia and both operate new fleets of Airbus A320neo».
(In addition: Viva air’s letters in the face of uncertainty due to eventual integration with Avianca).
It should be noted that live air recently closed several operations on their journeys to and from Cali. According to the company, this decision is due to several external macroeconomic factors, the lack of capital injection by an investor and waiting for the definition of the Civil Aeronautics and the National Government to integration with Avianca.
A few weeks ago, the Civil Aeronautics declared the nullity of the process due to a substantial irregularity that would put the right to due process at risk. However, the airlines will continue to insist on the process.
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About JetSmart
It is an ultra-low-cost airline with operating and domestic certificates in Chile, Argentina and Peru. With 79 routes throughout South America, it connects strategic points in Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay, totaling the mobilization of more than 16 million passengers.
The airline has additionally contracted 101 Airbus aircraft, which will be progressively incorporated between the years 2023 and 2029, through which it plans to mobilize 100 million people by the year 2028.
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