Viva Air issues warning about possible disappearance of the market - Companies

Viva Air issues warning about possible disappearance of the market – Companies – Economy

Mitchell G. Patton4 years ago

The airline live air It has faced great challenges, since the ‘low cost’ airline has wanted to stabilize itself in the market since it declared itself in a financial crisis. Through a statement, a call was made to Aerocivil so that companies such as JetSmart and Ultra AirThey cannot intervene in the decision.

After learning about Avianca’s proposal to integrate the airline Viva Air, the Civil Aeronautics decided five foreign companies as ‘interested third parties’. Among these are: Latam Airlines, Wingo, JetSmart Airlines, Aerolíneas Argentinas and Ultra Air.

Through a statement, Viva Air stated that Aerocivil must demonstrate before the ‘low cost’ airline disappears, because “the Colombian government will have privileged the interests of airlines managed from Argentina, Chile, Panama and the United States, over Viva itself.” punctuate the document.

(Keep reading: Ultra Air blocks its routes in Colombia and seeks to enter 5 more countries).

The text also adds the will of the airline to join one of greater capacity, “as has been said on countless occasions since the beginning of this process, an immediate decision by Aerocivil that allows Viva to become part of a group of bigger, stronger or better capitalized airlines is the only way viva can keep flying.”

For its part, Avianca, the first airline to present the integration proposal, referred to the acceptance of foreign companies, assuring that it “publicly offered help and asked the Authority to establish mechanisms to protect, effectively and under the applicable regulations, the passengers and communities impacted by the departure of planes and the cancellation of Viva’s routes”.

(Also: Viva runs out of 5 planes. What will happen to passengers who bought tickets?).

Avianca reiterated “its total willingness to seek, together with the National Government, viable and urgent alternatives that facilitate objective scenarios to be part of the solution.”

The foregoing, arguing that Viva Air is a ‘low cost’ model that has “thousands of jobs, hundreds of thousands of air tickets, a dynamic aeronautical market, benefits for communities through direct and indirect related services “.