Viva Air Air company said in a statement, the suspension of all its nationwide activities. This decision was made after the ‘low cost’ airline presented a financial crisis and requested Civil Aviation to host Viva Air on a larger airline.
“Today, Civil Aviation has issued a Communiqué acknowledging the interests of various third parties regarding Viva’s urgent request to be allowed to integrate with a stronger and larger airline group. This unprecedented decision by the organization will lead to further delays in concluding an agreement. decision, so Viva unfortunately, suspension of operations with immediate effect“The airline explained in a statement.
After learning of Avianca’s proposal to integrate Viva Air, Civil Aviation has recognized five foreign companies as “related third parties”. Among them: Latam Airlines, Wingo, JetSmart Airlines, Aerolíneas Argentinas and Ultra Air.
Viva Air also said: Aerocivil must act before ‘low-cost’ airline disappearsbecause “The Colombian government will privilege the interests of airlines operated from Argentina, Chile, Panama and the United States over Viva itself,” he says.
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On Monday afternoon, thousands of international passengers, to be transported to and from Colombia by Viva Air, reported cancellations by the airline and mishandling the situation. They promised them that the ticket money would be refunded immediately; They wouldn’t even answer to stay.
In domestic flights; José María Córdova Airport in Rionegro noted at least 6 domestic flights. and the international signature was revoked.
Besides the inconvenience, users reported that the announcement was given almost simultaneously with the hours it was supposed to be in the waiting room.
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The situation was also repeated in Bogotá. users made sure there were at least 500 passengers in the same situation. There has also been news of cancellations in Barranquilla.
Flights from the country’s capital were also made reciprocally to Peru and Argentina.
On flight 430 from Lima to Bogota, which is expected to depart at 6:08 PM this Monday, passengers received the cancellation notice in the waiting room.
“They just told us that the flight was canceled and they were responsible for the value of the ticket. There are families here with young children, older adults, people with connections, those who will lose their family. Vacations in Colombia. What they do is get an immigration stamp on them so they can go out and buy tickets from another airline, but there is no immediate availability.“, explained Magaly Trujillo, an affected passenger.
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Trujillo emphasized that refunds are not made immediately, as the company said, and emphasized that they change passengers from the lounge five minutes before boarding and take them from 21 to 31 o’clock.
“The solution is only the refund of the ticket, there is no other answer. There are those who say that the flight has been delayed up to three times, even the hotels in the vicinity have paid it out of their pocket, but they can enter the airline’s page and enter. It can be followed by purchasing a flight to that route,” added the user.
Trujillo points out that users who decide to leave the waiting room also do not receive a refund.
“51 people were stuck in the waiting room, waiting for a response, the others were evacuated with the promise of extradition, we contacted one of those who went and they haven’t returned it so far. The money, they don’t fit either. What they want is to get us out, stamp on us and keep us roaming in Peru and Everyone can see what they’ve done,” he said.
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“Today, Civil Aviation has issued a Communiqué acknowledging the interests of various third parties regarding Viva’s urgent request to be allowed to integrate with a stronger and larger airline group. This is unprecedented by the organization, in making a decision,” the airline said in a statement. more delays, so Viva unfortunately had to announce the suspension of operations with immediate effect.”sign.
“While operations are suspended, Viva will continue negotiations with creditors under Decree 560 -PRE- procedures and will work to preserve the ability to restart operations at a future date, assuming Civil Aviation will promptly approve the alliance.”
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