After Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority ruled to ensure that the terms it demanded to guarantee the integration of Avianca and Viva Air were made more flexible and to think “of the collective interest”, Avianca President Adrian Neuhauser described, that statement as “money laundering”. of hands” and insisted that what they proposed for integration between the […]
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JetSmart asks Aerocivil to keep free competition
Reactions continue following Avianca’s decision to withdraw its integration with the airline cheap Viva Air, and this time it was the turn of JetSmart, the airline that is advertising portals to start operations in Colombia, stating that “the Colombian market must maintain the conditions of free competition and quality of service”. The airline recognized the […]
Avianca and Viva, with a May 10 deadline to decide on integration
Civil Aeronautics made some changes to the terms it had set for the integration of Viva and Avianca and set May 10 this year as the deadline for communicating their final decision on whether or not to implement the integration. The entity affirmed the approval of the integration operation by resolving at second instance the […]
Avianca reiterates that the terms of association with Viva are unfeasible
Avianca reiterated that the conditions proposed by Civil Aeronautics for the approval of the integration with the airline Viva Air are unfeasible. “Nine months have passed without a final decision and that’s partly because interested third parties are considered in the process and shouldn’t be there,” said Frederico Pedreira, the company’s Global Vice President of […]
Avianca says Aerocivil conditions make the Viva operation unfeasible
“They are impossible to comply with given the current reality of this company, which has already lost more than half of its aircraft (for example, the requirement to maintain capacity on exclusive routes despite the lack of aircraft and slots)”, he details . Avianca says they give undue advantages to third parties by requiring Avianca […]
JetSmart has started certification for domestic operations in Colombia
At this stage, the representatives of the low-cost carrier work together with the delegates of the aviation authority to carry out the certification process of the technical, operational, airport and human requirements to carry out the proposed operation. “In accordance with current regulations and agreed planning, compliance with the steps required to obtain the aforementioned […]
Latam says it will appeal against the decision on the integration of Viva and Avianca
Latam Airlines Colombia has issued a statement that it will appeal against Civil Aeronautics’ decision to conditionally approve the integration of Avianca and Viva Air. The company indicated that it had conducted a thorough analysis of the decision to understand its scope and impact on the Colombian market, and as a result believed that while […]
There were errors in the Viva-Avianca integration procedure: PGN
The Attorney General’s Office alleged that the administrative procedure of corporate integration between the airlines Viva Air and Avianca made an error of interpretation by not being conducted under Law 1340 of 2009, but instead under the regulations of the Code of Administrative Procedure for Administrative Disputes. In other words, in the integration process, Aerocivil […]
Integration decision with Viva not yet finalized: Avianca
The airline Avianca said in a statement that the decision to integrate with Viva Air has not yet been made, so they will study the civil aviation decision to make a decision on it. In this sense, the airline claimed that Viva Air no longer has the same capabilities, route network, aircraft and employees as […]
Approve conditional integration of Viva and Avianca
They also have to return frequencies on the Bogotá – Buenos Aires route, which has been particularly affected. They are required to maintain an effective fare cap on routes where the integrated entity remains 100% and provide dynamism on the routes with the highest concentration. The Aerocivil explained that the Directorate of Air Transport and […]