Viva Air will have three days to respond to its users affected by the cancellation of flights

At a meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 2, the national government, Beside the Aerocivil, the Ministry of Transport and SuperTransportethe draft document containing the resolution with which the Executive would enter into intervene in the airline Viva Air in the name of the massive cancellation of domestic flightsaccording to information from Snail radio.

Archive image of a Viva Air aircraft. Viva Air

Viva Air will be investigated for non-compliance with passengers, the Superintendence of Transport has announced

The entity, in collaboration with civil aeronautics and other airlines, is developing a unified command post (PMU) to establish solutions for the travelers concerned.

The station also noted that the Transportation Superintendent, Ayda Lucy Ospinahad a meeting with its legal advisers, who recommended the importance of intervening by the airline in order to protect users who has purchased flights with this company low cost.

Ospina is already considering all the details of the Colombian state’s intervention with the airline live air to avoid possible unforeseen events in the coming days due to further cancellations in domestic flights.

Viva Air would experience financial difficulties and would be close to the disappearance of the air market.

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The above would be consistent with March 1 statements Minister of Transport, Guillermo Reyes, whowho stressed that the national government does not rule out intervention in the airline market in order to protect Colombian users who access this service.

“We are analyzing the adoption of measures, all that is necessary, for market players to commit to continuing to operate under terms that benefit users,” he said in statements released by the Presidency of the Republic.

Minister Guillermo Reyes announced that the measures would aim to benefit not only the 466,000 passengers affected from the night of February 27 to March 1, 2023, but also the more than 200,000 users who bought tickets for flights in March. Ministry of transportation

The government would consider intervening in the air market to resolve the Viva crisis

According to the Minister of Transport, Guillermo Reyes, the law empowers the government to take the necessary measures to guarantee the functioning and the optimal market conditions for the full operation of air transport.

On the other hand, the Director of Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil), Sergio París, informed that the integration process between low-cost and Avianca will continue.

This was confirmed by the director of Aerocivil in dialogue with CM&after the Unified Command Post (PMU) they advanced to establish emergency measures in the face of the air emergency that caused the operational closure of Viva Air.

“The instruction is to continue the process of applying for integration,” París told Bogotá News, while emphasizing that “these offers must benefit competition, access to El Dorado airport and maintain certain benefits for users”.

Although the official has not confirmed a specific date when he will report the final decision, W Radio learned that the decision would be announced until next Tuesday March 7 because, only until last Wednesday March 1, Avianca presented the proposal for integration with Viva where it is guaranteed that its approval will not turn them into a monopoly.

In his interview with CM&, The director of civil aeronautics explained that the above means that, if Viva and Avianca respect the financial and operational conditions linked to the “holding” that they share, without affecting the other competitors in the Colombian aviation sector, they will authorize their integration.

File image of Director of Civil Aeronautics, Sergio París, during a press conference after the unified command post to establish emergency measures after the cessation of Viva Air operations. Civil Aviation

“It depends on access to El Dorado airport and on another series of elements that thus configure a rule that allows competition and protects the market. If this were the scenario, an integration that adapts to what Colombians want, alternatives, access to air transport and benefits for the trips they make,” the official told the television news.

Regarding the investigation currently being carried out by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) for the advance purchase of the rights of Viva Air, without prior authorization, Paris pointed out to CM& that although the entity has knowledge of the process, it is independent in nature.

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