:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/MMCF7U2LQBEJVGXPPEEOQNJWIY.jpg "The government will control Viva Air: the Superintendence of Transport has given the company two days to present a recovery plan 1")
After the traveler crisis due to the sudden suspension of operations by the airline live airthere transport superintendence decided to take control of the company. The authority stressed that the company is in a critical economic and administrative situation, which is why it recommends a commercial reorganization.
On March 6, the Superintendency notified the Resolution No. 705 of March 3, 2023 with which the “bid control measure” was imposed on the airline Rapid Colombia SASwhich according to the entity is in the Business Recovery Process.
In the document, the port authority requested the Superintendency of Business to admit in the process of business reorganization to live airthat, due to its internal crisis, it directly affects the provision of the public air transport service and the users.
The special measures of submission to the control give the company two days to formulate a recovery and improvement plan that overcomes the situation that caused the issuance of the resolution, as well as the critical situations indicated.
In the second point, “a report of the necessary information is ordered to determine the administrative body or the external agent who took the administrative and operational decision to suspend the provision of the public air service and the technical, administrative and financial analyzes in which the decision ” .
The airline’s sudden suspension of operations was seen as alleged pressure ahead of the integration process with Avianca. According to Minister of Transport, Guillaume Reyesthis company would have acquired shares of Viva without the authorization of the Civil aeronautics who continues to evaluate the process. The airline denied that shareholders had any influence on the decisions.
Superintendency control also orders fast colombia refrain from “committing acts contrary to the law”. In addition, it orders that you return the administrative headquarters and the services associated with it within three calendar days of notification of the resolution.
The Régie des transports “orders Rapid Colombia SAS In Disaster recovery processto set the status of reservations issued and confirmed for passengers within one business day after the execution of this administrative act.
Since now, live air must notify the great transport any statutory reform of the company which must be authorized, as well as it is prohibited to present administrative acts for the constitution of guarantees on assets, disposals, operations which do not fall under ordinary trades.
“The airline is warned that it must preserve the responsibility received by the resources from advance ticket sales, ticket holders and non-scheduled passenger aviationof which you must submit a report within three (3) calendar days and, thereafter, on the last working day of each month, until the conditions which gave rise to this decision are overcome”, is ordered in the resolution.
These control measures will continue until the crisis generated for travelers is overcome. If the orders established in the resolution are not complied with, the Superintendency may dismiss the administrators, the board of directors and the person in charge of tax control, as determined, which will imply an inability to carry out activities that may last up to at 10 years.
Viva Air’s decision to suspend all its services has affected more than a million passengers, both for those who do not know what will happen to their tickets, and for those who have found themselves adrift in airport terminals, even in other countries of the continent. Other airlines had to provide the services, given the airline’s refusal to offer a solution.