:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/C5N4LYD3FBH2NBMIKRPFBEHTZQ.jpg "The low cost Viva Air crisis: they announce a flight to repatriate stranded Argentines")
The air transport company Aviancaissued a statement advising that, in an effort to assist passengers from Long live complete their flight plans and reach their destinations as soon as possible, it will incorporate a series of special trips to cover routes that have been canceled. Among them, there are two that are destined for Buenos Aires.
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Two flights to Buenos Aires have been canceled: one from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá and another from Antioquia Airport
There National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC)) confirmed that Avianca had requested urgent authorization to operate a repatriation flight (idea and return) for Argentineans stranded by the cancellation of Viva Air flights The departure -flight 5057- will depart on March 1 from Bogotá and will land in Ezeiza the same day, hours later. The return to the Colombian capital is scheduled for March 2 (Thursday).
Likewise, Avianca will operate incremental flights on the routes that connect Bogotá to Medellin, St. Andrew there Buenos Aireswith an offer of 4,000 tickets in these operations.
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On the other hand, Avianca, also with Colombian capitals, has announced that it will operate flights to Lima there Buenos Aires on larger aircraft on a temporary basis. In the case of Peru, Avianca will have A320 aircraft that will have 60 additional seats for certain flights, while maintaining its regular operation in the A139 fleet. “As for Argentina, some routes will be used in the Boeing 787 family double-aisle fleet, which has 70 additional seats for a total of 250 passengers,” they said.
Additionally, Avianca will temporarily close sales between today and tomorrow on routes in Colombia where Viva passengers need to be rearranged to have more seats available.
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“Today, regardless of the color of our logo, the priority is to help Viva passengers. For this reason, we are making available to the authorities and in particular to users a comprehensive plan which includes measures such as: additional flights, a larger capacity fleet and the temporary closure of sales on routes where it is necessary to relocate travelers. We are there, we are continuing and we will assess additional actions in the coming days to continue to guarantee the connectivity of the country at this stage,” he said. Frederic PedreiraCEO of Avianca.
“It is important to remember that to make the protection effective, passengers who have confirmed tickets or reservations issued to fly on February 27, 28 and March 1 must go directly to the airports. This relocation will be done free of charge and in the order of arrival, on Avianca flights that have availability,” they said from the Colombian zone.
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