:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/UEUV3LFBAFH6VCZ2TCW6LZR3ZU.jpg "Viva Air “disappeared”: it suspended its operations and left all its planes on the ground")
On the night of Monday February 27, live air announced by a press release “the suspension of its operations with immediate effect“, after the decision of the Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil) recognize “the intervention of third parties interested in the Avianca-Viva integration process”.
Problems at the José María Córdova airport in Rionegro due to the protest of Viva Air employees
Employees demand a quick fix to save the low-cost airline and their jobs
This means that from now on, low-cost planes will remain grounded, which is why hundreds of flights to and from Colombia have already been canceled. In fact, in a review of the Viva Air website by Valora Analytics around 8 p.m. that Monday, it became clear that the low-cost airline had run out of tickets to sell from Colombia to international destinations such as Argentina there Peru.
Despite the cessation of its operations, in its press release, the airline assures that it will continue negotiations with its creditors and will work to “preserve its ability to restart operations at a later date”.
Francisco Lalinde will replace Félix Antelo as interim president of Viva Air
Given the economic difficulties of the low-cost company, it and Avianca have expressed to Civil Aeronautics their intention to integrate so that it does not disappear from the air market.
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