{"id":116707,"date":"2021-10-02T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=116707"},"modified":"2021-10-03T01:38:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T01:38:26","slug":"avianca-and-sky-airline-will-merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/10\/avianca-and-sky-airline-will-merge.html","title":{"rendered":"Avianca and Sky Airline will merge."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chilean businessman Holger Paulmann, current CEO of<strong> Sky Airline<\/strong>, said yes to a merger with Colombian airline <strong>Avianca<\/strong>, with the aim of becoming Latin America&#8217;s largest low-cost airline, according to Chile&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/dfmas.df.cl\/df-mas\/por-dentro\/paulmann-dio-el-si-sky-y-avianca-se-fusionaran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Diario Financiero<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expected that by the end of 2021 or early 2022 the merger procedures will begin to overcome legal, regulatory and free competition barriers. It was learned that, for the time being, both airlines will keep their brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/09\/sky-introduces-new-passenger-benefits.html\"><em>SKY introduces new passenger benefits.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The final percentage that Paulmann will have in the parent company is kept under seven keys, but although it will be a minority, in financial terms it will cost much more than if he only owned SKY,&#8221; the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talks began in January of this year, but it was only a couple of weeks ago that an agreement was reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-242b21fc     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"486\" 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