{"id":137075,"date":"2023-02-28T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=137075"},"modified":"2023-02-28T21:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:46:40","slug":"viva-air-airline-suspends-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/02\/viva-air-airline-suspends-operations.html","title":{"rendered":"Viva Air airline suspends operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Viva Air<\/strong> announced Monday night, through a press release, that it is suspending its operations immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline announced that the decision of the Civil Aeronautics to accept as interested third parties five airlines in the evaluation process of the low cost integration with Avianca, &#8220;will result in further delays in making a decision, so Viva is forced to announce, unfortunately, the suspension of its operations with immediate effect&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192<strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/02\/jetsmart-peru-requested-authorization-to-operate-12-routes-to-colombia.html\">JetSMART Peru requested authorization to operate 12 routes to Colombia<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viva stated that while operations are suspended, it will continue negotiations with creditors under the procedures of Decree 560 -PRE-, and will work to preserve its ability to resume operations at a future date, assuming the Civil Aeronautics immediately approves the pending alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After more than seven months of delays by the entity, Viva has presented numerous evidences to the Colombian Government to demonstrate that it is in a critical financial situation, assuring that the only way it can continue flying is for the Civil Aeronautics to allow it to become part of a stronger and well-capitalized group of airlines. 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