All Viva Air Colombia articles
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NewsAvianca ditches Viva combination plan
Colombian airline Avianca has cancelled plans to combine with financially strapped ultra-low-cost carrier Viva Air, citing what it describes as onerous conditions required by Colombia’s aviation regulator.
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Avianca fires back at Aerocivil for ‘unfeasible conditions’ on Viva acquisition
Colombian airline Avianca has sharply criticized a decision by the country’s civil aviation regulator on it’s planned acquisition of now-defunct Viva Air.
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Colombia’s Aerocivil grants final approval of Avianca-Viva merger
Colombia’s Directorate of Air Transport and Aero-Commercial Affairs, also known as Aerocivil, has formally approved the merger of Avianca and Viva Air.
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Airline Business Podcast: Consolidation challenges, Riyadh Air, C-suite diversity
Graham and Lewis talk through the growing list of consolidation moves within the global industry, discussing why deals take such a long time to get over the line.
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Colombian transport authority steps in to manage Viva Air re-organisation
Colombia’s transportation superintendent, the oversight authority for the sector, has taken control of troubled budget airline Viva Air and is seeking to submit the carrier to a business recovery process. The superintendent states that the control decision sets out tasks including drawing up, within two days, an immediate improvement scheme ...
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Viva Air dismayed as merger hold-up forces it to suspend operations
Colombian budget carrier Viva Air has suspended operations, citing regulatory hold-ups regarding its efforts to form a tie-up with Avianca.
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Viva A320neo low-fuel emergency inquiry details rapidly-changing weather situation
Preliminary analysis by Colombian investigators has detailed how rapidly-changing weather conditions at diversion airports preceded the low-fuel emergency involving a Viva Air Airbus A320neo. The aircraft had departed Cali on 17 October, bound for Riohacha – a service expected to take 1h 46min – with 6,800kg of fuel on board. ...
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Colombian regulators reject Avianca-Viva Air tie up
Colombia’s aviation regulator has rejected a tie-up between Avianca and financially strapped low-cost carrier Viva Air.
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Viva A320neo low-fuel probe indicates less than 300kg in tanks on landing
Colombian investigators have disclosed that an Airbus A320neo landed with less than 300kg of fuel on board following two diversions on a service from Cali. The aircraft, operated by Viva Air, had departed Cali for the northern city of Riohacha on 17 October. This sector is some 530nm in length ...
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Avianca seeks urgent integration of financially-pressured Viva
Colombian operator Avianca is seeking to accelerate closer ties with Latin American low-cost carrier Viva, in order to protect the budget airline. Avianca has requested authorisation from the Colombian civil aviation regulator to integrate Viva over concerns about Viva’s ability to compete in the face of increased financial pressures. Viva ...
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Latin carriers Avianca and Viva strike joint ownership deal
Owners of Avianca and the low-cost operator Viva have struck a deal to to form a joint holding company in a move to provide greater financial stability for the Latin American carriers post-pandemic.
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Start-up Ultra Air plots key role in Colombian market reaching 50m passengers
The chief executive of Colombian start-up Ultra Air believes the airline can play a significant role in growing the country’s air transport market to 50 million passengers over the next five years, citing similar trends in other Latin American countries.
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Viva Air attracts $50 million investment from private equity firm
Irelandia Aviation has secured a $50 million investment from New York-based private equity firm Cartesian Capital Group for its Latin American low-cost carrier Viva Air Group, in exchange for an unspecified stake in the airline.
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Viva Air picks Teledyne data solution for A320 fleet
Latin American budget carrier Viva Air has selected Teledyne Controls to provide hard- and software to collect aircraft data and distribute on-board system software updates across a fleet of Airbus A320 jets
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Viva reconsiders Colon after frustration over Pacifico exit
Latin American low-cost carrier Viva Air is to consider a revived proposal to operate to Colon, after being forced to abandon Panama Pacifico airport as its entry point to Panama City.
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Viva Air Colombia to exit Panama
Viva Air Colombia will exit Panama Pacifico airport in Panama City, citing high airport costs as the reason.
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Viva Air aims for IPO in two years and third airline
Viva Air Group is eyeing a public listing in about two years, as the low-cost carrier sets its sights on expanding among the Andean states.
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Viva Air firms order for 50 A320s
Latin American low-cost operator Viva Air has firmed its order for 50 Airbus A320-family jets, which the company disclosed during the Paris air show.
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IATA urges pro-aviation push in Latin America
Ultra-low-cost carriers continue to largely steer clear of Brazil, highlighting economic and regulatory challenges that are particularly acute in the country but also common throughout South America, a top IATA official has argued.
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ALTA: VivaColombia eyes international growth
VivaColombia plans to announce up to three new international destinations in 2016, as it prepares to launch its first service to the USA.
