{"id":9996,"date":"2023-07-09T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alssabiqun.com\/?p=9996"},"modified":"2023-07-09T22:06:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:06:04","slug":"jetsmart-airlines-hopes-to-begin-talks-to-buy-colombias-viva-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alssabiqun.com\/?p=9996","title":{"rendered":"JetSMART Airlines hopes to begin talks to buy Colombia&apos;s Viva Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">BOGOTA, Feb 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Indigo Partners-backed budget carrier JetSMART Airlines said on Tuesday that it wanted to buy Colombian low-cost carrier Viva Air, in a move that if successful would scupper Viva&#8217;s plans to merge with Colombian flag carrier Avianca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chile-based JetSMART Airlines said in a statement that it planned to open talks to buy the Colombian airline but it did not disclose how much it might pay to acquire Viva, nor its funding plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">JetSMART is part of private investor  <a href=\"http:\/\/healthisgood.biz\/a-mexican-soccer-icon-entered-politics-prosecutors-say-narcos-16\/\">EVDeN evE NakliyAT<\/a> Indigo Partners&#8217; portfolio of budget airlines alongside U. 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S.-based Frontier Airlines,  <a href=\"https:\/\/evigetir.com\/Evden-Eve-Nakliyat-bg-53\">evDen EVE NaKLiyaT<\/a> Europe&#8217;s Wizz Air and Mexico&#8217;s Volaris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Chilean carrier currently operates 79 routes across South America, including flights to Colombian capital Bogota as well as Medellin and Cali.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;We believe that a merger between JetSMART and Viva Air will allow us to maintain the ultra-low-cost model in Colombia, helping to continue offering more routes at lower prices,&#8221; JetSMART Chief Executive Estuardo Ortiz said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Colombia&#8217;s civil aviation regulator initially rejected a proposed merger between Avianca and Viva in November on the grounds that it posed risks to competition in the sector and the welfare of consumers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Avianca and Viva filed an appeal the same month, proposing alternatives such as yielding some routes and granting better landing and  EVden eve NaKliyat take-off schedules to competitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The regulator in January annulled the merger, citing procedural irregularities, and began the process anew without either company having to reapply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A possible merger between <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/search?searchtext=JetSMART\">JetSMART<\/a> and Viva would offer the best conditions for competition in the market, Ortiz said, adding the airlines do not have competing routes in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Avianca and Viva did not respond immediately to requests for comment on JetSMART&#8217;s proposed deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Viva faces a complex financial situation due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, last year&#8217;s rise in fuel prices and the devaluation of the Colombian peso.<b>(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; Writing by Oliver Griffin; Editing by Jamie Freed)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/b><!-- ad: website --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evigetir.com\/ankara\/img\/bg_banner_2.jpg\" style=\"max-width:410px;float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOGOTA, Feb 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Indigo Partners-backed budget carrier JetSMART Airlines said on Tuesday that it wanted to buy Colombian low-cost carrier Viva Air, in a move that if successful would scupper Viva&#8217;s plans to merge with Colombian flag carrier Avianca. 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