Affected users indicate that the flight rescheduling carried out by Latam does not include the possibility of carrying luggage.
After last Monday the airline Viva Air announced the indefinite cessation of its operations, dozens of passengers bound for Colombia were stranded in the Jorge Chavez International Airport.
This occurred despite the fact that Latam has offered to take them at no additional cost and depending on the availability of each plane. According to a user affected by the cancellation of the flights, the tickets provided by this airline do not include passenger luggage.
“The rescheduling does not include luggage, all people have to pay for their luggage with Latam,” the user told La República.
It should be noted that the rescheduling of Latam includes passengers from Viva Air whose flight date is between Monday, February 27 and Thursday, March 2, 2023, and who have purchased their tickets before Monday, February 27 of this year.
Why did Viva Air suspend its flights?
The Colombian airline is facing a financial crisis, for which reason, through a statement, it blamed the Civil Aviation of your country because you did not make a decision that allows Viva Air to integrate into a larger airline, in addition to having accepted interested third parties, such as JetSmart, Aerolíneas Argentinas and Latam Airlines, among others, during the evaluation process of joining the low cost airline with Avianca.
“If AeroCivil does not act and Viva disappears from the market, the Colombian government will have privileged the interests of airlines managed from Argentina, Panama, Chile and the United States over ‘Viva’ itself,” said the owner of the voting rights of Viva AirCastlesouth Limited.
Source: Larepublica
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