The attorney general accuses Aerocivil of delaying the merger of Avianca and Viva

The state attorney general’s office charged Aerocivil with unnecessary delays in the process of merging Avianca and Viva, holding that there could have been potential errors in the procedure due to interference by third parties, specifically citing Wingo’s contributions on slot allocation.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office reported that “following alerts by the Public Prosecutor regarding possible errors in the administrative integration procedures between Avianca and Viva Air due to the interference of third parties, Aerocivil continues without responding to appeals and continues to delay this process”. .

For this entity, when referring to Resolution 00707 of 2023 by Aerocivil, Wingo Contributed to the Slot Allocation Matter, “an action that does not have regulatory competence for a regulatory entity,” refers to the Attorney General’s Office and adds that “the opinion submitted by the airline Wingo An action that unnecessarily delays the business integration process of an essential public service and contravenes a private rule.”

Likewise, the Deputy Commissioner for Administrative Litigation on March 30 filed an appeal warning of potential violations of Act 1340 of 2009, “which does not allow interference by other airlines in the context of the integration of Avianca and Viva Air.” .

The entity asked Aerocivil not to continue postponing the merger decision, “because more than 12 business days have passed without resolving it and it will continue to affect not only the course of integration of Avianca and Viva Air, but also the benefit of passengers.”.

As mentioned REPORTUR.coGiven Aerocivil’s conditional permission to merge Avianca and Viva Air, Latam appealed the decision, arguing that after one month of Viva’s cessation of operations, it had not officially reinstated the time slots at El Dorado International Airport. Meanwhile, the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic announces its position and insists that there is an error in the application of the law. (Latam resumes merging Viva and Avianca with its El Dorado slots).