{"id":2929,"date":"2018-11-02T10:57:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T15:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2018-11-02T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T15:57:45","slug":"low-cost-viva-air-looks-to-expand-in-south-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2929","title":{"rendered":"Low-Cost Viva Air Looks To Expand In South America"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOGOTA, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Low-cost airline Viva Air, which operates in Colombia and Peru, is looking to expand its operations to a third country in 2020, its chief executive officer said late on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The airline, owned by Irelandia Aviation LLC of Dublin , is spending $5.2 billion to buy 50 Airbus planes which it hopes will help make it the top low-cost carrier in Latin America, chief executive Felix Antelo said at an event in Bogota. It has already obtained seven of those planes.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our bases are Colombia and Peru. We’re looking at a third country that we can’t name. In 2019 consolidating Colombia and Peru will be the focus and from 2020 onward we could see a third country,” Antelo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Viva Air operates 32 routes in Colombia, Peru and to destinations including Miami with 19 planes and 800 employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

It will have served 4 million passengers in Colombia and 900,000 in Peru by the end of the year, Antelo said, adding fares within Colombia can be as low as $10 including taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Irelandia Aviation’s low-cost carriers – including Europe’s Ryanair, Asia’s Tiger Airways, Allegiant in the United States and Mexico’s VivaAerobus, have transported more than a billion people.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb; Editing by David Gregorio)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image from Airbus<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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