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| Founded | September 16, 2009 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | May 25, 2012 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | February 27, 2023 | ||||||
| AOC # | 9B2F646F | ||||||
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| Focus cities | Rafael Núñez International Airport[1] | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Viva Air Perú | ||||||
| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Destinations | 25 | ||||||
| Parent company | Irelandia Aviation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Rionegro, Colombia | ||||||
| Key people | Francisco Lalinde (President and CEO)[2] | ||||||
| Founders | William N.A. Shaw, Juan E. Posada, Gabriel Migowski, Frederik Jacobsen | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Fast Colombia S.A.S., trading as Viva Air Colombia and formerly VivaColombia, was a Colombian ultra low-cost airline[3][4][5][6] based in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia.[7] It was a subsidiary of Irelandia Aviation and, as of its bankruptcy in March 2023, the third largest airline in the country.[8] The company was not legally affiliated with Mexico's Viva Aerobus, another low-cost carrier co-founded by Irelandia which also uses the "Viva" brand,[9] although they did have a codeshare agreement for their flights. The company filed for insolvency in February 2023, and on February 27, 2023, the airline suspended, and eventually ceased, all operations, citing rising fuel prices and Aerocivil's failure to approve its planned acquisition by Avianca.[10]
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- ^ "Francisco Lalinde es el nuevo presidente y CEO de Viva Air". Volavi.co (in Spanish). Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "The destiny of Colombian ULCC Viva lies with unpredictable government regulators". CAPA - Centre for Aviation.
- ^ "LATAM Becomes Third Airline To Pursue Colombian ULCC Viva | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com.
- ^ Cross, Lee (February 28, 2023). "Viva Air Suspends Operations". Airways.
- ^ "Viva To Challenge Legacy Carriers With Brazil Entry". Routes.
- ^ "Viva Colombia volará a Bucaramanga". www.vanguardia.com.
- ^ "While the Global Aviation Industry Faces Crisis, Viva Air Remains in Growth Mode: Exclusive Interview with CEO Felix Antelo - Finance Colombia". 18 May 2020.
- ^ Moss, Loren (27 February 2020). "Irelandia Aviation To Grant Equity Ownership To All Viva Air Employees". Finance Colombia. Finance Colombia. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Martínez Garbuno, Daniel (April 10, 2023). "Viva Air & Ultra Air: The Impact Of Losing Two Carriers". AirInsight. Retrieved February 12, 2024.