Viva Air
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The Avianca/Viva Saga is Even Stranger Than I Imagined, and Trouble is Brewing
I thought I was done writing about Avianca and Viva until I started learning more about just how tangled and strange this…
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Colombia Seals Viva’s Fate By Asking Avianca to Give Too Much
It’s been more than a year since Avianca first announced it was buying low-cost operator Viva Air, and now, the deal is…
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JetSMART Looks to Expand By Snatching Viva Away From Avianca
Chile-based JetSMART has talked a good game for awhile now. It has wanted to grow throughout South America, and it has effectively…
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Colombia Does Not Like the Avianca/Viva Merger, But Avianca is Not Giving Up Yet
Avianca has been busy remaking itself over the last few years. That has meant pivoting toward an ultra low cost (ULCC) model…
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Avianca Adds Breadth to Its Recent Move for Depth with Gol Deal
As interesting as the US airline market is these days, it’s hard to beat what’s going on in South America. There seems…
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The Cranky Flier Interview #7: VivaColombia CEO William Shaw
I know some of you will be really happy to see that the podcast is back! As I mentioned before, it won’t…