Viva Air Perú S.A.C. was a Peruvian ultra low-cost carrier. It was created by Irelandia Aviation, which also developed similar carriers Viva Air Colombia and Mexico's VivaAerobús, the latter of which has no legal affiliation with the other "Viva" brands.
History In November 2016, William Shaw and José Castellanos announced the entry of a new low-cost airline in Perú, to operate in the first quarter of 2017 by the Peruvian company Viva Air Perú through the integration of the Viva group and Irelandia Aviation. Both detailed that this new company would have two Airbus A320-200s from Viva Air Colombia, at a cost of 60 soles per segment and with eight national destinations, estimating that a number of 700 thousand passengers would be transported in its first year of operation.
On January 19, 2017, the company obtained from the Ministry of Transport and Communications the operating permit for regular national air transport of passengers, cargo and mail for a period of four years. Also the company made clarifications that they would wait for the delivery of the air operator certificate that is estimated to arrive before April 11. Likewise, José Castellanos also explained that the prices would be made by sections.
On February 27, 2023, Viva Air Perú and its parent company suspended their operations indefinitely and grounded their entire fleet due to the financial crisis, blaming the situation on the delay on the response from Aerocivil on the Avianca-Viva merger authorization, stating that "The (civil aviation authority's) unprecedented decision will result in further delays in reaching a decision, for which Viva is forced to announce, unfortunately, the suspension of its operations with immediate effect".
Destinations As of December 2022, Viva Air Perú flew to destinations across Peru and Colombia.
CountryCityAirportNotesRefsColombiaBogotáEl Dorado International Airport MedellínJosé María Córdova International Airport PeruArequipaRodríguez Ballón International AirportCajamarcaMayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias AirportChiclayo FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International AirportCuscoAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport IquitosCrnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International AirportJaénJaén AirportJuliacaInca Manco Cápac International AirportLimaJorge Chávez International AirportPiuraCap. FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International AirportTalaraCapitán FAP Víctor Montes Arias International AirportTacnaCoronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International AirportTarapotoCadete FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes Airport
Fleet
Viva Air Perú operated the following aircraft:
+ Viva Air Perú former fleetAircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotesAirbus A320-200420172023Operated by Viva Air Colombia
See also List of low-cost airlines List of airlines of Peru
References
External links Official page