Viva Air Perú S.A.C. was a

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. 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

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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

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s 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

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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

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and

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Fleet

Viva Air Perú operated the following aircraft:airfleets.net
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Fleet

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