Also raising a lot of doubts was a set of questions that Portal de America submitted to Amaszonas management on April 18 about the legal and operational structure of the new Amaszonas/BQB entity, which Amaszonas failed to answer. The most significant questions were as follows:
1) What brand will the new operation fly under ? Amaszonas Uruguay ?
2) Will the new airline start operations with BQB ATR-72's for a simpler and
faster transition ?
3) Has the new operation received permission from the Argentine authorities to
fly Amaszonas CRJ-200's, which are registered in Bolivia, between
Montevideo (MVD) and Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) under the route
authority granted to BQB, a Uruguayan airline ?
4) BQB's Air Operator Certificate is owned by Los Cipreses, a Uruguayan
company that owns the Buquebus ferry lines. Can a Bolivian company take
over the certificate without going through a major regulatory process ?
The issue raised by the above questions, especially 3) and 4), are enough to sideline the new Amaszonas/BQB operation for weeks and possibly months while all of the regulatory formalities are worked out.
In the meantime, Portal de America reports that a couple of the GDS are showing BOTH Amaszonas and BQB flights as operating between Montevideo (MVD) and Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) this coming Friday, May 8 on the two daily slots formerly operated by BQB.
Sources:
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/pda/otras-noticias/item/20897-amaszonas-anuncia-su-nueva-ruta-a-aeroparque
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/columnistas/sergio-antonio-herrera/item/20901-del-silencio-de-bqb-al-silencio-de-amaszonas
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/pda/otras-noticias/item/20906-papel%C3%B3n-confirmado-ni-amaszonas-ni-bqb-vuelan-el-lunes
1) What brand will the new operation fly under ? Amaszonas Uruguay ?
2) Will the new airline start operations with BQB ATR-72's for a simpler and
faster transition ?
3) Has the new operation received permission from the Argentine authorities to
fly Amaszonas CRJ-200's, which are registered in Bolivia, between
Montevideo (MVD) and Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) under the route
authority granted to BQB, a Uruguayan airline ?
4) BQB's Air Operator Certificate is owned by Los Cipreses, a Uruguayan
company that owns the Buquebus ferry lines. Can a Bolivian company take
over the certificate without going through a major regulatory process ?
The issue raised by the above questions, especially 3) and 4), are enough to sideline the new Amaszonas/BQB operation for weeks and possibly months while all of the regulatory formalities are worked out.
In the meantime, Portal de America reports that a couple of the GDS are showing BOTH Amaszonas and BQB flights as operating between Montevideo (MVD) and Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP) this coming Friday, May 8 on the two daily slots formerly operated by BQB.
Sources:
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/pda/otras-noticias/item/20897-amaszonas-anuncia-su-nueva-ruta-a-aeroparque
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/columnistas/sergio-antonio-herrera/item/20901-del-silencio-de-bqb-al-silencio-de-amaszonas
http://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/pda/otras-noticias/item/20906-papel%C3%B3n-confirmado-ni-amaszonas-ni-bqb-vuelan-el-lunes
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