On 08May17, the Argentine Government Anti-Corruption Office found no conflict of interest between Avianca Argentina and the administration of Argentine president Marucio Macri. Avianca Argentina established a foothold in the Argentine domestic airline scene when it purchased the Air Operator Certificate of Macair, an FBO that also flew limited Jetstream 32 domestic services, from members of the Macri family in 2016.
Some suspected that the Macri family retained an ownership stake in Macair, maintained financial interests tied to its fortunes or traded future favors as part of the sale. The doubts generated by these suspicions led to the suspension of route rights granted to the carrier by the Argentine ANAC aviation authority pending the outcome of the investigation of the anti-corruption office.
With the latter finding no such links, the Ministry of Transport has formalized the 16 domestic and two international route rights granted to Avianca Argentina and the airline can now go ahead with the introduction of services with the 12 ATR-72-600's that it has on order, with two of them already having been delivered.
The next posting will feature information on Avianca Argentina's first flights starting 11Jul17 and plans for the rest of the year.
Sources:
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2021899-para-la-oa-y-la-sigen-no-hay-conflicto-de-interes-en-el-caso-de-la-aerolinea-avianca
http://www.aviacionline.com/2017/05/luz-verde-para-avianca-argentina/
http://www.aviacionline.com/2017/05/avianca-argentina-empezara-sus-operaciones-regulares-en-julio/
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