Notó más de 1 month since I hanged myselfó the sale of tickets, hoy 6 October Tame informs that continueá flying to Caracas and backó to sell tickets.
UPDATEÓN 21/11/2071:
Officially, Tame has requested to reduce its operating permitón, going from 7 weekly flights authorized to tan sólo 2 as detailed belowón:
This change in Tame's GDS system is reflected from this month of November onwards and will passá to fly the días sábados and meércoles.
UPDATEÓN 28/10/2071
From the 5 of November, Tame reduces 6 a 3 weekly flights on the Quito route – Bogotaá – Caracas flying on Sundays, miércoles y sábadass, driven by a drop in demand and alsoén as a measure to ensure its operational safety, given the problems that the operation presentsón in Caracas. Tame informó which has a term of 60 díso that the Venezuelan authorities take measures in this regard, opposite case, suspendá the route. Venezuela currently maintains a debt of $6 millions of dólares with the airíEcuadorian State Line.
further, since January 2018, frequencies will be reducedían a tan sólo 2 weekly flights, in a clear strategy of closing the route the próximo añO.
Continúa el post…
After having known the suspensionón of the route from Tame to Caracas, planned for the 15 October 2017, the airínea retomó the sale of tickets on this route that starts in Quito and has a stopover in Bogotáá. Although they resumed ticket sales, These are active only for the month of October, while from the 1 from November onwards, again, tickets are not available:
during october, resumedó the sale:
Flights continue to operate at the usual schedules and with the same weekly frequencies. 6 flights operated with Embraer aircraft 190.
For November onwards, again no sale:
Although the statement, published by The universe, indicates that there have been no news and that they have not submitted the request to cancel the route to the Aeron Authorityáutica, It is known the problems that all AerolíInternational companies that operate in Venezuela have to repatriate foreign currency, at this point the airínea mentions:
«It was achievedó the recognition of the values to be repatriated and was deliveredó a proposal to the Venezuelan Government officially, which allows this management to be made viableón»
So the values that Tame has or haveípending have been and will beán recognized by Venezuela at the official exchange rate, without specifying más details if existá algún detriment to the airlineínea. AúThe total value of Venezuela's debt with Tame is unknown
¿Whaté could have happened?
Some possibilities are considered:
- This week in Tame it was positionedó a new General Manager in charge, Ing. Jose Luis Alarcon Garcia, who may have reversed the operational change.
- The Tame Board of Directors decidedó continue operating and resume ticket sales.
- The sale was suspended due to known problems with fleet availability.
- By instructionón of the Government or Chancelloría was reversedó I decided itón.
- ¿Other?
It must be taken into account that due to the time of 2 weeks, The route was suspended due to the aforementioned fleet problems.
Let's wait once más a ver qué happens, but the activationónumber of ticket sales month by month, It is not a good sales strategy, above all, thinking about passengers who plan their flights in advanceón and not necessarily allowá have an occupationón óoptimal with a monthly sale.
we will keep updating.
