Conviasa,the airline that barely flies

September 7, 2005

A year ago President Chavez announced that his Government was starting
a new Government airline called Conviasa, that would start flying in
November. November came and went and nothing happened. Then in January
Chavez announced Conviasa again. Then in March I wrote an article called “Venezuela Inc. is back”,
making a parallel between what happened in the 70’s in Venezuela when
oil prices shot up thru the roof and now, with Chavez starting dozens
of Government owned companies doomed to fail, much like those created
by CAP in the 70’s.Well, today I learn that Conviasa’s only airplane a
Boeing 737 is broken down in Margarita island,
passengers were stuck in Aruba and other airlines had to cover the
routes. Today it was announced that it should be flying tomorrow. Would
you reserve in this airline?

This entry was posted on September 7, 2005 at 5:52 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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