Noticia:
MIAMI — Madrid-based Wamos Air has unilaterally suspended its operations for Venezuelan carrier Conviasa due to political reasons and has relocated its ground staff to Dominican Republic until the situation in Venezuela is solved. The information was confirmed by an internal source.
Airways also received exclusive notice that Conviasa has suspended all its domestic and international flights, effective immediately, due to certain “administrative concerns” with its insurance company. Internal sources claim that the airline has ran out of US Dollars to pay the insurance policy that has expired.
"Wamos Air, the Spanish leisure airline that operates a few scheduled destinations and also wet-leases its fleet of aircraft to airlines around the globe, signed a two-year wet-leasing agreement with Conviasa to operate a single Boeing 747-400 to cover the Venezuelan carrier’s long-haul routes from Caracas, Venezuela to Madrid in Spain and Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Established in 2004, Conviasa was conceived to fill the gap left by former flag carrier Viasa, which ceased operations in 1997 after massive losses.
Conviasa served international destinations to mid-east countries such as Syria and Iran with no success with its own Airbus A340-200, which is today stored at the airline’s base in Caracas.
Back in 2007, the European Union banned the Venezuelan airline to operate its A340-200 to Madrid, after failing security audits. To counteract this measure, the carrier has wet-leased equipment from a myriad of airlines, including Air Madrid, Air Pullmantur, Air Plus Comet and Air AsiaX, to name a few, in order to serve these destinations."
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/wamos-ai...-with-conviasa-due-to-political-reasons/
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