A ticket from Medellín to Cancun is costing about 1,181,097 and of these, 824,000 pesos are tax rates for the flight.
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In social networks they question the high costs that go between fees and taxes when buying a plane ticket in Colombia, since they affirm that a regularization in this sense would not hurt anything and not only, in the cost of the ticket itself.
Regarding a possible price regulation, last Wednesday, April 12, the Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Reyes, announced that cost control will be exercised.
«With the aviation theme, we are acting, we are going to control prices, to curb abuses; this is done for the benefit of the users.” Guillermo Reyes stated.
It should be noted that the National Government had already suggested the possibility of setting price controls on air tickets before the current crisis faced by Viva Air, for example.
However, it is important to take into account that the announcement was made within the measures for San Andrés and Providencia, so it is not known if it would apply to the entire country.
Price control is a measure used by governments to set the minimum and maximum price of some products, in this case, airline tickets.
These possible changes or regulations could affect the national airline industry, which was impacted by the restoration of the VAT value for tickets, as well as the increase in fuel worldwide.
Price control of air tickets should begin by reducing taxes both in Colombia and in destination countries @MinistroReyes @AerocivilCol
Here is a quick example, of the $1,181,097 per ticket from Medellín to Cancun, $824,497 are in taxes https://t.co/CQ6Z89Y93F pic.twitter.com/d0iEfLn7Xt
— Camilo Silva (@CamiloSilvaJ) April 13, 2023
Cheap flights, crisis
Low cost flights in Colombia do not take off. The attempts have ended in paralysis of operations with thousands of travelers affected.
These types of flights cost up to $50,000 or more, which is why regular airlines do not offer them. In many cases, the cheapest tickets they have are 160 or 190 thousand pesos.
Neither the Ministry of Transport nor Civil Aeronautics have managed to get Viva Air to respond, now Ultra Air is joining the crisis.
For the same Avianca that tried to have them, it was not possible to maintain that economic line either and today, there are very few “cheap flights” that it has in its offer.
This situation has generated mistrust and could affect the air travel market in the country.
For now, Wingo, he’s managed to hold his own.
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