At the end of a working meeting with air authorities to take measures after the suspension of operations of Ultra Airhe Transport Minister Guillermo Reyesassured that they are evaluating reducing the VAT of the tickets, which is currently 19%.
“We entered into a process of analysis and evaluation of a project and a series of initiatives for the reduction of taxes, the VAT that today is 19 percent, and the tax charged on gasoline”Reyes assured.
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In addition, he said that there is a whole crash plan to be able to serve the more than 370,000 passengers who have Ultra Air tickets between now and March of next year. Among other measures, the planes of the Colombian Air Force will be used to move people, as well as the relocations that airlines such as Avianca, Latam either Wingo.
This situation “led the President of the Republic to order, not only to convene the airlines that could offer, within the spirit of solidarity, availability of seats, but the President put the Focker 28 of the Air Force and the plane at the service of this emergency C40“said the Ministry.
Only in this season Easter week, of the March 31 to April 10the minister assured that there are 16,000 tickets purchased in Ultra Air on the routes San Andrés, Rionegro, Santa Marta, Cali, Cartagena and Bogota.
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And he explained that the suspension of operations of the airline was “without prior notice”and that weeks ago they had set off alarms and that is why they requested the financial statement of all the airlines.
Rionegro Airport.
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Among the measures that have been taken, Reyes said that an economic analysis is being carried out for transfers between the Ministry of Finance and Transport to give the necessary resources to satin and guarantee tourism to the destinations that Ultra had.
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In addition to this, they are evaluating that the issue of a possible economic emergency in San Andrés be brought to the next Minister council.
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He also said that San Andrés, Leticia, Santa Marta, Cartagena and Riohacha they were declared as social destinations so that, under the tourism law, measures are allowed to be adopted that will alleviate some burdens.
NOELIA CIGÜENZA RIAÑO
WEATHER – ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
