México, 4 Ago (Notimex).- La Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) anunció que suspenderá las operaciones de otras dos líneas aéreas, Avolar y Novair, ya que no han cumplido con sus adeudos fiscales de 2005 a la fecha.
La dependencia precisó en conferencia de prensa que en el transcurso del día notificará esta decisión a las aerolíneas, que disponen hasta martes para cubrir sus adeudos fiscales, y que en caso de hacerlo la suspensión quedará sin efecto.
De acuerdo con información de la SCT, los adeudos fiscales de Novair ascienden a 20 millones de pesos, y los de Avolar a 131 millones.
De incumplir los pagos correspondiente por el derecho de espacio aéreo mexicano, las líneas Avolar y Novair suspenderán sus operaciones a partir de este martes a las 13:00 y 14:00 horas, en ese orden.
También fue notificada la empresa Aviacsa, que a su vez obtuvo un amparo por un juez de Distrito en Monterrey con la promesa de resolver su situación fiscal en los próximos días.
El jefe de la Unidad de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), Gonzalo Martínez Pous, precisó en conferencia de prensa que por esta razón Aviacsa no tendrá afectaciones en sus operaciones.
El adeudo fiscal de Aviacsa asciende a 140 millones de pesos, que comprende de junio de 2007 a mayo de 2008.
El funcionario aclaró que en todos los casos se requiere una situación jurídica particular, porque son totalmente distintos, y cada aerolínea ha presentado medios de impugnación de diferente índole que han sido revisados por las autoridades respectivas.
Precisó que esta suspensión no tendrá ningún efecto en caso de que cada una de las aerolíneas cubra su adeudo con el Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) y así continuar con sus operaciones normales.
Precisó que la SCT pretende sólo hacer equitativa la competencia entre aerolíneas, sin importar del modelo de negocio que decidan de manera interna, ya sea de bajo costo o de otro tipo, "las condiciones deben ser iguales para todos", expresó.
De igual forma, señaló que esta es una nueva facultad atribuida a la SCT de vigilar el derecho y uso del aprovechamiento de los espacios aéreos.
Unite, which represents approximately 25,000 workers at British Airways and Iberia combined, said it has scheduled an "urgent" meeting with Spanish counterpart CC.OO. in order "to ensure workers' interests are protected as these companies inevitably seek greater efficiencies and cost savings, as well as the opening up of markets in the wake a successful merger." BA and IB announced their entrance into merger negotiations last week (ATWOnline, July 30). Overall, Unite said it was "cautious" about the potential combination. National Secretary Steve Turner said the union would seek "specific safeguards" regarding any BA intention to use non-UK cabin crew while National Officer Brian Boyd applauded BA's "proud record. . .of keeping its fleet maintenance in-house" but said Unite "would be opposed to any cost-cutting which results in the outsourcing of this strategically important work."
US Airways began charging $2 for each can of soda or juice and $1 for a cup of coffee or tea last Friday (ATWOnline, June 13). The Assn. of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents US cabin staff, issued a statement protesting the new policy, saying the "complaints our flight attendants will be assaulted with and have to try to soothe will make our jobs much harder." It also claimed passengers might risk dehydration.
US said its payroll trim will comprise approximately 300 pilots, 400 flight attendants, 800 airport and ground employees and 200 office and management staff. It expects front-line cuts to be accomplished through attrition, and said that "any necessary furloughs following the summer travel season will be offset as much as possible by voluntary leaves of absence as permitted by the respective labor contracts."
It also will close its lounges at Baltimore and Raleigh-Durham in addition to three arrivals lounges in Europe and three domestic cargo stations.
To generate more revenue, US has joined American Airlines and United Airlines in charging for the first checked bag. The fee will apply to tickets purchased from July 9 on domestic flights and those to Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, with certain exceptions. It will end another traditional amenity on Aug. 1 when it begins charging $2 for nonalcoholic beverages in domestic economy cabins. New fee structures also will be applied to non-Internet ticket purchases, award redemptions and other services.
"The actions we are announcing today, coupled with our strong relative cash position and no material debt payments until 2014, will help US Airways persevere through these unprecedented times for our industry," Parker said.
American Airlines and the Assn. of Professional Flight Attendants said a sufficient number of cabin staff have opted to retire or take leave to equal the 900 positions AA planned to eliminate in line with its capacity cuts, negating the need for furloughs (ATWOnline, July 4).
La dependencia precisó en conferencia de prensa que en el transcurso del día notificará esta decisión a las aerolíneas, que disponen hasta martes para cubrir sus adeudos fiscales, y que en caso de hacerlo la suspensión quedará sin efecto.
De acuerdo con información de la SCT, los adeudos fiscales de Novair ascienden a 20 millones de pesos, y los de Avolar a 131 millones.
De incumplir los pagos correspondiente por el derecho de espacio aéreo mexicano, las líneas Avolar y Novair suspenderán sus operaciones a partir de este martes a las 13:00 y 14:00 horas, en ese orden.
También fue notificada la empresa Aviacsa, que a su vez obtuvo un amparo por un juez de Distrito en Monterrey con la promesa de resolver su situación fiscal en los próximos días.
El jefe de la Unidad de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), Gonzalo Martínez Pous, precisó en conferencia de prensa que por esta razón Aviacsa no tendrá afectaciones en sus operaciones.
El adeudo fiscal de Aviacsa asciende a 140 millones de pesos, que comprende de junio de 2007 a mayo de 2008.
El funcionario aclaró que en todos los casos se requiere una situación jurídica particular, porque son totalmente distintos, y cada aerolínea ha presentado medios de impugnación de diferente índole que han sido revisados por las autoridades respectivas.
Precisó que esta suspensión no tendrá ningún efecto en caso de que cada una de las aerolíneas cubra su adeudo con el Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) y así continuar con sus operaciones normales.
Precisó que la SCT pretende sólo hacer equitativa la competencia entre aerolíneas, sin importar del modelo de negocio que decidan de manera interna, ya sea de bajo costo o de otro tipo, "las condiciones deben ser iguales para todos", expresó.
De igual forma, señaló que esta es una nueva facultad atribuida a la SCT de vigilar el derecho y uso del aprovechamiento de los espacios aéreos.
Unite, which represents approximately 25,000 workers at British Airways and Iberia combined, said it has scheduled an "urgent" meeting with Spanish counterpart CC.OO. in order "to ensure workers' interests are protected as these companies inevitably seek greater efficiencies and cost savings, as well as the opening up of markets in the wake a successful merger." BA and IB announced their entrance into merger negotiations last week (ATWOnline, July 30). Overall, Unite said it was "cautious" about the potential combination. National Secretary Steve Turner said the union would seek "specific safeguards" regarding any BA intention to use non-UK cabin crew while National Officer Brian Boyd applauded BA's "proud record. . .of keeping its fleet maintenance in-house" but said Unite "would be opposed to any cost-cutting which results in the outsourcing of this strategically important work."
US Airways began charging $2 for each can of soda or juice and $1 for a cup of coffee or tea last Friday (ATWOnline, June 13). The Assn. of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents US cabin staff, issued a statement protesting the new policy, saying the "complaints our flight attendants will be assaulted with and have to try to soothe will make our jobs much harder." It also claimed passengers might risk dehydration.
US said its payroll trim will comprise approximately 300 pilots, 400 flight attendants, 800 airport and ground employees and 200 office and management staff. It expects front-line cuts to be accomplished through attrition, and said that "any necessary furloughs following the summer travel season will be offset as much as possible by voluntary leaves of absence as permitted by the respective labor contracts."
It also will close its lounges at Baltimore and Raleigh-Durham in addition to three arrivals lounges in Europe and three domestic cargo stations.
To generate more revenue, US has joined American Airlines and United Airlines in charging for the first checked bag. The fee will apply to tickets purchased from July 9 on domestic flights and those to Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, with certain exceptions. It will end another traditional amenity on Aug. 1 when it begins charging $2 for nonalcoholic beverages in domestic economy cabins. New fee structures also will be applied to non-Internet ticket purchases, award redemptions and other services.
"The actions we are announcing today, coupled with our strong relative cash position and no material debt payments until 2014, will help US Airways persevere through these unprecedented times for our industry," Parker said.
American Airlines and the Assn. of Professional Flight Attendants said a sufficient number of cabin staff have opted to retire or take leave to equal the 900 positions AA planned to eliminate in line with its capacity cuts, negating the need for furloughs (ATWOnline, July 4).
