The airline Latam Colombia pointed out that the omicron variant of the covid affects 18% of the members of its crews and operational personnel, for which it should adjust flight schedules until next week.
The company explained that it is not alien to the reality of the current context that airlines are going through worldwide, as a result of the increase in cases reported by the new variant of covid-19, “for this reason and taking into account the rapid progress that has registered the new variant, which to date affects 18% of our crew members, the decision has been made to cancel early 53 flights from January 8 to 16, which corresponds to 4.5% of the operation in these 8 days, seeking the safety of our clients and collaborators ”.
This Saturday, January 8, 12 flights were canceled:
LA 4128 Bogotá – Barranquilla at 12:24 on the day.
LA 4129 Barranquilla – Bogotá at 2:31 pm
LA 4100 Bogotá – Cartagena at 5:06 pm
LA 4249 Cartagena – Cali from 7:15 pm
LA 4064 Cali – Bogotá at 9:32 pm
LA 4212 Bogotá – Pereira at 7:20 pm
LA 4213 Pereira – Bogotá at 8:53 pm
LA 4022 Bogotá – Medellín at 11:38 am
LA 4284 Medellín – San Andrés from 2:02 pm
LA 4275 San Andrés – Cali from 4:34 pm
LA 4350 Cali – Medellín at 7:16 pm
LA 4017 Medellín – Bogotá from 8:30 pm
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 9, the operation will be normal, but On Monday, January 10, flights are canceled:
LA 4006 Bogotá – Medellín from 1:41 pm
LA 4135 Barranquilla – Bogotá at 5:34 pm
LA 4212 Bogotá – Pereira at 7:39 pm
LA 4213 Pereira – Bogotá at 9:12 pm
LA 4302 Medellín – Barranquilla at 3:49 pm
Faced with this situation, Latam will retain flexibilities for affected passengers; Who they will be able to access alternatives how to request the return of your ticket, without penalties; change date without penalty, during the validity of the ticket; and change routes subject to the condition of the fare.
For passengers interested in self-managing their flight and requesting changes to their itinerary, they offered to enter My Trips section at www.latamairlines.com or in the Latam App.
“In turn, we invite all passengers to check the status of your flights in our different communication channels such as our website, App Latam and keep abreast of the information that we will share constantly through our Twitter account @latam_co where they can obtain constant information on affected flights ”, a statement read.
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