Latam Colombia announced, this Saturday, the early cancellation of 53 domestic flights between January 8 and 16 before the advance of the variant omicron in your crew.
“Latam Colombia is allowed to inform 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 among crew members and operational personnel“, remarked the company.
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To date, the new omicron variant affects 18% of the airline’s crew members, which is why the early cancellation of 53 domestic flights was decided between January 8 and January 16.
“This corresponds to 4.5% of the operation in these 8 days, seeking the safety of our clients and collaborators“, the company specified.
The flights canceled for January 8 are: Bogotá-Barranquilla (LA 4128), Barranquilla-Bogotá (LA 4129), Bogotá-Cartagena (LA 4100), Cartagena-Cali (LA 4100), Cartagena-Cali (LA 4249), Cali-Bogotá (LA 4064), Bogotá-Pereira (LA 4212), Pereira-Bogotá (LA 4213), Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4284), San Andrés-Cali (LA 4275), Cali-Medellín (LA 4350) and Medellín -Bogotá (LA 4017).
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For him January 10 the suspended connections are: Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4006), Barranquilla-Bogotá (LA 4135), Bogotá-Pereira (LA 4212), Pereira-Bogotá (LA 4213) and Medellín-Barranquilla (LA 4302).
Those canceled corresponding to January 11 They are: Bogotá-Cartagena (LA 4092), Cartagena-Bogotá (LA 4095), Bogotá-Barranquilla (LA 4130) and Barranquilla-Bogotá (LA 4137).
Also, for the 12th of January the cancellations are: Cali-Bogotá (LA 4060), Bogotá-Cali (LA 4061), Bogotá-Barranquilla (LA 4130) and Barranquilla-Bogotá (LA 4131).
A day later, the January 13th, These are the canceled flights: Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4002); Medellín-Bogotá (LA 4003); Bogotá-Montería (LA 4190) and Montería-Bogotá (LA 4191).
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For him January 14 There are four canceled flights: Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4010), Medellín-Bogotá (LA 4033), Bogotá-Barranquilla (LA 4130) and Barranquilla-Bogotá (LA 4131).
The next day, January 15, There are also four canceled flights: Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4008), Medellín-Bogotá (LA 4013), Cali-Bogotá (LA 4066) and Bogotá-Cali (LA 4067).
The January 16, Last day, it has a large number of cancellations: Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4008), Cartagena-Bogotá (LA 4099), San Andrés-Cartagena (LA 4233), Medellín-San Andrés (LA 4286), Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4026), Medellín-Bogotá (LA 4033), Bogotá-Barranquilla (LA 4130), Barranquilla-Bogotá (LA 4131), Bogotá-Santa Marta (LA 4148), Santa Marta-Bogotá (LA 4149), Bogotá-Medellín (LA 4016), Medellín-Bogotá (LA 4015), Bogotá-Cali (LA 4051), Cali-Bogotá (LA 4050), Bogotá-San Andrés (LA 4252) and San Andrés-Bogotá (LA 4253).
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Faced with this situation, the flexibilities for affected passengers, who will be able to access the following alternatives:
– Request the return of your ticket, without penalties.
– Date change without penalty, during the validity of the ticket.
– Route change subject to the condition of the fare.
It is important to note that, previously, between January 6 and 7, Latam Colombia canceled more than 12 flights for the advancement of this new variant.
“We call on all passengers with flights scheduled for the next few days not to lower their guard in their care and to keep at all times the basic biosafety measures and personal protection elements, such as a surgical mask, N95 respirator, FFP2 or higher. (full-face or half-face protective respirator)“the company noted in a press release.
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