Avianca Brasil said on Friday it had canceled 179 flights scheduled over the nex...
FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A318-100 airplane of Avianca Brazil prepares to land at Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
Avianca Brasil was operating with 35 planes on Friday, a representative said, but could lose nine of them by Monday if a Brazilian judge did not grant an injunction or waited too long to do so. The aircraft belong to lessor Aircastle. For months, Avianca Brasil managed to hold on to its fleet despite continuing to miss lease payments, aided by judges who repeatedly decided that the carrier should be able to keep operating its planes until a creditor meeting could define the fate of the enterprise.
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