The first Cape Verde Airlines (CVA) return flight, scheduled to leave at 9:15 am today, bound for Lisbon, did not take place, after a seven-hour wait, leaving the four passengers ashore.
The delay of Cape Verde Airlines flight 602 which resulted in the cancellation of the Sal/Lisboa trip, with four passengers, in addition to the crew, was due, according to the president of CVA, Erlendur Svavarsson, in a first reaction, to a “lack of coordination” between the Airports and Air Safety company (ASA) and the national air carrier.
At the time, that person in charge came to the public to apologize to the passengers, regretting what had happened, believing that even today they could continue their journey to Portugal, after overcoming this mishap, which did not happen.
Passengers had to leave the departure lounge at around 16:00, visibly tired, after so much waiting, refusing, however, to make any statements to the press.
Inforpress tried to contact ASA officials to explain the reason for the non-authorization of the departure of the CVA flight, but the efforts resulted in failure.
Without information about the rescheduling of Cape Verde Airlines flight 602, Inforpress learned that the four passengers will continue their journey, Saturday night, on the flight of the Portuguese airline, TAP.
The Boeing 757, which should fly to Portugal, has been in Cape Verde since last April, after a year in storage in the United States, due to the pandemic.
Speaking to Lusa, the president of CVA, said that the arrival of the second aircraft is scheduled for early July, which, according to him, will complement the 'hub' fleet on the island of Sal, “further increasing reliability and efficiency of the CVA”.
In March 2019, the State of Cape Verde sold 51% of the then public company TACV (Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde) for 1.3 million euros to Lofleidir Cape Verde, a company 70% held by Loftleidir Icelandic EHF (Icelandair group, which took 36% of the CVA) and 30% by Icelandic entrepreneurs with experience in the aviation sector (who took over the remaining 15% of the 51% privatized share).
Source: Inforpress