Interjet “is practically bankrupt”: Profeco; invites those affected to join...

Yesterday, Interjet announced that it would resume operations until Tuesday, November 3, for which its flights scheduled for Monday, November 2 will also be suspended.

Mexico City, November 2 (However) .- The Federal Consumer Prosecutor (Profeco), Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, assured that the airline Interjet “is practically bankrupt” and it could even be seized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP).

“It is a company that is on the verge of bankruptcy, and tomorrow we will issue an alert to all consumers in the country, that we recommend not buying tickets,” he said during an interview with journalist Azucena Uresti in Newscast.

According to the Attorney, this company is the only one of its kind that already has a class action before a court, due to the high number of accumulated complaints.

“We have a collective lawsuit established, because the Interjet case is not a case like that of all airlines, it is an airline that has already accumulated more than a thousand formal complaints and is the only one that has filed a collective action in a court, “he added during the television interview.

Therefore, he invited those affected to present their complaint, although he warned that it will not be a simple process, since the complaints will be settled in court.

“There is not going to be a quick answer, we are talking about a trial, we are talking about a company that is practically bankrupt.”

Sheffield Padilla added that the airline has already been sanctioned, but that it has refused to pay the corresponding fines.

“The company has been sanctioned with several thousand pesos. We, with the Treasury, are about to seize them because they have not paid the fines (…) We are doing the analysis because neither the planes are theirs, “he added.

On the other hand, Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA) told the newspaper Reform that Interjet had already paid a million pesos for the supply of jet fuel, so they will be able to resume flights, starting tomorrow.

According to the national newspaper, Intente has operated under a prepaid scheme with the ASA since last April, since the airline has defaulted on the fuel payment.

Yesterday, Interjet announced that it would resume operations until Tuesday, November 3, for which its flights scheduled for Monday, November 2 will also be suspended.

Through a statement, the airline asserted that the cancellation of flights is the result of “the negative effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”

“This situation has not been alien to the Internet, which has seen its operations and cash flow affected,” he added.

At the same time, he said that this situation was coupled with the fact that some of his aircraft entered maintenance tasks, “which has led to a restructuring of flight itineraries from this date on.”

In the afternoon, national media detailed that the cancellation of the flights was due to the lack of payment for the purchase of jet fuel.

“Interjet did not make the payment for the purchase of jet fuel, that is why they did not supply fuel for their flights today,” Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA) assured the newspaper Millennium.

Likewise, it was explained that Interjet acquires the fuel for the fleet using the pre-payment option, which should have been paid a day before.