The Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Rolando Castro, expressed his dissatisfaction with some of the actions taken by the airline Avianca with its users through its social networks.
As the officer explained, he noticed that the company does not even provide free water to its passengers. In addition, its menu is paid only by card when there are older people who do not adopt this type of payment method.
“Many older people traveling on Avianca don’t give a glass of water for free. They offer their menu and you pay with a card. I saw the faces of elderly and extremely polite people who didn’t have cards. I believe that the diversity of their menu should be sold and paid to whoever wants it, ”said Minister Castro.
Muchas personas adultas mayores viajando en @Avianca y no ofrecen un vaso con agua gratis
Ofrecen su menú y se paga por medio de tarjetas
Vi el rostro de personas mayores y muy humildes que no portan tarjetas
Creo que la variedad de su menú lo deben vender y que pague…
— Rolando Castro (@RolandoCastroSv) May 14, 2023
He also considered the fact that it doesn’t even offer water to its users as somewhat “pathetic”: “Not offering bottled water is the most pathetic thing I can see from a company that doesn’t have cheap water.” There aren’t even tickets,” he said.
Finally he concluded: “I’ll see if I do a management and we collect the water and donate it to Avianca, maybe that’s what motivates them to do it.”
This has been added to the complaint of other passengers who have also complained about misbehavior by the staff and other disagreements with regard to the prices provided by the airlines.
Avianca Airline Responds
The airline responded to Labor’s chief that passengers on board the aircraft can request a glass of water at no cost and that for “effectiveness” they only accept debit and credit cards.
“At the back of the plane, passengers can request a glass of water at no cost, the crew will take care of that. Our new business model has come with a few changes, the menu on board is an option we give to passengers to customize their journey, for the time being transactions only through card, credit and/or debit to be more practical and agile are authorized”. The airline informed about this through its Twitter account.
Good Afternoon, Passengers in the back of the plane can request a glass of water free of charge, the crew will take care of that. Our new business model comes with a few changes, on board menu is one of the options we offer to passengers…
Buenas tardes, en la parte de atrás del avión los pasajeros podrán solicitar un vaso con agua sin ningún costo, la tripulación se encargará de atenderlos. Nuestro nuevo modelo de negocio llega con algunos cambios, el menú a bordo es una opción que damos para que los viajeros…
— Avianca Escucha (@AviancaEscucha) May 14, 2023
