Red travel market: bus companies threaten to denounce airlines for unfair competition

The low cost market has revolutionized the way of travel. The cheaper plane tickets on the airline tickets generated a record number of travelers in the plane. This adds to the 40% drop in boarding fees and news of low cost airlines that promise even more practical tickets have filled the patience of their competitors on land.

As reported by Pulso, the National Transport Federation The rural, intercity, interregional and international pbadengers of Chile (Fenabus) said that is waiting for the report of a cabinet of lawyers to find out if they file a complaint with the National Economic Prosecutor (FNE) against airlines. imputation? Unfair competition.

And arguments in favor of legal action speak of unequal treatment. Union president Marcos Cartes asked the government to tell them "the truth". "If they pay taxes for the purchase of aircraft and how many years last, then if the airlines do not pay for the purchase of the aircraft and that they are exempt (taxes) … they give us the same conditions, "he said.

In this same line, last August, when the Ministry of Economy announced the drop in rates, Alejandro Montero, head of Fenabus' operations, told Publimetro that "the government could help in different ways.We have renewed the bus park every five years.There could be subsidies, maybe not paying the entrance fees for new buses or moving freely on motorways " .

On this occasion, he also alleged that "was expanding the Santiago Airport and is planning to modernize another 24 vehicles all over the country.They have this while our terminals are still in precarious conditions and almost dangerous. ".