[2] In November 2016, William Shaw and José Castellanos announced the entry of a new low-cost airline in Perú, to operate in the first quarter of 2017 by the Peruvian company Viva Air Perú through the integration of the Viva group and Irelandia Aviation.

[3] Both detailed that this new company would have two Airbus A320-200s from Viva Air Colombia, at a cost of 60 soles per segment and with eight national destinations, estimating that a number of 700 thousand passengers would be transported in its first year of operation.

Also the company made clarifications that they would wait for the delivery of the air operator certificate that is estimated to arrive before April 11.

[citation needed] On February 27, 2023, Viva Air Perú and its parent company suspended their operations indefinitely and grounded their entire fleet due to the financial crisis, blaming the situation on the delay on the response from Aerocivil on the Avianca-Viva merger authorization, stating that "The (civil aviation authority's) unprecedented decision will result in further delays in reaching a decision, for which Viva is forced to announce, unfortunately, the suspension of its operations with immediate effect".

[5][6][7] As of December 2022, Viva Air Perú flew to destinations across Peru and Colombia.