Air activity reactivates engines with more domestic and international frequencies

On December 1, a frequency opens between Guayaquil and New York. The Ministry of Transportation works in an incentive plan for internal flights.

New frequencies both from Ecuador and domesticly add to the range of options for users these days.The reactivation and the December holidays are factors that move the engines of this market, he explainedThe Undersecretary of Air Transport, José Luis Aguilar.However, he clarified that all new flights are permanently activated and not seasonally.

For example, next December 1 Avianca opens his new flight from Guayaquil to New York. According to the company, there are six weekly flights. María Beatriz González, commercial manager of Avianca in Ecuador, said that "passengers can find very competitive rates by accessing tickets from $ 295 per route, including taxes to travel directly from Guayaquil," he said. At the moment the airline has 23 weekly frequencies from Quito and Guayaquil to Bogotá and San Salvador.

On the other hand,United Airlines that flies five times to the US, through Houston, now goes on to provide a daily flight, that is, two more flights.

As for national flights,Since January 4, Latam flies to Loja.Additionally, Avianca opened his flights fromQuito to Cuenca a few weeks ago.The airline operates 6 weekly flights, which represents more than 7,000 monthly chairs available in modern airbus A320 aircraft, Avianca said in a statement.

Meanwhile, since November 1, Latam and Avianca increased their flights to Manta. Before they had between three and four weekly flights, now they have a daily one.

Aguilar explained that the reactivation of the aeronautical industry is happening worldwide and our country is no exception.Ecuador has a particular profile, how he handled the pandemic crisis is seen with good eyes by several airlines.

In this regard, he indicated that he has been working for this reactivation. So,Since October 25, the increase in national capacity was approved with 100 % capacityIn arrival and shipping rooms, always respecting biosafety measures.

You also workTo improve certain bottlenecksthat could be generated by the influx of travelers. For this, they are first identified precisely what the problems are. Among them are, for example, the lack of airport personnel, also the processes of identification of passengers upon arrival. He explained thatMigration already has a plan to make the process more agile and that the Ministry, of course, supports the initiative.

For the official, the movement of the airlines is not uniform, but there are some that have already managed to return to their prepaandia levels. For example, Avianca has already exceeded those levels, while Latam would do it towards the beginning of next year.

Additionally, Aguilar explained that as of this month and until the end of the year, incentives will be generated so that airlines are encouraged to establish frequencies to certain destinations that are without service at the time.These are the airports of Santa Rosa, Latacunga and Esmeraldas. These incentives would have to do with lower rates costs, for example, which would be approved via ministerial agreement.

The officialHe ruled out that the ticket costs will be uploaded.He said that a few days ago there had been a pronouncement on that the cost of fuels would increase ticket prices, but assured that in EcuadorIt seeks rather a decline of these, through the generation of greater frequency offer.

On another subject, when asked about how it advancesThe signing of open skies agreements with other countries, Aguilar said that it is expected to sign them with the USA and PanamaUntil the end of the year. He added that there is a bureaucratic issue that must be met. In any case, he said, they are already in the final stage and it is expected to have key meetings between December 6 and 10, at an air summit that will be in Bogotá.