Ecuadorian Airlines prepares her entry into a domestic market still contracted

The company hired a woman to assume pilots.

Ecuadorian investors from Ecuadorian Airlines hired a television presenter and put together a kind of study to reveal the corporate image yesterday that he will use in their planes.

In that digital scenery he presented himselfEduardo Delgado, CEO of Ecuadoriana Airlines,To announce that they intend to operate next October once they have all certifications.

Despite the crisis facing aviation, with a national market that is still contracted in Ecuador, Delgado said that this was a moment of "opportunities" for a new airline. The project demands an investment of approximately 30 million dollars.

Ecuadorian Airlines will come to compete for a piece of the market that now handles itLatam, Avianca and Aeroregional. The new airline aims to bring back the golden years of aviation, where the service was a fundamental pillar. Your idea is to improve the service experience on board a lower cost. There are no defined amounts for rates.

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Delgado, American and son of Guayaquil parents, indicated that in a first phase they will focus on domestic connectivity and then continue with cross -border and international flights. "There are 85% of Ecuadorian airports that do not have a commercial flight," he said.

After the expectation he has generated in the market, the firm announced that it chose a hummingbird as the image that will be reflected in the fuselage of its airplanes. José Luis Iturralde, Manager of Spiga, a firm that created the logo, indicated that he bet on that species by being present in some places like Mindo, Nanegalito and Cuyabeno.

The selected typography, however, evokes a similar one that used the Ecuadorian aviation missing for a period.

This company has anticipated thatIt will start your flights with Q400 airplanes, with capacity for 78 passengers,and in a second phase he plans to have the Boeing 717 - 200. This ship will serve for long -range flights. He even plans to include the Galapagos Islands among their destinations.

Routes include destinations such as Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Manta, Loja. The two inaugural flights will be between Guayaquil and Quito. And they will be done simultaneously, piloted by women, one of the bets that the company will have.

In fact, yesterday was presented toRaquel Sviercovich, experienced Ecuadorian commander who worked in local and international companies,as the Chief of Pilots of Ecuadorian Airlines. She will pilot a flight and another will be in charge of Eunice Cerón.

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The Ecuadorian flag airline will generate 110 direct work and 250 places indirectly.

More than Ecuadorian, Equinoxair and Galapagos Air Ways are in the race to enter the domestic market. These airlines, like Aeroregional, were assigned part of the weekly frequencies that Tame had towards the Galapagos Islands.

Avianca Ecuador, subsidiary of the Avianca Group, opposes these assignments. Weeks ago filed an extraordinary review of review against the resolution that assigned these frequencies and requested that it be left without effect.

Latam's return to Miami

Meanwhile, after focusing this year on the local market, Latam is looking again at international destinations. Four years after having stopped flying to Miami, Latam will resume that route from Guayaquil.

The airline, which has a subsidiary in Ecuador, announced that it will operate that international route from June 15 of this year.

They will not be direct flights, but with connection with Bogotá, that is, the company will also reach that market.

In its web reservation system, the airline began the sale of tickets with options ranging from $ 745.40 from June 15.

The operation of Guayaquil to Bogotá would be in Airbus A320 aircraft and from Bogotá to Miami a BOEING B787-8 will be used.

Before the pandemic, the company had decided to focus on domestic routes and had stopped flying to destinations such as Miami and Madrid.

At the end of last year he requested a permit before the National Civil Aviation Council, which grants the frequencies.

The order was endorsed for the Quito and/or Guayaquil-Miami route and vice versa, up to four weekly frequencies.

The market to the United States is one of the most active with some competitors such as Spirit, Jetblue and Eastern, who reach cities such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale and New York. (YO)

A new president arrives at the Avianca Group

Avianca Holdings, a conglomerate to which Avianca Ecuador belongs, appointed Adrián Neuhauser this week as the new president and CEO of the company.

The designation has immediate effect after the resignation presented by Anko Van Der Werff in the middle of a group restructuring process.

Van Der Werff presented his resignation to assume a new position as CEO of a company in Europe. (YO)

Equinoxair has permissions for domestic route

The Equinoxair airline, which is in the process of training, obtained authorization to fly the Quito-Guayaquil-Quito route.

The National Aviation Council decided to issue this permit last March. The authority endorsed permission to use up to 66 weekly frequencies.

This permit is for five years. To operate, the air firm has to comply with some certifications. So far he has notified that he intends to use Boeing 737-700 airplanes. (YO)

Aeroregional can already fly to Galapagos

Within its operation permit, Aeroregional already has routes to the Galapagos Islands. At the beginning of April, the National Aviation Council issued a resolution to grant the endorsement to this airline to fly the Quito and/or Guayaquil-Baltra route and vice versa with up to five weekly frequencies.

In addition, the aviation entity authorized this company to fly the Quito and/or Guayaquil-San Cristóbal and vice versa route with up to two weekly frequencies.

Aeroregional currently maintains permits for domestic flights to Quito, Guayaquil, Coca, Loja and performs charter operations abroad.