Equinoxair wants to fill the space that Tame left in the local aeronautical market

The firm's CEO is Gabriela Sommerfeld, who returns to the aviation business after an absence of almost ten years.

Fill the space that Tame left in the national aeronautical market after the previous government ordered its liquidation. That is the goal of the new Ecuadorian flag airline that was presented this November 16. It is an initiative of a group of investors whose visible head isGabriela Sommerfeld, which has a well -known career in the industry. She is herchief executive officer(CEO).

"The project was born from the need to increase the offer of air services between the main cities of Ecuador. It arises following the pandemic, when the last company that served to the local market is closed and there is a vacuum. We gathered a group of Ecuadorians who decided to bet on the country, and that has been working with different authorities and actors of the national industry for 18 months to launch this company," she says.

The corporate name of the new company is Equinoxair Airlines. The Executive points out that they have already requested the respective permits and frequencies to the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DAC), and that the certifications of international regulation agencies are in process. He estimates that they will begin their flights in the second half of December.

They will fly to Quito, Guayaquil, Galapagos, Manta and Coca. It does not specify the number of flights that will have daily, but points out that their strategy will be that passengers choose the schedules in which they want to travel. "Not at the time we want." "There will be an important offer of frequencies," he says.

Sommerfeld explains that they made an alliance with the multinational Boeing, which will lease Next Generation 737-700 aircraft. They will start with two this year, and until next year there will be four. "They are comfortable and safe," says the executive.

And he adds that this agreement also includes the training of its employees, which in a first stage total 155. “They have trained 100 % of our technical staff: pilots, crew, flight dispatators, mechanics and of teams of two or more people. A single person with their business can also participate. and sales ”.

For now, the amount of the investment of the new airline has not been made public. According to data from the Superintendence of Companies, it was created with a subscribed capital of $ 16,000.

Sommerfeld was the founder of the disappeared Aeroline Aeroline, which at the time absorbed VIP. And then this merged with theholdingAvianca-Taca. She was part of the latter until 2012; That is, he returns to the business after almost ten years of absence.