A high number of applicants in the recruitment of Ecuatoriana Airlines

In the midst of a labor market contracted in the air sector.

Before the pandemic, the labor market within the air sector had limited places available. With the coup that the sector suffered due to travel reduction, that market contracted more in the closure of TAME and layoffs in other airlines.

The arrival of Ecuadorian Airlines, which has plans to start its domestic operations in the last quarter of this year, aroused expectations for the work places it could generate.

This week, the airline released the data that has received more than 7,000 resumes of people who want to achieve one of the company's vacancies.

Months ago, the firm opened the call through an email system to receive applications. In his process he established that the applicants should be completely bilingual.

Pilots with experience in local airlines and even in foreign companies have postulated to enter Ecuadorian after being unemployed in the middle of the pandemic crisis.

Fernando Fiallos, a lawyer specialized in aeronautical and spatial law, argues that the reaction that this call has had can be linked to the fact that there are many people in search of work given the crisis that Ecuador lives, the disappearance and reduction of the size of the airlines. The specialist says that it would be necessary to see how many effective quotas that airline will have.

The company has not revealed the squares that will open in this first stage, but indicates that the selection of candidates to interview will be held between the months of August and September.

"Ecuadorian Airlines undertakes to follow a fair and equal recruitment process, in which there are no levers or favors," announces the company.

Last April, the company presented Raquel Sviercovich as the head of pilots. It has extensive experience flying in local airlines.

If the operation is completed this year, another specialist in aviation matters says that the squares are probably not very numerous considering that it will start with a modest fleet of small Q400 aircraft, of 78 passengers, and in a second phase it just plans to have larger airplanes such as the Boeing 717-200.

In addition, the market is still in a recovery process, with operation levels of airlines that still do not reach 50% of what existed before 2019.

Ecuadorian has completed agreements with companies for some activities. For the commercial area, which would imply ticket sales, it has an agreement with a company that represents other airlines.(I)

Movements on international flights

-From June 4 to September 5, the United airline will make 9 weekly flights on the Houston-Quito-Houston route, according to the Civil Aviation Department. The company uses Boeing 767 aircraft with capacity for 166 passengers.

-Iberia announced that it will increase an additional frequency on its Madrid-Quito-Madrid route. The new flight will be available between July and August, which will have six weekly flights. The three weekly frequencies between Guayaquil and Madrid will remain.

-Plus Ultra will resume its triangular flight between Madrid-Quito-Guayaquil since July 10. The first operation will reach the Ecuadorian capital at 6:05 and then to Guayaquil at 9:10