Regional Air will fly between Cuenca and Guayaquil

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"The airline" Aéreo Regional will fly between Cuenca and Guayaquil starting at the end of October, This being the company that the Cuenca authorities had announced months ago and not LAC, as initially thought and that must still comply with the processes to resume its flights.

Photos that accompany the post: thanks to Iñaki Calvopiña – Twitter: @iccparla

Update with new information: Aéreo Regional already has its first plane and announced schedules and frequencies to Quito, Cuenca and Guayaquil.

Update with new information: Aéreo Regional will operate charter flights.

This small company has a main and maintenance base at the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil and secondary bases at the Macas and Shell Mera airports., announced the 12 October 2017 that will begin flights between Cuenca and Guayaquil on a daily basis. These flights that will originate in the capital of Azuay, will have a fixed value of $160 dollars round trip, should start at the end of October, without having indicated an exact date, possibly, subject to government approval.

Regional Air Service Regair Cia. Ltd, is a company dedicated mainly to the transportation of passengers on a non-regular basis in air taxi or private flights within continental Ecuador. (not Galapagos), although it has the category of airline within its operating permit. Too, It is capable of panoramic flights, transportation of goods and cargo, and also, aeromedical evacuation or air ambulance flights.

Aircraft fleet

The airline has the following aircraft, according to data from the DGAC – General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Ecuador and Airlines.net:

Of this fleet, Britten Normal BN-2A Islander aircraft and HelioCourier H-295 aircraft operate mainly in the Ecuadorian Amazon from Shell Mera transporting cargo to runways and remote communities, while the Cessna 206G aircraft fulfill a similar mission, but operating from the Guayaquil Airport throughout the Ecuadorian coast.

Plane that will fly

The plane that will fly the Cuenca route – Guayaquil – Cuenca will be the Cessna 421C Golden Eagle HC-CLI, which is used as the company's star for VIP transportation of passengers or private charter throughout continental Ecuador, currently operating between Guayaquil and Latacunga for private clients. This light transport aircraft has the maximum capacity to transport up to 8 passengers in the pressurized version of the plane and a range of 1.480 nautical miles.

General characteristics Cessna 421C

• Crew: one or two
• Ability: six or eight passengers
• Length: 11.09 m
• Wingspan: 12.53 m
• Height: 3.49 m
• wing surface: 19,97 m²
• Empty weight: 4,501 pounds (2,041 kg)
• maximum takeoff weight: 7,450 pounds (3,379 kg)
• power plant: 2 × Continental GTSIO-520-L with turbocharger, Opposed six-cylinder fuel injection, air cooled, 375 CV (280 kW) each.

Performance

• Maximum speed: 256 knots to 20,000 pies
• cruise speed: 240 knots to 25,000 pies (75% of power)
• Scope: 1,487 nautical miles
• flight ceiling: 30,200 pies
• climb rate: 1,940 pies/min

a small plane, but for a route that has dropped in demand and that has the potential to grow again. This plane is a good idea to enter regular passenger service and compete with Tame, offering fewer seats, but being able to almost ensure a 100% of occupation in their 8 seating, making your operation profitable and allowing you to grow little by little by offering more frequencies, destinations and if the market reacts well, be able to incorporate larger aircraft. It will be important to know your dissemination and marketing strategy, to make sure people know about this new option.

Where will tickets be sold??

Cuenca:

Tickets can be purchased directly at the company's offices at the Cuenca Airport or by calling their numbers. 09-84256534 O 09-98888796. At Mariscal Lamar Airport the airline will operate from the passenger terminal.

Guayaquil:

Tickets or reservations, They can be done by calling their numbers 09-84256534 O 09-98888796, It is still uncertain if they will open a point of sale in Guayaquil. At the José Joaquín de Olmedo Airport, The company will operate its flights from the Sky Ecuador platform, located near the Tame cargo offices. This will be new for passengers used to operating in the normal passenger terminal, although it is not ruled out that AeroRegional obtains a permit to operate alongside the country's large airlines or transfers its operation to the General Aviation Terminal.

More information:

This company is in the process of sale, surely, looking for a new investor that will allow them to consolidate in the market under this new stage:

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