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After having been authorized by the National Civil Aviation Council of Ecuador – CNAC, the West Pacific School You will be able to fly as an air taxi in Ecuadorian territory, less Galapagos.
In the permission granted the 16 October 2018 the following stands out:
pilot school @WestPacificFly has been authorized to also operate under air taxi in #Ecuador, except #Galapagos ✈️ pic.twitter.com/PAsFZzGFAH
— Nicholas Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) October 22, 2017
With permission granted, to operate as an air transport service, public, domestic, non-regular air taxi mode, passenger, cargo and mail combined throughout continental Ecuador, except Galapagos, WestPacific may operate one or more of the following authorized aircraft:
- Islander Britten-Norman BN-2b.
- Beechcraft Baron 55.
- Beechcraft B90.
- Piper Aztec.
- Piper Navajo.
- Cessna C421.
- Cessna C414.
- Cessna Caravan.
- Pa-42-720 Cheyenne IIIA.
Based on the list of authorized aircraft, It should be noted that WestPacific already has 3 of the aircraft listed.
The first is the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 55 HC-COW with capacity for 5 passengers and an autonomy of 942 nautical miles, This plane is currently used for training its student pilots in airliners. 2 engines, multi-engine commercial certification and others.
It is followed by the Piper Aztec PA-23 HC-CIQ with capacity for 5 passengers and an autonomy of 1,519 nautical miles. Like HC-COW, This Piper is currently used in training school students for multi-engine certification and other related training.
The other and third plane that WestPacific already has, It is the Cessna C421 HC-CSW, which has a greater capacity, being able to transport up to 6 passengers and transport them with an autonomy of 1,487 nautical miles. This is the newest aircraft that has joined the school's fleet and will be the main aircraft that will be used for the air taxi service in Ecuador.
This is a new opportunity for the company, but also for student pilots, since now, with this addition to your operating permit, its own students who meet the licenses and certifications necessary to transport passengers on multi-engine aircraft, They will be able to join professional life operating for their school's own air taxi.
Finally, with WestPacific's new line of business, This joins the growing market for air taxi or private executive flights in Ecuador, where competition increases every day, driven by a drop in service and an increase in prices in domestic commercial airlines.
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