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On Wednesday 1 November the Ecuadorian semifinalist plays Gremio in Porto Alegre for the Copa Libertadores, but Barcelona S.C. I can't get to Brazil as planned in the team's work schedule.
UPDATE 10/31/2017 – 15:45 hours:
The takeoff from Guayaquil to Santa Cruz of a plane from the Ecuadorian Air Force FAE, in the case of a Casa 295M aircraft. Which estimates landing in Viru Viru past the 18:30 from Ecuador. This plane would be the alternative for Barcelona if the Global Air plane does not obtain permission to fly to Porto Alegre until first thing tomorrow morning. East Casa 295M FAE-1030 aircraft, has the capacity to 70 military or 30 passengers in seats and year of manufacture 2014, were purchased factory new from Airbus Military.
#CONFIRMED: A few minutes ago the plane took off #FAE #Casa295M toward #Bolivia. Estimate landing past 18:30. More info: https://t.co/fD8PFslUoo pic.twitter.com/7m3vdgJepJ
— Nicholas Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) October 31, 2017
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with great joy, even though he lost 3 a 0 in the home game with Gremio, Hundreds of fans said goodbye to the “Idol of Ecuador” at the José Joaquín de Olmedo Airport, on your flight to Porto Alegre. to personal surprise, It caught my attention to see that this charter flight would not be operated by any local airline or by one from South America, otherwise, by Global Air:
On a Mexican airline charter flight #GlobalAir #B732, with scale #SanCruz, @BarcelonaSCweb travels to #Porto Alegre to play with #Guild ✈️ pic.twitter.com/fGTUm9UiLX
— Nicholas Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) October 29, 2017
With flight number DMJ7071, Barcelona Sporting Club would fly from Guayaquil, with first technical stop in Santa Cruz, Bolivia at Viru Viru International Airport. Given the autonomy of the plane, a direct flight was not possible to Porto Alegre. the boeing plane 737-200 arrived the same day at 13 hours to Guayaquil from Toluca International Airport in Mexico.
the boeing 737-200 who moved Barcelona to Santa Cruz, it has XA-UMQ registration and serial number 1565 and operates in this airline from the 2003. This plane has almost 30 of years of operation and before flying for Global Air, operated airline as Southwest Air Lines, Kazakhstan Water, Adam Air, Top Air and others.
About Global Air
Global Air is a small airline, of Mexican capitals, but it has 22 years of existence and is dedicated exclusively to private charter flights for companies, private and football teams.
Its fleet is currently made up of a Boeing 737-200 leased to its partner airline Easy Sky, what if we remember, They are the same businessmen who tried to open an airline in Ecuador called Suramericana de Aviación, which never took off. His fleet came to be made up of 5 boeing aircraft 737-200 there's a Boeing 737-300, all stored or returned to their respective owners.
Currently, the airline has partially positioned itself in the charter service for soccer teams. For instance, the 16 December of 2016, Global Air transported River Plate on a charter flight from Buenos Aires to Bogotá and has also done so with some Mexican teams.
Other charter flights that the airline has flown are to Venezuela, Caribbean and some countries in Central America.
Why Barcelona S.C couldn't get to Brazil?
Now we are going to answer the main question of this post. For an airline, whatever it is, can operate in charter mode, You must obtain the overflight permits of the different airspaces for what you will pass and landing permits at your final destination or intermediate stop.. The main requirements are:
- Flight number
- A power of attorney signed by the official representative of the airline.
- Scanned copy of insurance certification (including liability for damages with third parties on land) (Insurance).
- Scanned copy of certificate of airworthiness (CofA).
- Scanned copy of registration (CofR).
Scanned copy of operator specifications (Ops. Specs.) - Scanned copy of a statement from the country's civil aviation authorities{is the record bearer, where it is reported that the company has a Safety Program prepared in accordance with ICAO standards and approved by the competent authorities.
- Flight plan.
- Cargo information.
- Before the departure of the flight the list of passengers.
This procedure takes 3 a 5 business days to obtain the type of charter permit to Brazil and similar time for Bolivia.
Then, any of these papers may not be valid or legal under the regulation of Brazil. speculating, there could be some irregularity in the certificate of airworthiness, What is the document that authorizes the aircraft to fly?. This specifies daily maintenance, aircraft capabilities and more technical information.
Another alternative that is handled, is that the procedure has not been completed on time and due to the delay in presenting the same, Brazil rejected the charter operation permit. one last option, may be Stage III aircraft restrictions, that by noise and pollution, in some countries they are no longer allowed to fly, in favor of the environment.
Another point that could have affected the operation, are bilateral agreements between countries, where it is indicated that charter flights between Ecuador and Brazil, they must be operated by a local airline from one of both countries.
Alternatives
Barcelona S.C now manages some alternatives. Wait for permits and continue the flight with Global Air, hire a new plane from a local airline such as Amaszonas or BoA, talk to an airline like Gol de Brasil that has experience in charter flights with soccer teams or the most complicated, manage to get seats on regular commercial flights.
whatever the case, it's a difficult scenario, even more so because of the rush to reach your destination 24 hours before your game, opposite case, could face penalties.
There was also talk that an FAE plane could go to "rescue" Barcelona, but due to regulations and for the simple fact of being a military aircraft, whatever this plane is, cannot carry civilians, without previously obtaining permissions for it. Of course, there are cases where a military operation can be carried out with civilian passengers, but they are special cases such as, the earthquake of 2016. What's more, there was talk of an Air Force Hercules, which would take even longer just to get to Bolivia and without counting the discomfort it would be for the players, coaching staff and fans to fly on such a plane.
If the alternative is a FAE aircraft, could be a Casa 295M aircraft, with capacity for 30 passengers, more comfortable and modern, but in any case, would require special permits to fly, although it could be faster as it is a military operation and authorization.
Why didn't you fly on an Ecuadorian airline??
The operation of Ecuadorian airlines is complex. We all know that Tame has only 8 operational aircraft and have one for a whole day flying to Brazil, it would mean canceling national and international routes and this same scenario applies to Avianca Ecuador and LATAM Ecuador, even more so when taking into account that airlines never have spare planes or on the ground, since this implies higher expenses and losing money.
Whatever the reason for all this trouble, Barcelona should have anticipated these problems and do business with a company with more experience, so it costs more, since the cheap, it is getting expensive and unfortunately, It reminds us of what unfortunately happened with Chapecoense.
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