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The cargo airlines They continue to grow year after year in the country and are the main business with positive indicators in the industry., mainly for Quito. This time we will talk about Atlas Air Cargo and its flights to Ecuador.
After the implementation of the Ministerial Agreement 002, The cargo airlines that operated in Ecuador on a non-regular basis have been regularizing their operations and this has allowed them to further consolidate the business of imports and exports from the country.. It must be remembered that this Ministerial Agreement has the main objective of promoting the change in the operation of freighters from charter to regular., which brings the benefits of a regular itinerary so that the different sectors that revolve around this business can carry out correct planning of their work..
Atlas Air was one of the first airlines to make the change from charter to regular operation and for this year it has submitted a new application for renewal and modification of the operating permit.:
In the order you request to fly, among other points, to Ecuador from Anchorage, The Angels, Houston, Chicago, New York, Miami, Amsterdam, Toulouse, Mexico, Saint Joseph, Guatemala, Manaos, São Paulo, Viracopos, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Assumption, Montevideo, Santiago, Lima, Panama, Caracas, Bogota, It should be noted that all these points and others are and/or, which implies that the airline will be able to fly to any of the points and combine them until reaching Quito and/or Latacunga and back with up to 10 weekly frequencies.
The planes that the airline requests to fly to Ecuador are Boeing equipment 747, Boeing 777, Boeing 767 y Boeing 737, These may be self-operated or leased by other airlines..
Guayaquil is not included in the new order, airport that the airline has operated, although it is not ruled out that according to need and by contracts, Atlas Air flies to José Joaquín de Olmedo.
With date 27 November 2017, This request was approved by the aeronautical authority.
It should be noted, that at the Quito Airport, The loading platform is being expanded to receive 2 more D category aircraft.
About Atlas Air
GTI (ICAO code), It was founded in 1992 of origin United States, It currently has a fleet made up of 89 airplanes among various models, all Boeing 737, 747, 767 and 777, although a significant part of them are operated by other airlines such as Titan, Boeing itself, DHL Express, Southern Air, Son Air y Amazon Prime Air.
Atlas flies at more than 400 destinations in the world, although due to the nature of the cargo business, not all are regular, some are seasonal or based on the load needs of their clients and many others are regular, as is the case of Quito..
The airline continues to operate in Ecuador as one of the main players in the air cargo business.
I leave you a video of "the Queen" taking off from Quito a few months ago.
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Hello there, I have a question. What is the process and requirements to request a permit to take photographs as an amateur?? You can see in the video that there are spotters and I would like to do it too, Thank you. I am looking forward to your response, Cheers.
Hello Jesus, The photography activity inside the airport is carried out when there is a spotting event, it's the only way.