Low cost Sky Airline quiere volar a Ecuador

✈️ Exclusive Benefits for Readers

Verified codes to save on your next trip.

Hoy, 22 of January of 2018 the intention that the low cost airline Sky Airline wants to fly to Ecuador from Santiago de Chile was made public, within its international expansion plan with its new type of low-cost service, Quito and Guayaquil could be the company's destinations in the country.

The Foreign Ministry of Ecuador reported that talks began with Sky once it showed its interest in starting regular low-cost flights between Chile and Ecuador.. With the impulse of the Open Skies policies that Ecuador initiated and taking into account that Chile also has these commercial airline policies that seek the liberalization of procedures and frequencies, is that this Chilean airline becomes the first to show interest in using these advantages that once both countries sign an Open Skies agreement they will bring to both nations..

Let us remember that currently, The only direct flights between Chile and Ecuador are carried out by LATAM Airlines with its subsidiaries from both countries with up to 10 weekly flights on Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 aircraft in a flight of almost 6 hours with average fare costs from $500 dollars up.

Other alternatives to fly from Quito or Guayaquil to Santiago de Chile is through the Lima HUBs, Panama or Bogota, Therefore, the potential new Sky flights will be a great alternative to improve connectivity between both sister countries and generate a reduction in air ticket costs..

Without yet specifying frequencies or the destination in Ecuador that could potentially be Quito, Guayaquil or both, It was known that these negotiations began within the framework of the II Meeting of Foreign Ministers at the CELAC-China Forum.

About Sky Airline

The Chilean airline was founded in the year 2002 by Jürgen Paulmann and quickly became a great reference in Chilean aviation with the 26% of market share operating a Boeing fleet 737-200 "pigs" at that time.

With the passing of the years and with the positioning in the market and consumer, The airline operated flights to vacation destinations preferred by Chileans and began its international growth, flying to Sao Paulo., route that was later suspended.

In the year 2015 The airline decided to make a radical change to its business model by adopting the low cost modality – low cost, which allowed us to reduce up to 35% passenger costs in the market where it operates and has allowed Sky Airline to grow steadily in the market led by the large LATAM Airlines Chile. This model change also brought a new corporate image as we can see in the photo that accompanies this post..

Currently its fleet is made up of 15 Airbus aircraft of the Airbus A319 models with 13 plane is and Airbus A320 with 2 airplanes of this model. further, has an order 30 Airbus A320neo aircraft for the total renewal of its fleet.

The 20 Destinations to which the airline currently flies both in Chile and internationally from its main HUB at the Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago are:

• FLORIANOPOLIS
• RIO DE JANEIRO
• PUNTA DEL ESTE
• ARICA
• IQUIQUE
• squid
• ANTOFAGASTA
• COPIAPO
• THE SERENA
• SANTIAGO
• CONCEPTION
• TEMUCO
• VALDIVIA
• OSORNO
• MONTT PORT
• BALMACEDA
• PUNTA ARENAS
• BUENOS AIRES
• MENDOZA
• CÓRDOBA
• LIMA
• MONTEVIDEO
• ROSARIO

For now, the airline's stage to fly to Ecuador is only in negotiations and the request for regular international operation has not been formally presented to the Ecuadorian aeronautical authorities..

For the airline's flights to take place, The Open Skies agreement with Chile must first be signed, so the airline's flights could take place at the end of this 2018 or at the beginning of 2019 depending on implementation and negotiations.

If the arrival of Sky Airline materializes, It would be the fourth low-cost airline to operate in Ecuador along with JetBlue, Wingo and Spirit Airlines.

We will keep reporting.

✈️ Exclusive Benefits for Readers

Search here for hotels ALL over the world at the best price.