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For the second week of March 2018 Avianca Ecuador adds one more Airbus A320 to its fleet, with registration HC-CTR and in mid-May another A320 with registration HC-CTX, so they will add 11 aircraft and is the Ecuadorian airline with the most operating aircraft in its fleet.
With the aim of improving domestic connectivity in Ecuador and enhancing its international routes, Avianca-Ecuador added a new aircraft to its fleet in March to add 10 aircraft and in mid-May it added the eleventh.
With the incorporation of the aircraft that already have Ecuadorian registration HC-CTR and HC-CTX, the company becomes the Ecuadorian airline with the largest fleet of operating aircraft in Ecuador.
Currently operating at 6 domestic destinations in Ecuador (Quito, Guayaquil, Coca, Manta, San Cristobal Galapagos and Baltra Galapagos) Already 11 international destinations (from Quito to Bogota and Lima, from Guayaquil to Bogota, Cali and Lima, from Lima to Santa Cruz and La Paz, and from Bogota to Panama, Aruba, Curacao, Santa Cruz in Bolivia and Lima).
With this incorporation, the airline will increase frequencies in some of the most demanded destinations in Ecuador, such as Guayaquil and Galapagos from Quito., as well as cover the already confirmed new routes from Bogotá.
The plane 10 of the fleet has the assigned Ecuadorian license plate and its previous license plate was N599AV and it came from Colombia to Ecuador, where he operated from March 2011. This aircraft with MSN serial number 4599 have 7 year old, still maintains the previous image of Avianca, is powered by 2 engines 2 x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P and will maintain the airline standard with a capacity to 150 passengers in two classes (12 in executive and 138 in Economics).
In the meantime, the plane 11 that already has Ecuadorian registration, previously operated with license plate N789AV and has MSN serial number 4789 and has 6 years and 8 months of operation since flying in Colombia since July 2011. Like his brother HC-CTR, the plane is set to 2 classes with capacity 150 passengers in two classes.
Are 2 additions of aircraft are the first to the Ecuadorian airline fleets already operating so far this year and the first move of Avianca-Ecuador during the 2018, a year that will surely have more news for this company and for those currently operating, plus others that are in the process of doing so.
Meanwhile, the Airbus A319 HC-CLF aircraft will go to Colombia to be painted with the new image of Avianca (currently as AeroGal) and there are rumors that the Airbus A320 HC-CJM will definitely leave the fleet, so the fleet could go on with 10 planes. We will keep updating this topic.
About Avianca Ecuador
Currently, the airline according to Analysis of the Ecuadorian commercial air market ranks third in market share in capacity offered in the domestic market with 25.7% during the 2017.
During the same last year, Avianca-Ecuador achieved first place in market share in international capacity offered with the 22.9% about Copa and American Airlines.
After its definitive change of its name in the mercantile register of AeroGal by Avianca Ecuador, The airline hopes to continue positioning its presence in the country and take advantage of the new advantages that the Government has implemented in aeronautical matters, such as the Open skies, the air fuel subsidy and the operation of aircraft with foreign registration of which the airline would be one of the main beneficiaries.
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Yes, they also told me that they will only see a change of planes from Avianca Ecuador and Avianca Colombia, so they send one from Aya and it leaves. one of here
So it seems, then they wouldn't be 10 planes.