Finally, Aeroregional will operate regular flights in Ecuador to fly withá To Quito, Cuenca, Guayaquil and Santa Rosa in a first stage with their Boeing 737-500.
Before starting to fly regularly, its flights beán in ch modeárter, with which it is finally possible to understand the objective of the aerolínea, than hereí We have reported step by step each of your intentions to fly in Ecuador and become the fourth airlineínea commercial del país.
The story of Aéreregional has been evolving in the following way:
- Aéreoregional volará between Cuenca and Guayaquil: in this first informationón the company notifiedó that between July and August startíto flights between Cuenca and Guayaquil, at that time with operating permitótaxi number toéreo RDAC 121 and they had the optionón to operate this route with the Cessna 421C Golden Eagle HC-CLI. Subsequently, this idea remainedó completely ruled out by company officials due to commercial issues and the performance of the aircraftón.
- Aéreoregional cambia and surgeryón chárter: in the second publicationóWhat did I do about this new Aerol?ínea, It was possible to know the company's plan to change its type of operationótaxi number toéreo and surgeryón chárter national RDAC 135, process in which they are currently being certifiedón Stages 3.
- Aéreregional already has its first Boeing 737-500, schedules and frequencies: in the third publicationón about this aerosolínea, metó the long-awaited arrival of its first aircraftón, modelo Boeing 737-500 with marriageícula HC-CTF, which is already in Latacunga for maintenance. further, Their first times and destinations indicated above were known.
Now, with request before the CNAC – National Aviation Councilón Civil darán a twist to his initial proposal chárter:
The company has officially requested that it be granted an operating permit.ón for performanceón of the transport service toéreo, público, doméstic, regular, passenger, cargo and mail in combination with the following routes and frequencies:
- Quito and/or Cuenca – Guayaquil and vice versa: 6 weekly frequencies.
- Quito – Guayaquil – Cuenca and vice versa: 4 weekly frequencies.
- Quito – Santa Rosa and vice versa: 2 weekly frequencies.
For this end, the airínea requests to incorporate into its operating permitón the airplanes:
- Boeing 737-300/400/500/600/700/800/900.
- Airbus A319/320.
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80/90.
- Bombardier CRJ 100/200.
- Bombardier Q Series.
- Embraer 120/145.
And it is confirmed that the main base of operations will beá the Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport.
Itineraries and Schedules
You can find them hereí: www.nlarenas.com/2018/01/aereo-regional-ya-primer-boeing-737-500/
Aeroregional ticket costs
Sayún informationón found in his página web, the airínea driveá a single fixed price for all your routes, regardless of the anticipationóNo. of purchase. The values are as follows:
- a stretch: $80
- Round trip: $150
With this trámite, the company while its certification is still in progressón like aerosolínea chárter hopes to advance in the process of being an aerolínea regular forí, be able to sell tickets directly and publish itineraries at regular times.
I think an ATR 42 O 72 would have been the best options for efficiency and costs
Can be, but they need to maintain a unified fleet, which also helps with costs.
With that plane it will be a failure and according to the frequencies granted in destinations and number it will also be a failure., I have the fatal experience of having worked in two airlines that do things the same now Aircuenca and Lac are bankrupt, and to make charter flights on international routes with this plane another failure , airplanes that consume twice as much fuel compared to new generation airplanes
Hello Amparo, I agree with your comment, What I hope is temporary since it is a plane that is too big for domestic flights in Ecuador and expensive., but they sure did the studies. It is said that they will also bring a CRJ 200 and a – 300.
In the end, Let's all hope for the success of the airline so that the market has greater competitiveness for the benefit of us users..
The operation begins in July?
It's good that there are more national options.
They want to start at the end of this month March,no date yet.
Positive that there is more flight offer and I hope Aéroregional can have more modern equipment in the future and can replace them with the A320 Ceo or B737 NG family. Bombardiers like CRJ-700 or Embraer 170 O 175 depending on your growth. And if turboprops are better for domestic routes, ATRs would do a good job.
They must go little by little, Same as my personal way of seeing, a 737-500 It's too big to start a project, but I hope it goes excellent.