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Ecuador eliminates restriction on international charter flights, with what again without limitation, Ecuadorian and foreign airlines will be able to operate under this modality to and from the country from airports such as Quito, Guayaquil, Blanket and Tin.
Resolution No.. 003/2015
Until the month of February 2018, Resolution No.. 003/2015 indicated the following:
- All passenger charter flights for outbound tourism* will be authorized based on the need for this operation, according to the interest of the State.
- Passenger charter flights for outbound tourism will not be authorized on routes that are served by previously assigned regular flights..
- In the case of passenger charter flights for outbound tourism not served by regular flights, will be authorized exclusively to national airlines that have a regular operating permit for international public air passenger transport, cargo and mail combined, in a number of up to twenty-four (24) flights (round trip), in a calendar year, by airline.
- Do not authorize the operation of passenger charter flights for outbound tourism, whose origin is in domestic and cross-border airports of Ecuador.
back then, These measures were implemented since it was in the interest of the State to promote and generate international receptive tourism** that allows increasing the income of foreign currency to the country; and, parallel, encourage internal tourism that generates an effective redistribution of wealth and revitalization of the Ecuadorian economy.
*outbound tourism: Ecuadorians traveling abroad as tourists.
** receptive tourism: Ecuadorians traveling as tourists within Ecuador.
The resolution generated a significant drop in the number of charter flights that were generated annually from Ecuador to mainly, The Caribbean that were made by Tame, AeroGal and at the time LAC. Even, this Resolution in the long run would also have affected the finances of Cuencana Airline to the point of suspending its operations, since international charters were a key part of their operation.
The favorite destinations for Ecuadorians for these charter flights were Punta Cana, Aruba, Curacao, Havana, Panama, Cancun and others that were generated thanks to the impulse of the national Travel Agencies that annually prepared all-inclusive packages to these destinations.
Ecuador eliminates restriction on international charter flights
in february 2018, the aeronautical authority of Ecuador with the Secretariat of the National Civil Aviation Council and the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, repeal the resolution based on the policies of Open skies, that seek the total liberation of international air transport (domestic flights known as cabotage are not included).
The new Resolution No.. 005/2018 establishes that the guidelines of the 2015 for the authorization of charter flights that involve the departure of passengers abroad, based on Decree No.. 256 from December to 2017, issued by the Constitutional President of the Republic, through which the Open Skies policies were adopted.
This Resolution shall enter into force upon its issuance., without prejudice to its publication in the Official Registry.
Profits
- Both airlines and tour operators will once again be able to offer charter services to high-season tourist destinations both in the Sierra and on the Coast, what economically benefits the actors.
- The air business will be boosted at international airports in the country from where these flights can take off.
- The opportunity for charter flights from other countries to Ecuador is also open.
- Increased revenue for airports and related service companies.
We hope to see this new high holiday season the first new tourist charter flights and even the creation of new Ecuadorian airlines that are dedicated exclusively to this business niche that until the resolution of the 2015 did more than 100 Seasonal flights to the indicated tourist destinations and others.
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