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In this opportunity we will learn about the operation of LATAM Cargo and its flights to Ecuador, country where it operates mainly in Quito and on certain occasions, also in Guayaquil.
The Quito airport remains the main destination for cargo airlines that operate regularly and non-regularly in Ecuador to bring and carry cargo from the country to the whole world.
flower exports, shrimp and banana are the main protagonists, but other products such as chocolate, coffee and pitahaya are growing together with the treaties that Ecuador has signed, for example, with Europe.
The 28 of January of 2019, the airline applied to the Ecuadorian authority for the renewal of its operating permit, keeping all the operating clauses with up to 6 weekly frequencies.
The cargo business is at its best historical moment, and from Quito moved more than 215.919 tons of cargo during the year 2017, what a means 14.7% more than the year 2016.
About LATAM Cargo
History
The main cargo airline in Latin America began its operations in 1929 as part of LAN Chile and Ladeco with the aim of connecting Chilean products with the world.
For 1998, the airline merged with LAN Chile and was renamed Fast Air Carrier S.A., but only for a short period of time and its final name before the current one was LAN Cargo.
Over the years, its growth allowed the airline to quickly position itself in the market as not only the main cargo airline from Chile, but also generating a large presence in all the countries of the region, an icon in South America and recognized in all the countries where it operates.
LATAM Cargo counts in its operation with partner airlines in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. With these partner or owned airlines, has managed to increase its position in the market and expand its operations. with LANCO (LATAM Cargo Colombia), ABSA (LATAM Cargo Brazil) y MasAir (LATAM Cargo Mexico) is the main cargo airline in the region.
Despite the initial growth of the airline, in the last 3 a 5 years and due to increased competition from airlines in the region and others from the United States or the Middle East, cargo business for LATAM Cargo has been affected and has led the airline to reduce its offer and even, shorten its aircraft fleet.
Fleet and destinations
Among all LATAM Cargo member airlines, but that have independent operating permits, add up to a total of 8 aircraft in its fleet comprised exclusively of Boeing 767-300F aircraft with an average age of 8 year old. The airline has the projection of reaching 12 aircraft up to the year 2020 while it is receiving in its fleet the Boeing 767-300BCF, which are passenger planes converted into freighters.
Until the beginning of 2018, the airline said goodbye to Boeing 777F aircraft, which were returned or sold after the reduction in the cargo business for the LATAM Airlines group, which also carries out cargo transfers in its passenger planes.
With these 8 planes, the 4 airlines fly to more than 30 destinations in America and Europe from all countries in the region, feeding mainly the airline's main HUB in Miami, from where do they fly to Europe.
LATAM Cargo operation in Ecuador
With the operation of all its cargo subsidiaries, LATAM Cargo is the main freighter in capacity offered and number of monthly flights in Ecuador, flying on average 64 monthly flights and with its peak in flower season between January and February of every year. The 4 operate in Ecuador.
Being a cargo operation, the days of operation and weekly frequencies may vary according to the needs of its clients.
After the sale of the large Boeing 777F, LATAM Cargo reduced its offer and to counteract this situation, especially in high flower season in Ecuador and Colombia as examples, the airline has signed a cooperation agreement with the American cargo airline Westnern Global Airline until it incorporates new aircraft.
With the planes of this airline and in ACMI mode (plane rental, crew, maintenance and insurance) the airline supplies its capacity to destinations where the load is high, as is the case of Ecuador and within this, for example LATAM Cargo Colombia – LANCE, requested the following:
as detailed, LATAM Cargo Colombia requests to also operate to Ecuador with Boeing aircraft 747 (these possibly from Atlas Air Cargo or Western Global) and with MD-11 aircraft (de Western Global). with these changes, we will see some flights on these planes, operated for LATAM Cargo Colombia, the same thing that already happens with the flights operated by the Chilean cargo subsidiary.
LATAM Cargo flights are carried out mainly in Quito, but within the operation of the airlines there is also Guayaquil where they do operate from time to time, Manta it is included Latacunga, which gives them flexibility in their operation in Ecuador depending on where the cargo is located. Posterior a Ecuador, the main destination of the cargo is Miami, from where it is distributed to the whole world.
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