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Today exclusively I bring to all of you the interview with Daniel Leng, the new Executive Director of LATAM Ecuador, where we will talk about aviation, the expectations for the 2018 for Ecuador, the airline's plans and other topics of purely aeronautical interest.
Accepting the invitation of the airline, we met in the Quito airport to be able to talk about various topics of media interest, but mainly about aviation and the results, how business has developed for the airline since the 2017 and the issue of maintenance of Boeing engines 787 Dreamliner.
The interview
You can see the full interview by following this link. https://youtu.be/Fi554BBvKq0 or watching it below:
Key points
- LATAM Ecuador is doing quite well and the group is investing in the airline.
- There is a lot of faith in Ecuador as a country and LATAM Ecuador is in a very positive position to grow.
- The airline has the highest punctuality in the market and is the only member of the oneworld alliance always trying to improve connectivity in Ecuador
- The 2017 it was a good year with good results and it was challenging for the airline due to the competition.
- in March 2018 brought a sixth plane to operate regularly in Ecuador and are committed to the growth.
- The 2018 It has also been a good year and they have maintained sustained growth.
- Frequencies have been increased to Cuenca from Quito and from Quito to Guayaquil.
- The airline is constantly evaluating new opportunities to improve connectivity.
- It has been studied to start flights at Blanket and Coca.
- A few years ago LATAM Ecuador seeks to increase its participation towards Galapagos.
- It is unfortunate for the airline that the destination to Manta has been rejected, it is still unknown why.
- They have been working on the routes to Manta for several months, Coca and Galapagos.
- It is looking to bring a seventh plane, which generates more than 100 new job positions.
- The Boeing engine 787 they have to be removed before normal maintenance hours and is what causes the current problems.
- Engine rotation is higher and this is something that affects everyone.
- Very Airbus A330 and a Boeing 747 are leased to Wamos Air operating in Ecuador and Chile.
- Until the end of August and beginning of September, this situation is expected to be resolved., but could be extended.
- The agreements of Open skies They are very important, and LATAM sees it very favorably, which will bring incentives to new routes and frequencies.
- Competition is always good and forces everyone to be smarter.
- With the differentiating factors of LATAM (quality of service, product, security) they hope that passengers will continue to prefer them.
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Nicholas
Perhaps you would have the email of a representative of Public Relations or Customer Service. I have a problem for more than a month with LATAM , and I would like to send my annoyance in writing to the managers of those areas
hello lissette, The best thing to do in this case is to contact them through their networks..
Lisette, Good Morning, I also have a problem with these gentlemen, problem that already has 5 months and still not resolved, Every claim cause them to lead them to the "famous call center" installation in Colombia, If you manage to communicate with any authority here in Ecuador, I would like you to please share it
You asked him about the illegals from Guayaquil to New York
You can see the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=Fi554BBvKq0
Little is said about international destinations, increased frequencies to Miami, Lima, Madrid or a new destination. With the possibility of using foreign-registered aircraft, the Dreamliners could replace the B767-300ER in times of high demand.
The 787 will replace the 767 long-term, It is something that will happen yes or yes.