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from this 30 June a Boeing 747-400 returns to Ecuador with Wamos and LATAM, supplying the long-distance routes of the Ecuadorian airline from Guayaquil to Madrid, marking the return of a Boeing 747 of passengers operating a regular itinerary in the country, aunque sea de manera temporal. Photo thanks to William Verguet.
LATAM Ecuador within the plan of Wamos Air aircraft rental, to replace the operation of Boeing 767-300 who are flying in Santiago de Chile, will also incorporate a Boeing 747-400 of the Spanish airline to fly to New York and Madrid from Guayaquil.
Of his fleet made up of 11 planes, Wamos Air has 6 boeing aircraft 747-400 with which it operates its routes and rent under wet lease for other airlines. As reported last March, 2 Wamos Airbus A330 are operating in Ecuador to Madrid and New York, but due to the need for scheduled maintenance of one of these aircraft, a very special replacement will arrive.
The Boeing 747-4H6 with registration EC-KXN and serial number MSN 25703 will begin its operations from Guayaquil for LATAM Ecuador on 30 June 2018 until the 6 July operating the Madrid route – Guayaquil – Madrid.
Look here a photo gallery of this plane in Guayaquil:
powered by 4 PW PW4506 motors have an age of 24 years since its first flight and previously operated for Malaysia Airlines, Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, Air India, Aircastle, Pullmantur Air, Garuda Indonesia y Saudi Arabian Airlines, He stayed until he returned to Wamos in October 2017, with a capacity to 379 passengers in 3 lessons.
These flights will be fully operated by Wamos Air crew both pilots What cabin crew, with support on the ground and in the air from LATAM Ecuador to ensure the quality standards of customer service in all its aspects. Security will also be monitored by the airline, as has happened and guaranteed with the Airbus A330.
Schedules
the boeing 747 de Wamos will operate during these hours:
LA1441 FOOD – GYE takes off 22:00 / land 01:55 + 1 day(s) – Duration 10:55
LA1440 GYE – MAD takes off 17:55 / land 12:20 + 1 day(s) – Duration 11:25
history of the boeing 747-400 of passengers in Ecuador
This will not be the first time that a Boeing 747-400 of passengers operate regularly in Ecuador, but it will be the return of this aircraft within a regular operation to the country since the beginning or mid-90s.
Previously, from the 80s to the 90s approximately, ver a «La Reina» en Ecuador con pasajeros volando de manera regular era muy normal. Iberia airlines, Lufthansa and Air France operated their respective models of the time on their routes to Quito and Guayaquil..
The routes were, for example, the Lufthansa route via Bogotá from Frankfurt, but later they were replaced by Airbus aircraft 340-300 until the closure of the routes of the German airline and Air France that saw the drop in their profitability of flights to Ecuador.
Other Boeing 747-400 of passengers have arrived in Ecuador, but in charter mode. For instance, remember the arrival in Quito of a Corsair B747, Air China with delegations or Qantas to Guayaquil with a large group of tourists.
Surely others have arrived, but these are the ones that have been photographs or reports over the years.
We hope to see the photos of the return of a Boeing 747 of passengers to Ecuador in the next few days, which will undoubtedly be a great attraction for spotters and fans.
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Personally I have always liked the B747-400 and the Airbus A340-600, However, the new IBERIA Airbus A350-900, release client with new winglets reduce a 1% fuel consumption compared to early A350-900, pesa 100 tons less and consumes 30% less kerosene than the A340-600. IBERIA knows in numbers what it has to do with its four-engines.
It's obvious, they will go out and we will see the A350 in Quito.
And even the Airbus A340-600 is already expensive for IBERIA to operate, although they will continue to arrive in Ecuador for several more years until the Airbus A350-900 take over..
Of course, the twins will take over the world.
Interesting report of the "arrival" of the 747 albeit temporarily. You know, Nicolas, that the trend is for two-engine aircraft, mainly for economic reasons..
This is the trend of the large manufacturers of commercial aircraft for long distances
Completely, is the trend, even the A380 is on its way out. It will still be nice to see a 747 flying in Ecuador again, so be a few days.