Aercaribe Cargo resumed commercial flights in Latacunga

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With a weekly flight on Tuesdays, Aerocaribe Cargo resumed commercial flights in Latacunga flying from Bogota.

Initially, on a weekly basis, the Aercaribe cargo landed in the Cotopaxi Alternative Airport, to which it will operate with its fleet of 2 Boeing 737-400F aircraft with capacity for 20 tons of cargo.

The projection of the airline is to operate until 4 weekly flights according to its current operating permit before the aeronautical authority of Ecuador and has plans to expand Punta Cana flights, Santo Domingo, Panama, Caracas, Santa Cruz, Lima, Curacao, Aruba and also land at other Ecuadorian airports such as Quito, Saint Rose and Blanket.

Aercaribe is the first airline to fly commercially to Latacunga again from the exit of Cargolux and Tame EP during the 2017.

The arrival of Aercaribe to Ecuador

The process of his arrival from Ecuador was delayed on more than one occasion due to various delays in procedures and agreements between those involved.:

• The 11 of May 2017 The first information on the airline's intention to fly between Colombia and Ecuador.
• AERCARIBE has an approved operating permit: Agreement No. 010/2017, from 28 from
  april 2017, the National Civil Aviation Council.
• AERCARIBE has an Air Service Operator Certificate Recognized by the
  General Directorate of Civil Aviation valid until 26 April of the 2020.
• One year after first publication, the airline obtained the operating permit, but due to delays in the use of Pisque and Telemerc, the start of the flights were postponed once again.
• for june 2018, The airline updated your permission of operation incorporating new intermediate points for the transfer of cargo between both countries and third parties.

Aercaribe landed in Latacunga

Aercaribe is an airline that began its operations in the year 1997 as a charter marketer and later, With the incorporation of its first aircraft, it began to regularize its operations. Now, with 2 Own aircraft of operational Boeing 737-400F models, the airline has been growing in the international and domestic cargo market in Colombia.

Aerocaribe arrival at #Latacunga https://t.co/hYPukWimDD

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The airline's first charter flight was carried out by the Boeing 737-400F freighter aircraft with serial number MSN26526 with 27 years since its first flight and powered by 2 2x CFM56-3 engines in charter mode until completing the itinerary approval process before the Ecuadorian authority.

Registered HK-5228, this aircraft previously operated with Royal Air Maroc airlines since 1992, Atlas Blue for passengers until in the year 2013 It was converted to a freighter version and arrived at AerCaribe in June 2017.

The initial weekly flight will operate on Tuesdays at the following times:

• Flight 1162 will take off from Bogotá El Dorado at 15:30 and will land in Latacunga at 16:45 after 1 hours and 15 flight minutes.
• Flight 1161 will take off from the International Cotopaxi at 18:00 and lands back in Bogotá at 19:15 with a duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes.

During the press conference, the airline indicated its intentions to create a Hub from Latacunga to the destinations approved in its operating permit and promote the growth of the city and airport.

They also talked about destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia within the airline's plans for Ecuador, where to 2020 seeks to be the leading airline in the Andean region and the Caribbean.

El Boeing 737-400F

The plane with which it will operate is the cargo version of the Boeing 737-400 Classic, which with capacity for 20 total tons in 10 pallets, has an autonomy of 4.204 kilometers or 2.270 nautical miles, which makes it a great option to fly from Latacunga to various places within the region.

Here are some additional photos of this aircraft upon its arrival in Latacunga:

 

Finally, remember that Aercaribe is not the first time it has operated in Ecuador, since it has previously carried out charter flights to Quito and Guayaquil to transport cargo for other airlines to Bogotá.

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