Ecuador: air connectivity with Venezuela could be limited

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air connectivity with Venezuela podría verse limitada en los próximos días dado al nuevo requisito para que ciudadanos de este país puedan ingresar a Ecuador. photo by Diogo Ricardo.

With date 25 of January of 2018 A new requirement for the entry of Venezuelans into Ecuador entered into force as an addition to Ministerial Agreement No.. 244 of the 22 august 2018, This is the presentation of the Criminal Record Certificate.

¿Cuál es el problema y por qué se afectaría la conectividad?

This new requirement would or will potentially bring air connectivity with Venezuela, where they exist 8 weekly flights, looks limited, restricted and could become null.

for a simple reason, so that citizens can obtain this document, they need at least 3 months to achieve it and there are hundreds of tickets purchased in advance, well before the entry into force of this new requirement, which will affect the occupation of the flights and the airlines would be forced to cancel them due to lack of passengers.

Flights between Ecuador and Venezuela are carried out only on the Caracas route (Maiquetia) and Guayaquil for 2 scheduled airlines.

These airlines are currently in the following operational situation:

Laser Airlines

The airline, who started flights just the 17 from December last, already indicated that it will suspend its operations while this measure remains mandatory, given the reservations made previously and that their clients will cancel them due to impediment to entering the country by not having the indicated document.

Avior Airlines

The situation of this airline is different, given that its operations in Guayaquil have been suspended for a few weeks, but purely due to operational problems and lack of equipment to complete the route, since their planes are undergoing scheduled maintenance.

The flights of Avior they would restart in mid-February or March depending on fleet availability, but this new immigration measure could limit or jeopardize the restart of flights.

Conviasa

The state airline of Venezuela Conviasa operates to Ecuador with charter flights from Caracas and Isla Margarita also to Guayaquil.

Their flights would also be complicated by the lack of passengers who do not meet the requirement.

Estos vuelos son independientes y adicionales a los vuelos del programa «Regreso a la Patria» los cuales se encuentran operando sin restricciones.

Development

It was learned that the airlines have formally requested the Government of Ecuador to review this requirement and consider creating exceptions for air transport given its unique operating characteristics..

We will continue to report how this situation develops in favor of Ecuador's air connectivity, where the José Joaquín de Olmedo Airport would be affected by temporarily or regularly losing two airlines at the same time.

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