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En is fasting, we will say a final goodbye to Tame's Airbus A330 HC-COH, which was the first wide body aircraft of the flag carrier from Ecuador.
After the closure of the route between Quito and New York last 31 January for at least one year, The time has come to say goodbye to the largest aircraft that has operated with the Ecuadorian flag in history and also the first wide-body aircraft that Tame EP has operated..
En is fasting, We will review a bit of its history in Ecuador and images of this aircraft from its official presentation to the day of your departure, hoy 17 February 2019 when the aircraft is returned to its owner at MOD St Athan (ICAO: EGDX, THERE IT IS: GDX) in wales.
History of the Airbus A330 HC-COH
The airline's first wide-body aircraft arrived in Guayaquil airport – Ecuador at 16:45Tuesday PM 9 July 2013 departing from lourdes, France around 21:00 French time of the previous day.
Under the radio called Airbus 348 the aircraft could be detected at various stages of its flight in the Flight Radar system 24 back then and allowed all AvGeek Ecuadorians be attentive and make calculations of their arrival.
After some more 13 flight hours, the aircraft registered HC-COH entered Ecuadorian airspace for the first time through the border position with Colombia, CERTIFICATE, provoking in several social networks the reaction of hundreds of people, that would later make Tame and this plane a trend on social networks like Twitter.
The largest plane ever operated by an Ecuadorian airline, surpassing even the DC-10 of Ecuadorian Aviation, Saeta's Airbus A310 and the Boeing 767 from AeroGal and LATAM Ecuador, landed on the runway at the José Joaquín de Olmedo shortly before 17 hours, to later be "exhibited" before all the airport staff of Guayaquil, as the pilots were instructed, noteworthy were Airbus instructors, fulfilling the lease, to roll through various areas of the airport so that locals and foreigners can admire this great achievement of the Ecuadorian flag carrier.
The history of this relatively new Airbus A330-243 aircraft dates back to the year 2.000 when its first and only previous owner, Emirates, received him for his long-haul and high-demand flights at his base in Dubai. Said airline operated this aircraft until October 2012, when the aircraft was stored in Lourdes, France waiting for a new operator.
Very little time passed until Tame took over the lease of this aircraft, which is equipped with two powerful Rolls Royce RR Trent 772B-60 engines and has an internal configuration in two classes for up to 278 passengers, 27 in Business Class and 251 in Economy Class.
This aircraft at the time would be the initial step of the great internationalization of the airline, where on more than one occasion the possibility of incorporating a second Airbus A330 was discussed, gemelo del HC-COH para «cruzar el charco» y llegar con vuelos a Europa y más allá, but this plan never materialized and now the long-distance flights for the contracted Tame EP are again seen very far away.
Ecuador's Farewell
Prior to departure of the plane, a farewell water arch was carried out by the aeronautical firefighters.
The plane took off from Quito airport at 13:40 with first stopover in Guayaquil on 17 February at the command of 4 Ecuadorian pilots, after take off, the plane made a low pass over the capital's airport to officially say goodbye to this terminal and its staff.
Subsequently, at 17:00 approximately will fly direct to Wales, where it expects to land after approximately 14 flight hours and be returned to its owner, which will seek to incorporate it into another airline or perhaps, end its useful life.
Gallery
Video on board the Airbus 330 during your presentation.
We predict better days for the Ecuadorian state airline, where they can resume the route to New York, re-incorporate wide-body aircraft or others that allow a profitable and long-term operation, for sustained international and domestic growth hand in hand.
Goodbye HC-COH!
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