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Air France tells us about your expectations of your new direct route between Paris and Quito, Joon's departure and the introduction of Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Ecuador in this new interview,
After 25 years and in a historical event, last Thursday 23 May 2019 the emblematic airline Air France landed again in Ecuador, with direct non-stop flight that already operates three times a week initially, with Airbus A340-300 aircraft.
Within this context, We exclusively interview Henri Hourcade, Senior VP of Air France for Latin America, Caribbean and Indian Ocean on the plans, expectations and proposals of the airline for this new connection that reconnects Paris with the Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport.
The interview
You can see the full interview by following this link. https://youtu.be/1XuqJHgXiRQ or watching it below:
Key points
- The cabins of the Airbus A340-300 are totally new.
- By June cabin crew will move from Joon to Air France.
- By December, the Airbus A340-300 will be painted with the Air France brand, so they will not be seen in Quito.
- the plane is joon, but the service and even pilots, son Air France.
- It is expected that in 2 a 3 years the market of French tourists to Ecuador increased considerably.
- The demand is strong and is based on the experience created with KLM.
- The airline expects to maintain an average occupancy of 85%.
- The promotion of the Ecuador brand in France will be important.
- The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will start flying to Quito since October this 2019.
- With the Dreamliner the performance and fuel consumption are improved.
- The Airbus A350 does not yet have the certification to operate a route from the height like Quito.
- Air France-KLM allows free stopovers in both Paris and Amsterdam.
Who is Henri Hourcade??
Henri Hourcade de 53 year old, has worked at Air France since the year 2003 when he served as VP Distribution & E-commerce, later worked as VP Corporate and Distribution in the 2008, General Manager for UK and Ireland since 2009 until the 2013 where he worked as S.V.P for Corporate and Travel agencies in the French market and since the year 2016 works as S.V.P for Latin America, Caribbean, Indian Ocean.
He studied at the ESSEC Business School between 1985 and 1988.
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Ask. How is it that the A350 is not certified to fly from the height of Quito?
So the fact that he has done tests in El Alto, Bolivia, does not mean that it is certified?
The tests in Bolivia certify it, but each airline must do its own studies and pilot certification for this type of operation. Since they don't have this aircraft yet, they cannot do the corresponding process.