Iberia will return to Guayaquil from December

Iberia will return to Guayaquil

The Spanish airline Iberia will return to Guayaquil from December with four direct weekly flights from Madrid.

To start from Friday 13 from December, Iberia will land again in Guayaquil with what will be the return of the main Spanish company to the José Joaquín International after suspending his famous triangulation between Madrid – Quito and Guayaquil in February 2017.

Now in the announcement made by Iberia itself, The flights will be direct and together with Quito, will have direct independent services, but at the same time complementary together with the Ecuadorian partner of Iberia, what is Latam Ecuador.

These four weekly flights that Iberia will operate in Guayaquil will be operated by Airbus aircraft 330-200 with capacity for 314 passengers in two classes, with 21 Business Class seats and 293 seats in Economy Class and represents an increase of 31% of the airline's offer to Ecuadorrepresents an increase in 31% of the airline's offer to Ecuador and it is also the most important and largest offer from Europe.

It should be noted that there is the potential for the most modern Iberia aircraft to begin operating in both Quito and Guayaquil., the Airbus A350, which offers a totally new flight experience along with lower polluting emissions, less noise and less fuel consumption in favor of the profitability of the airlines and that of these Iberia has 6 in its fleet with a greater capacity to 348 passengers in three classes.

It should be noted that up to now Iberia has not initiated the legal process before the Civil Aviation Council. – CNAC to incorporate this new direct route from Madrid to its operating permit and that must also go through an increase in the frequencies available in the bilateral agreement between Ecuador and Spain, since they only exist 3 frequencies available for Spanish airlines.

Schedules and frequencies

Route Flight number Days of operation Departure time Check In
Guayaquil-Madrid IB6460 Monday, Wednesday, friday and sunday 20:45 13:55
Madrid-Guayaquil IB6461 Monday, Wednesday, friday and sunday 12:20 18:10

Finally, It should be noted that Iberia will replace Latam Ecuador, but operating an additional flight, which stops flying between Guayaquil and Madrid with its Boeing 767-300ER aircraft and a route that will stop operating from 13 from December.

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