the airíne española Iberia prepare your return to Guayaquil from Madrid, on route to operateá since december 2019 with four weekly flights.
In what to beá your return to Guayaquil as your second destination in Ecuador, to beá an expected return by Iberia after having stopped operating the triangulationón Madrid – Quito – guayaquil in february 2017 and allowá to José International Airporté Joaquín de Olmedo continue supporting a important growth in what was the 2018 and that was consolidatedó It is 2019.
After meeting the cancelacióLATAM Ecuador route number between Guayaquil and Madrid to operateá until the same dayífor Iberia to restart its operations in Guayaquil, realizedó the modification processón of your operating permitón before the National Aviation Councilón Civilian of Ecuador – CNAC, which was successfully approved, for the modificationón of your operating permitón for this new route based on the following determinationón:

Iberia solicitó se modifique su permiso de operationón for transportation service toéreo púregular international passenger shipping, cargo and regular mail with the non-stop direct route on the Madrid route – Guayaquil – Madrid with four weekly frequencies.
It's an operationón isá scheduled to start from próXimo month of December, exactly on sunday 13 of said month, with Airbus A330 aircraft and potentially alsoén Airbus A340-600 aircraft that are part of its operating permitón valid in Ecuador.
Schedules
Flights operateán the días lunes, miércoles, Friday and Sunday at the following times:
- From Madrid flight IB-6461 takes offá at 12:20 hours already landingá in Guayaquil at 18:10 hours with a durationón of 11 hours and 50 direct flight minutes.
- For the return from Guayaquil, flight IB-6460 will take offá at 20:45 hours already landingá the dínext in Madrid at 13:55 hours with a durationón of 11 hours and 10 direct flight minutes
Mercado
As we reviewed in a previous installment, the market toéprisoner between Ecuador and Madrid continues to grow and during theñO 2018 they were transported 580.178 passengers, which makes it the main connectionón and gateway to Europe.
Sayún data of Routes, this route operateá at a distance of 9.012 kilómeters, has an Origin demand – destiny of más de 124.388 annual passengers during the 2018 and grewó the 20.25% with an average cost of $460.24 dóhomes for vía.
In December beán úonly 3 aerolícompanies operating in this market and all of Spanish originñoh what to countán a total of up to 19 weekly frequencies in high season of the European summer.



