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After several years, the return of a pilot school to Quito with the arrival of the ESAV academy with the opening of its satellite base.
The day Thursday 8 august 2019 it came to fruition, after what was the closure of the pilot school Icaro Fly Academy in the 2011 and after closing Former Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport, that a company dedicated to the instruction of future Ecuadorian aviators return to operate in the capital of Ecuadorians.
Aviacionesav or better known as ESAV began operations at its new satellite base, from where he hopes to attract current students and future pilots from Quito, so that these receive instruction in their own city, reducing potential costs and travel times to other cities where other schools operate.
They are currently 9 certified aviation schools and endorsed by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Ecuador.
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The official inauguration of the new ESAV satellite base took place at the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito in the presence of the Mayor of Quito Jorge Yunda Machado, General Director of Civil Aviation Anyelo Acosta, General Manager of Quiport Andre O'Brian and government authorities officially restarted the operations of a pilot school in Quito, here the graphic record:
About ESAV
This school was founded in the year 2009 as a pilot training center with a main operations base at the Salinas airport and an instruction base also in Quito.
It currently has 9 aircraft and performs operations in Salinas, Santa Rosa (the most recent base thanks to the alliance with Alas del Ecuador), Quito and soon Latacunga.
Fleet ESAV
- Cinco Cessna C-172: HC-CJG / HC-BMJ/ HC-CKH/ HC-CQS/ HC-CNG
- Two Cessna C-152: HC-CKI / HC-CQE
- A Piper PA-23: HC-AKG
- A Piper PA-44: HC-CRG
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Dear Nicolas, I would like to consult you on a specific issue, could you help me with your cell phone number?, thank you.
you can write to me [email protected] to talk.
It seems to me a big mistake that an aviation school works in the Quito Airport, in addition to causing air traffic congestion in an airport with limited maneuvering space due to its orography to practice maneuvers for visual flight and for instrument flight that a student pilot needs. mandatory practice to obtain the necessary expertise and requirements to obtain your professional license , the weather conditions, especially in the summer due to the location of the airport, would make it difficult to train new pilots for sure , We are talking about pilots in training, not expert pilots who in some of their publications stated that it is necessary to operate at the Quito airport. , it would be nice to know who are the shareholders of said company , how the certification process was obtained and how convenient it is for the authority to allow a school to operate in Quito the region's leading airport, One of the big problems that the Guayaquil airport has is the schools in an airport with commercial flight traffic., due to performance differences and just traffic priorities , many times you have to wait for several minutes to take off and that is a cost for fuel consumption while a training plane does not have that problem , that are also costs for the
Students who pay per flight hour , that is, they would pay more or train less, true round business? , aviation must develop but in a responsible manner not be a way to profit only .
Hi Carlos, Thanks for your comment. I will only comment the first, air traffic will not be affected, since it was indicated at the inauguration that they will operate during low traffic hours and flat hours, not in rush hour. of the rest, you could talk directly with the School to clarify your doubts.