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The Ecuadorian LATAM Ecuador authorized to fly to Manta, Coca and Santa Rosa from Quito, also to increase frequencies towards Cuenca.
Last 12 of September, after I told you exclusively the new domestic routes that the subsidiary in Ecuador of LATAM Airlines Group had requested for domestic flights in the country, These were approved and mark a new future for the airline.
According to the agreement 22-2019 of the Civil Aviation authority of Ecuador, domestic operating permit, regular, passenger, freight and mail combined LATAM Ecuador It is structured as follows:
- Quito – Manta – Quito with up 7 weekly frequencies.
- Quito – Coca – Quito with up 7 weekly frequencies.
- Quito – Santa Rosa – Quito with up 5 weekly frequencies.
- Quito – Cuenca – Quito with up 24 weekly frequencies.
With these new routes and increase in 2 weekly frequencies to Cuenca, the airline will count a total of 21 additional frequencies to those currently operating, which implies that the Ecuadorian market will win 6.048 new seats offered, promoting competition and an adjustment in the ticket prices internal in the mentioned destinations.
Start of flights
After LATAM Ecuador is authorized to fly to Manta, this would be the first route due to logical market demand, which is estimated to begin until December of this year, once the airline completes the process of certifying its base of operations and approving itineraries, in a Manta Airport still under renovation.
The rest of the destinations would be subject to the frequency reassignment process that Tame EP is not operating in favor of LATAM Ecuador for the destination Galapagos, so Coca and Santa Rosa would be starting in the first half of the year. 2020 and would include the incorporation of a new aircraft to its fleet.
with these routes, LATAM Ecuador may benefit from the incentives of operating in airports managed by the DGAC and of the 40% fuel subsidy.
Schedules and prices are still pending official publication.
Domestic destinations
Currently, These are the other domestic destinations that the airline operates in Ecuador:
- Quito – Guayaquil – Quito with up 84 weekly frequencies.
- Quito and / or Guayaquil – Baltra – Guayaquil – Quito with up 14 weekly frequencies.
- Quito and / or Guayaquil – San Cristobal – Guayaquil – Quito with up 14 weekly frequencies.
- Quito and / or Guayaquil – San Cristobal – Guayaquil with up 3 weekly frequencies.
The Ecuadorian domestic aviation begins to take center stage again, first thanks to these new frequencies and also because of the new airline Aeroregional which little by little also begins to grow in the market.
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