¿Sabías que un vuelo desde Barranquilla hacia Guayaquil fue el primer destino internacional que operó Avianca en su historia? At that time as SCADTA.
Have passed 100 años y unos meses desde que Avianca surca los cielos de América y el mundo, dentro de esta historia Ecuador siempre ha estado muy presente y ha sido fundamentalmente clave para el desarrollo y posicionamiento de la aerolínea.
Are youí que hoy repasamos un hecho muy interesante y que tal vez, pocos conocían, Guayaquil was Avianca's first international destination.
Guayaquil first international destination
Avianca has operated towards Ecuador 91 of the 100 años que se están conmemorando. Together, el primer vuelo entre Barranquilla y Guayaquil se realizó the 10 June 1928 in grandfatherón bautizado como “El Atláantique”, I saw oneón Junker F-13.
Subsequently and after the necessary procedures, the 22 from December to 1928, vía contrato, rights are granted to SCADTA (nombre con el que nació Avianca) to exploit the routes, frequencies, planes, pilots and passengers to and from Ecuador.
At least, así es lo que cuenta la historia, por la autonomíto of 500 miles náutica del Junker F-13, es seguro que el avión madeó alguna parada intermedia para las 960 miles náuticas que compren un vuelo directo entre ambas ciudades.
I couldíamos especular una parada en Cali o Tumaco (más probable por ser costa) para carga de combustible volando a no más de 5.000 pies de altura como techo mámaximum of service, pero máwith detalles de la operationón no se pudieron encontrar.
the grandfatherón
With registration A-29 and C-29, nombre ‘Atláantique’ and Junkers F13 model, The date of his first flight was 12 of April 1928 y registro o número de serie fue 2023 themselvesún registros disponibles.
Poco más de historia de Avianca en Ecuador
Avianca was always present in Ecuador, donde incluso llegó a operar la ruta Bogotá – Quito – Cuenca and return between the 60s and 70s, ruta que sin duda para la actualidad sería muy peculiar.
At 2010, Avianca Holdings adquiere la aerolínea AeroGal con lo que inicia operaciones en el mercado doméstico de Ecuador. AND, on 2014 the airínea pasa a llamarse Avianca Ecuador.
The first fatal Avianca accident in Ecuador occurred on 02 May of the year 1950, on the Quito route – Guayaquil with Douglas DC-3 equipment, The accident occurred in the west of the province of Bolivar in the Andes mountain range. There were no survivors.
Do you have more information? I hadn't heard it.
very good data…congratulations and thanks
The truth is that there are out there, a lot of misinformation regarding the history of Colombian aviation and airline officials, in its immediacy, They do not know about it and they do not investigate its veracity to make their publications., although there have been many people who have corrected them on several occasions. But you can corroborate the information specifically about it on Google news-El Tiempo, locating the dates of the 14 of June, of the 4 and of the 29 July 1928. All the best!
The flight took place on Tuesday 12 June between the cities of Buenaventura and Guayaquil (7 hours and 15 minutes), leaving at 9:00 a.m. on the plane “Atlantic” whose registration was C-29. The contract with the Ecuadorian authorities was signed on 3 July 1928 and the first flight that was made to inaugurate the biweekly service between Barranquilla and Guayaquil, was carried out 28 of the same month on the plane “Boyacá” Piloted by Herbet Boy
The flight took place on Tuesday 12 June between the cities of Buenaventura and Guayaquil, on 7 hours and 15 minutes. The flight took place on Tuesday 12 June between the cities of Buenaventura and Guayaquil (7 hours and 15 minutes), leaving at 9:00 a.m. on the “Atlantico” plane whose registration was C-29. The contract with the Ecuadorian authorities was signed on 3 July 1928 and the first flight that was made to inaugurate the biweekly service between Barranquilla and Guayaquil, was carried out 28 of the same month on the “Boyacá” plane piloted by Herbet Boy
Hello Jorge, Thank you very much for the information and further details., that I even requested from the airline. The information published here is based on the airline's history book, where they talk about Barranquilla – Guayaquil as the first flight of SCADTA's international commercial type.