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The airline KLM resumed its flights to Guayaquil from Amsterdam while Aeromexico did it to Quito from Mexico City. Press photo Quiport.
In the airline industry, the slow recovery and step by step the airlines are restarting their operations towards the destinations where the governments allow it.
Ecuador, one of the first countries in Latin America where it was allowed, with restrictions and requirements, the restart of aeronautical activity also sees how some airlines return, activate more frequencies and destinations, although others have also seen postponed its restart uncertainly.
In this context, We review the latest news about the restart of KLM flights to Guayaquil and Aeroméxico to Quito:
KLM
KLM, Royal Dutch Aviation Company resumed in the afternoon of 2 of August its commercial operation to Guayaquil. To celebrate KLM's return to its tracks, the authorities of the José Joaquín de Olmedo international airport welcomed the plane with a traditional water arch.
The Amsterdam route – Quito – Guayaquil will operate with 4 weekly frequencies at the following times:
- Frequencies on Mondays, Wednesday, thursday and saturday.
- Quito – Guayaquil takes off at 16 hours and lands at 17 hours.
- Guayaquil – Amsterdam takes off at 18:35 hours and lands at 13:15 hours of the next day.
"We are happy to return to Guayaquil and be able to serve this beloved market, where KLM first arrived 66 years. And it is that, in addition to reconnecting Guayaquil to the route, we are increasing a frequency. Ecuador now has 4 weekly KLM flights to Amsterdam-Schiphol.” declared Marie-Noëlle Landázuri, General Manager of Air France and KLM for Ecuador.
Aeromexico
Aeroméxico restarted its operations on 2 last August in Quito with an offer of three weekly flights to Mexico City. To celebrate the return of the airline to Ecuador, the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito received the Mexican aircraft with the traditional water arch.
During the contingency, Aeroméxico transported to Ecuador more than 27 tons of essential medical supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the flights was operated with a Boeing 787- 9 Dreamliner, who for the first time flew to this destination.
On your flights restart, Aeroméxico will fly with the following frequencies and schedules:
- AM684 CDMX – Quito takes off 18:00 hrs, land 22:50 hrs Lunes, Thursday and Saturday.
- AM685 Quito – CDMX takes off 01:00 hrs, land 05:50 hrs Martes, Friday and Sunday.
Giancarlo Mulinelli, Senior Vice President of Global Sales of Aeroméxico, commented: "We thank the authorities of Ecuador and the airport for their warm welcome. We will continue to increase our operations in Mexico and the world, taking care of our clients with the highest industry standards through our Health and Hygiene Management System”.
We wish the best of success to both airlines.
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I think the flight information is backwards, I just bought at Aeromexico and the time of 684 is also wrong, Cheers.
for what dates? They could have changed the schedules for the next weeks-months.
You will have information when flights to Chile resume?
Depends where you want to fly from.
from Chile to Ecuador
You have to wait for the airline to start flights.