EquAir began its commercial flights

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EquAir began its regular domestic commercial flights within Ecuador with flights between Quito – Guayaquil and Galapagos (Baltra).

After a postponement in its start of operations generated by contagions in its crew that is generating massive cancellations worldwide of flights, officially started last 10 of January of 2022 regular flights from EquAir.

I was invited to the inaugural flight until Galapagos, in order to show all the details of the operation and service of the new Ecuadorian airline that with its fleet of two boeing planes 737-700 will seek to position itself effectively in an air market that has a lot of potential.

This was the beginning of EquAir's commercial flight operations

As you may have read on my social networks, The first flight was made at 6:50 in the morning with flight EQX1020 between Quito and Guayaquil, with which it officially started its regular domestic operations in the country.

Subsequently, at 8 my flight would leave in the morning, this being the first regular operation towards the Galapagos Islands from EquAir, in which authorities and special guests participated.

With this context, we start this new flight report, which started very early in the Quito airport at 6 am given that to travel to Galapagos we must arrive earlier to obtain the Transit Control Card and go through the respective health controls such as a negative PCR test and vaccination card.

answering your questions, EquAir does have an online check-in service, which can be done very easily on their website with the reservation code and last name, select a seat print the pass or present it digitally on your cell phone, as I did:

For more details and shots, I share the report on YouTube:

In Zone A of check-in are the spaces designated for EquAir, divided into special assistance zone, bag drop if you did the online check-in and you will only deliver your suitcase, Cacao (economical) and Grand Cocoa (business).

The airline will gradually increase its flights, operating until 6 daily flights between Quito and Guayaquil, plus 5 weekly flights to Baltra and 2 to San Cristóbal that will begin later.

We headed together with airline staff and guests to room A1, from where we would depart on the second regular EquAir flight, but the first yes to Galapagos.

Being the first day of operations, some delays in departure were presented, so our flight left at 8:45 am with approximately 80 passengers forming part of the first day of operations.

Let's talk about entertainment on board, as I told you in the video where we were able to see the first airplanes of the airline from the inside, let it down, no entertainment screens, despite the fact that in the armrests you will find the volume controls.

Despite this, the airline has once again implemented an on-board magazine in the country, in this case it is called Traveler.ec and it offers content that is only about Ecuador that for short flights or even Galapagos can keep you entertained without problems.

A recommendation, bring an external battery and your cell phone or tablet downloaded movies, series or music to have your own entertainment ;). Following the trailer and listening to the welcome announcements to this special flight, we go through the traditional water arch, of three we would have this day.

Those who love to collect security cards, I share photos of how they look.

It is worth clarifying the issue of service, for the first day the hundreds of first passengers enjoyed an equal service in both Cacao and Gran Cacao. To see more details of the service that will be commonly applied, pueden ver el vídeo «Knowing the first Boeing 737-700 from EquAir«.

Our first stop was Guayaquil, where the water arch was also made, passengers got off and on, plus the respective ribbon cutting with city and government authorities.

as I told you, the service was expanded, but for the Gran Cacao class what you see in the photo below will be offered for the hour it was a sandwich, but for later flights, hot food will be offered, such as a chicken jerky returning to the continent.

For this section to Galapagos, passengers in Cocoa class (economical) they will have access to soft drinks and a sandwich as well.

After arriving in Baltra, the third water arch of the day was carried out (you can see it in the video of the report) we disembarked the plane and a small act of start of operations was carried out together with local and airport authorities.

Later we started our return to Guayaquil, having thus inaugurated a new airline that enters to compete with three other regular domestic companies, benefiting the country's economy and air transport users.

Success to EquAir in its flights and operations!

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