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For now, the soon return of direct passenger flights between Toronto and Quito by Air Canada.
it was sunday 9 from December to 2019 when a direct passenger flight took off for the first time in history between Ecuador and Canada, At that time, it marked the beginning of an expected route in what was also one of the historic years for Ecuadorian aviation in terms of the arrival of new airlines and connectivity..
Unfortunately the pandemic arrived and the route that operated seasonally on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays we will not see her return in the near future, at least that's what the airline said (what happens with Air France and GOL remains pending).
Air Canada suspends its operating permit to Quito
not everything is negative, the airline will keep its load operation in the country operated by aircraft Boeing 767-300, but as for its passenger operation, this has been canceled dated 30 august 2022. The motives? The airline in a public hearing was able to express the following:
…Due to the crisis caused by Covid, worldwide air operations have been reduced alarmingly, and despite the efforts that my client has made, an adequate reactivation of the market towards Ecuador has not been achieved., this added to the high costs before the DAC that is suing us to maintain the operating permit, and as it is not clear when this reactivation will take place for the passenger sector between Canada and Ecuador, the management of the company has made the decision to cancel the operating permit, at least until the situation caused by Covid and other conditions improve...";
Before this panorama, there will be nothing left but to wait for the conditions to improve, and we mean that the demand plus the migratory and statistical data that the airline manages put back to Ecuador as an attractive potential market.
let's finally remember, that the airline of its destinations in the region has already reactivated Lima and Bogota, flights to Quito, that at least for now we will not see them operate again, But we are sure that in the future we will see the "maple leaf" flying through our skies again., but also carrying passengers.
On that occasion in 2019 I was able to be present at the inaugural flight as the only Ecuadorian medium and this was its chronicle:
On board the first historical flight between Toronto and Quito
We look forward to seeing you back soon Air Canada!
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Hello Nicolas, please I need to know if the Toronto Quito flights are going to return with Air Canada
Thanks.
Hello there! There is no further news about it yet..
Well, it's time for GOL to return, or that LATAM offers an alternative to go to Brazil. It is not possible that there are no direct flights between Ecuador and Brazil.
It all depends on the market, let's see what happens 2023.
Hi Nicolas, a question. I'm going to Canada from Quito with a stopover in Atlanta, I need a United States visa to only transit through the airport? Greetings
Hi Carlos, Yes, you need a US visa for that stop in Atlanta.
Hopefully this important connection with Canada will be reactivated soon. Surprising in your flight report that the inaugural arrived fully loaded with 281 pax. a good indicator. It would be good to know the position of Air France regarding its plans to return to Ecuador. Greetings.
I'll see if I can get anything from Air France, The last thing I heard is that they are very dependent on KLM fully recovering their lawsuit to analyze the return of AF to the country..