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The Ecuadorian airline LATAM Ecuador will be able to operate two additional frequencies towards Galapagos, but this time they will start in Cuenca.
The possibility that, the two frequencies that were free after the cancellation of Manta to Baltra flights from Avianca Ecuador, move to LATAM Ecuador, they had been dreaming for several months and are now taking shape.
In fact, from the 26 last july LATAM Ecuador It already has official authorization from the Governing Council of the Special Regime of Galapagos, with what the airline can, when it deems convenient, move forward with the respective procedures, how to request the route formally before the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of the Ecuador.
LATAM Ecuador will fly from Cuenca to Galapagos
Good, Some media outlets have indicated that flights will be direct, but in the strict technical concept, They won't be totally direct., since they will have a technical stop in Quito, For this detail I create this publication to clarify the concept, I'll tell you more details.
as i told you, the government of Galapagos approved that the two frequencies that were free be reassigned to LATAM Ecuador, leaving the permission as follows:
- Issue a Favorable Technical Report so that the National Aeronautical Authority continues with the corresponding procedure for the modification of two (2) routes and frequencies of air transport to the province of Galapagos, with route modification ( Cuenca – Quito – Baltra and Baltra – Cuenca – Quito) prior verification of compliance with legal regulations, current and applicable environmental and biosafety regulations, based on what was observed by the members of the Plenary.
As we can see, the route originates from Cuenca, but due to the short runway and height restrictions that the Marshal La Mar, The operation will be done via Quito both in the idea and in the return, of course it is, passengers originating from Cuenca with final destination Baltra should not get off the plane, so the concept of direct does apply, but not as it was being reported in traditional media.
The route will not fly direct to Baltra from Cuenca, but it will always stop at Quito where new passengers will board Galapagos, which will also represent the return of direct flights from the Marshal Sucre to Baltra by LATAM Ecuador (at the moment alone Avianca does it).
At the close of this publication, The airline has not yet informed the date of the start of these flights, so we will be attentive, since it is the end of October, possibly they will remain for the 2025. It will also be pending to see if these two frequencies will be incremental to the current ones or will replace 2 of those already existing between Quito and Cuenca.
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The direct flight from Quito is now on sale. But it seems strange to me because the plane does not return directly to Quito or Cuenca. It seems that the route is Quito-Baltra-Guayaquil. What a shame that LATAM did not put Cuenca in the plans 🙁
Mmmmm that's weird, It shouldn't be the flight to Cuenca, You must go through this airport to get the frequencies, otherwise, no.