Today we review a part of the history of the aviationóecuadorian n y repasses witháThey have been the different airline projectsíNeas who never saw the light of the sky and failed to take off in Ecuador.
Every time a new airline project appearsíNational nea in Ecuador, We are excited and I am the first to share with joyía and hope of más competition in our space toéreo, The arrival of these projects. Claro isá, Not all manage to take off and meet the objective of connecting Ecuadorians.
For 16 O 17 años, I no longer remember the date well since I report on aviationón in our país, Many airline projects have passedídenies, All obtained their operation permitón, But unfortunately they never managed to advance the complex, especially in Económonkey, Five phases of certification processón de nuestra regulationón.
Aerol projectsíNeas that never took off
I'm going to try to list all airlinesíneas that from the 2000 forward have tried to take off in Ecuador (couldíAny some, before access to informationón was not púBlica and couldístill missing), I hope I haven't forgotten any, hereí I thank Diogo and Guido, Assiduous blog collaborators, In your aid to complete this list. We start with the list in anyún particular order:
LAC Second Intent
LAC O Línea AéCuencana area sí arrivedó to fly 3 añthem Ecuador with his CRJ-700 and thenés Boeing 737-500 leased, But Ceró Faced with financial difficulties in 2016. I put it hereí Because there wasó an attempt to relive it in the 2017 requesting reactivating your operation permitóN and AOC certificate, But this project does not prosperó And finally he was removed from his operating permit at the end of the 2019.
South American by Aviación
From this airlineínea South American by Aviación no habíA spoken on the blog, but yesí In my networks. Its takeoff was expected between 2014 and 2015 with a Boeing 737-500 what arrivedó To Latacunga and Tenía matrícula HC-COP, even habíA Advertising of the AirullaíNEA in some media. This no take -off projectó And this boeing 737-500 operó A time with lac and returnó on 2019 to Ecuador for Operate with Aeroregional as HC-CUH.
SKY Ecuador
This is the MáS recent new airline projectíNEA in Ecuador and although I haveíto the great support of an airlineíNEA as is Sky Airline from Chile, The project was arrested before formally starting the certification processón. SKY Ecuador arrivedó To have operation permissionón, But after commercial decisions of the parent company and new opportunities in the South American market, The project remainsó arrested and frequencies, which includesíAn those listed to Galápaid, removed.
Ecuacondor
Afterés de 3 añto try, the project of Ecuacondor Nor take offá and the 26 last February his operation permit was revokedón tanto doméStico as chárter, putting likeí práCutically a total closure to this airlineíNea arrivedó to even have two CRJ-200 aircraft with matíCulas assigned in Ecuador and pilots ready to start their training.
Although the operation permit was revokedón, the airínea podríto request to reactivate it if it demonstrates its financial capacity to do so.
Fly Galapagos
On Fly Galapagos We talk about your taxi service toéprisoner in Galápaid That is now ESAV Airlines and at the moment when some photos by WhatsApp on Cóhow to seeíAn your painted airplanes, But no M were knownás details from the 2021.
Equinoctial Air
From this particular company we talk quite several toñthe atreás. Equinoctial Air pretendíTo be an airlineínea cháPassenger rter that operates with boeing aircraft 737 at 2017, He even metó that you haveíthe one 737-300 práCutically ready to come to Ecuador In transfer flight from Brazil. The project did not prosperó And lostó su permiso de operationón.
EC Plus Airline
This aerosolíNea Nació A little before equoir and it was said that PRáCutically both projects merged into one sinceíAn operate the same type of avión: the boeing 737-700. EC Plus Airlines born in 2019 y pretendíTo be an airlineínea houseéRegular Passenger Stica, but with a particularity based on the Manta Airport. in January 2024 was the úlast time it was learned from this airlineíNEA when modifying your operation permitón for potentially, volar Airbus A320, But from ahí The company not advancedó And lostó el permiso de operationón.
Air Ecuador
Air Ecuador insurance was neverían oído, But his story was very brief, But interesting. An airline projectínea quite weird that it was knownó Like Saeta Air Ecuador at the time, But even, arrivedó to have a 42-300 with marriageíCula HC-CDC assigned and ready to come to Ecuador from France. Obviously, the grandfatherón never came outó towards Ecuador and the project remainsó Nothing. Así It was his painting:
Galapagos Airways
We talk about this company for the first time in 2021 When two frequencies were granted to Galápaid Of those that were once from Tame Ep, from thereí No greater novelty of Galapagos Airways Until those same frequencies because they could not demonstrate the ability to operate them were transferred to equal. After the passing ofños, This company does not advanceó in its certification processón and your operation permitón to fly to almost everything Ecuador, He was revoked in 2022.
Those thatúcan'tían volar
In my records, There are two airline projectsíyou know thatún maintain their operation permitón and if they manage to meet the necessary requirements and financing, couldíAn getting off.
ENDECOTS
ENDECOTS It already exists and is a company that offers flight service under mode of taxi toéreo, But since April 2022 tiene la intendión to add to your business turn the flights choáload rter with a wide variety of airplanes that couldíto be to Boeing 747. Currently, aún have their operation permissionón, themselvesún my records, But so far it has not been known if there is the intentionón of continuing with the project and advancing with the certificationón. we will see
AMBROSE Airlines
We speak ex this projectáCutally one añor like an airlineíloading line, AMBROSE Airlines Has the operation permissionón chárter international, But they have not been able to know Más details regarding the progress or not of your certification processón. Aúcan'tíTo take off, But there are no signs that it will happen.
Ecuadorian Airlines
The expected return of one of the brands toéreas más remembered and loved in the history of aviación local. Ecuadorian Airlines Try to be reborn with the name of Ecuadorian from Aviación, But under a new ownerño And concept to fly with airplanes Dash 8 Q400 initially focused on national flights to cover destinations to which no other flies from the closure of Tame. Even, They had certified and ready aircraft to fly the Dash, but it didn't materializeó At that stage of the project. From the announcement for the application permitón and 2020, This has been the project with MáS Noise and Coverage Medáethics of what I remember since I communicate about aviationón.
The project turned the world, But so far he can't take off, maintains your operation permitón and concrete advances of the certification processón have not been known in a pública for several months.
¿Achieveán take off?
Only time sayá, but what i knowí It is sure that Ecuador needs urgent Más competition and offer to reduce costs havingí travelers más options to choose and travel to your liking, Budget and preference.
I hope to see the arrival of new projects Sólidos as it could have been Sky Ecuador or others that arrive with an idea sóLida and guaranteed financing for ASí Avoid new failures and see projects that do not take off.
We will keep reporting.
It's a pity because some ideas, how to use turboherices at 42 o Dash 8 joining destinations where large airlines cannot arrive because there is not enough demand to fill 129, 144 O 168 higher capacity aircraft seats.
Unite Guayaquil with Loja, Esmeraldas o manta; o Quito with Santa Elena, Sour Lake, tulcan, Esmeraldas, whirlpool, Tena or Macas is possible and surely I would succeed with these airplanes.
Totally agree, Just as Tame did at the time, but in a profitable and efficient way.