the airíEcuadorian cargo nea Transam O DHL Ecuador, suspendedó its operations definitively 14 last july.
It is likely that, Many of you do not knowían que existíto an airplaneíEcuadorian nea called transam that operated load flights to DHL from Guayaquil toward Panamá with 6 weekly frequencies like DHL Ecuador.
Así As there is or good, había DHL Ecuador, hay dhl panamá, DHL Venezuela and several other más in the world, but that are operated by airlineíneas legally constituted in each país, but since 14 of July, has definitively closed one of them.
DHL DHL ECUERA DEJó to operate
First indicate that the services of DHL Express still operating normally from Ecuador both from Quito and Guayaquil to the world with cargo transportation, But it's time to inform new bad news for our aviationón: an aerosolínea ecuatoriana más cerró your operations.
Así As they read it, Already Ceró Its doors and leaveó to fly abruptly and without prior notificationón to your staff, that in fact they found out the same 14 July that that same moment was his úlast díto work, sin más.
In this way, 60 people have been left without employment and were liquidated by the company. Seven pilots, mecáNicos and Digadores were the first to leave the company, The rest of the staff Saldrá Once the company is liquidated under what the law dictates.
¿Becauseé Close transam?
The globalized world, open skies and séPetimas air liberties, así As they bring benefits, spaghettién have a negative side, Remove competitiveness to littleñas aerolíNeas that belong to large groups, since these can be fáCilmente replaced by members MáS Big within these organizations, mainly reducing, costs.
Are youí that the operations of DHL Ecuador in the PAís were replaced
DHL AERO EXPRESSO S.A. o DH oundá in its entirety, flights to beán initially operated by Boeing aircraft 757 of this company or Cargojet segúI could know.
¿Whaté They are séPetimas air liberties?
The Séptima freedom of air It is the right that an airline hasípawís to transport passengers, mail and load between two paíare foreigners, without the flight having to go through your own país de origen.
In other words, Allows an airlineíNea operate a route completely out of its national territory.
Simple example: an aerosolíNea from Ecuador couldíto fly directly from Colombia to perú, No need for avión Make scale or pass by Ecuador.
Fin a 34 añOS HISTORY OF TRANS AM DHL ECUADOR
It ends at the service that initiatesó on 1991 And that in all theseños no presentó nor a according engraving.
They close más de 70 a thousand hours of flight of ATR42-300F, avión through which dozens of Ecuadorian pilots and millions of tons of products and merchantsíso that they were transferred from and to Guayaquil, as its main operations base with your own hangar and personnel.
DHL Ecuador (cóIATA Digos: 7T, ICAO: RTM) it was an aerosolíEcuadorian load nea with an aviómatr no.íNational Cula (HC-) dedicated exclusively to cargo transport. From 2003, operó an almost daily route between Guayaquil and Panamá, serving as a linkón vital for distributionón of consolidated load from all Ecuador.
The backbone of DHL Ecuador's operations was its único avión, An ATR 42-300F with Matteícula HC-CDX. Manufactured in 1988 and driven by two PW120 PWC engines. Before reaching Ecuador on 2003 To operate with DHL ECUERA DHL, it's avión browseó to several airlineíinternational lines, including AM Express and Trans World Express bread. The HC-CDX replaceó al Dassault Falcon 20DC HC-BUP, with which the aerosolínea startó operations in 1991.
Schedules and frequencies
Regular transam flights between Guayaquil and Panamá They operated six times a week, Monday to Sábado and it was very común See it exit at night and return timely every DíA en Flight Radar or live:
- RTM504 flight (Guayaquil – Panamá): Salía of the Jos airporté Joaquín from Olmedo at 22:15 and landed at the Tocumen airport to the 01:15 of díto next.
- RTM505 flight (Panamá – Guayaquil): Took off the Tocumen International Airport to 03:30 (Tuesday to Sunday) y VolvíA Guayaquil to 06:25 of the same día.
On Panamá, The load was transferred for transport by DHL Panamá toward Miami, The main distribution centeróGlobal Compa Loadñía.
Además of your regular route, DHL Ecuador alsoén madeó ch flightsáLoad RTER TO CUENCA, Quito and others when hired for specific load transportífica. During the períprogrammed maintenance odes of your ATR 42, planes Boeing from DHL Panamaá solíAn replace it to ensure the continuity of operations.
From 2003, the airíNea Mantuvo Una Operación stable and sólida, And there were indications that DHL Ecuador couldíto have expanded their destinations in the future, But these plans for new airplanes and destinations, They never realized, Although formal orders before the authority were entered.
I am very sorry for this news that, It saddens our every día más smallña, aviationóecuadorian n.
A hug for all Aerexpress staff from Ecuador Transam Ltda.
It can be found that Transam del Ecuador collaborated in humanitarian aid missions, Making solidarity flights for the transport of vituallas during the landslide in the PAute River and in other emergency situations.
Thank you very much Luis for the contribution, Important information.