Cartagena and Medellín are the brand new locations served by Avianca Airlines from Ecuador.
There can be 4 weekly frequencies between the latter Colombian metropolis and Mariscal Sucre beginning March 26, 2023.
Operations between Guayaquil and Cartagena will start two days later with three weekly flights.
Guayaquil and Medellín can be linked on the identical date with the identical variety of flights.
A320 and A319 plane can be used, with a capability of 180 and 120 passengers, respectively.
“We see that inbound and outbound tourism is increasing again, so we propose to connect Ecuadorians with more direct flights, this time to the interior of Colombia,” mentioned Maria Beatriz Gonzalez, Commercial Manager of Avianca.
On March 26, 2023, Latam will launch direct flights between Guayaquil and Bogota.
It can be a day by day flight with an A319 for 144 passengers.
The similar firm will enhance its flights between the capitals of Ecuador and Colombia.
The provide will enhance from 9 to 14 flights per week.
IBERIA OFFERS NINE FLIGHTS
The Spanish airline will provide six weekly flights to Quito and three extra to Guayaquil.
Ecuador joins Brazil as the one nations in Latin America with direct flights to 2 cities.
Iberia has consolidated the will increase, initially supposed for the winter season, and made them everlasting for 2023.
The objective is to extend connectivity additional and obtain day by day service to Quito, defined Beatriz Guillén, international gross sales director.
THE OFFER FOR THE UNITED STATES
JetBlue is predicted to launch a second day by day flight between Guayaquil and New York’s JFK Airport on April 6, 2023.
This will use an Airbus A321neo with a capability of 200 passengers.
Avianca may also fly to the identical US metropolis from Quito. The service will start on June 1, 2023.
United Airlines will start service between Quito and Houston with a Boeing 737 Max 8, designed to hold 166 passengers and function Monday by Sunday.
INCREASED DEMAND IN ECUADOR
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) reported that 582,714 passengers traveled to and from Ecuador in January of this yr.
Of these, 336,805 had been worldwide.
During the identical interval in 2022, 376,442 passengers had been carried.
Of these, 245,305 had been on worldwide routes.
In January 2023, the routes with the very best demand had been Quito-Guayaquil-Quito, Quito-Guayaquil-Baltra, and Quito-Cuenca-Quito.
Overseas routes had been to Panama, Bogota, and Miami.