German airline Condor plans to fly to Ecuador

It's been a few weeks since I arrivedó the first informationón, but this week it was confirmed that the aerolíGerman airline Condor plans to fly to Ecuador from this toñO 2018, starting flights from 5 October of 2018 with 2 weekly flights from Frankfurt with a stopover in Santo Domingo, RepúDominican War.

UPDATEÓN 21/05/2018

After publicationóRoutes Online site no., where this medium reported that Condor canceled its intentionón to fly to Ecuador from October of this toñO, the día 21 May I was able to confirm directly with authorities that the Aerolínea has canceled its plans to fly to Quito this yearñor due to negotiation issues and it is expected that byñO 2019 if retome the intendón to fly to Quito or in a favorable and exceptional case it is possible to restart the plan for this same 2018.

The Quito destination as regular has been removed from the airline websiteínea and can no longer be found in the company's GDS system for purchases or reservations. Equally, the 2 additional flights to Santo Domingo to be extendedíeven to Quito have been canceled. It should be remembered that this route even, habíhas been announced by the Tourism authorities of Ecuador.

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the airínea Condor Flugdienst has made pública esta semana su intendión to start flights to Ecuador from Germany for the próximo añO, although toún without specifying whiché city ​​arriveía, but from first source it was possible to know that approaches have already been made with personnel in Quito so that the operations can be carried out from the International Mariscal Sucre in the capital of Ecuador. Although it is already knowníon this topic with reserved sources, I didn't expectún that this informationón sea pública, since I revealed itó the Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador (teníto this post written waiting for meáwith informationón):

.@Condor, presents its new route toéArea to Entrepreneurs turístatic, with the aim of generating strategic alliancesélogic for marketingón of Ecuador, by opening the new route Germany – Ecuador to operateá from the toñO 2018. pic.twitter.com/T6W0oF5s3n

— Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador 🇪🇨 (@TurismoEc) November 23, 2017

Although it is already knownúblico, aún the formal application for Condor operations before the CNAC has not been found – National Aviation Councilón Civilian of Ecuador, although this mayíhaving already been presented, but not published. further, aún the weekly frequencies with which to start are unknowná su operationón a Ecuador, nor the specific type of aircraft.

Definitely, the flights will originateíin Frankfurt or Munich, main long-haul operating bases of the air forceínea, what to implyíto Ecuador again to have direct flights to Germany (by not changing avión on the scale, it is considered direct), after the departure of Lufthansa from the Ecuadorian market toñthe atreás.

About the grandfatherón with which you caníto fly to Ecuador, checking his fleet, the úonly alternative beá the Boeing 767-300ER with which they currently have 16 operational aircraft. Given the distance between Frankfurt and Quito de 6.089 miles, a direct flightácctically beíto impossible with the Boeing 767-300ER, to the east have an autonomyíto flight 5.980 miles, so a scale beímandatory for this flight and the mostáIt is certain that it will be in one of the destinations in the Caribbean to which Condor flies from Germany. Intermediate and connecting flightsón from airports in the Caribbean is not new for the airlineínea.

about the airínea Condor

This aerosolícompany founded in 1955 and that it is part of the Thomas Cook Group, It is the third in sizeño y tránumber of passengers transported in Germany and its business focuses mainly on flights to tourist destinationsístatic or vacation with a fleet of 42 aircraft between teams Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Boeing 757 y Boeing 767.

Its international destinations at present are (among other seasonal):  Calgary, Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver, Anchorage, Austin, Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Delún, acapulco, Barbados, San José, Havana, Montego Bay, Funán, Panama Cityá, San Juan. Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, etc.

It should be noted, that the aerosolínea to many of its destinations, being yourístatic, opera úonly on a seasonal basis, This means that it activates its flightsún the high demand of tourists from Germany to the world. For this same reason, is that the aerosolínea podríto alsoén implement seasonal flights to Ecuador and not necessarily beán regular throughout the yearñO.

Another issue to take into account is the intermediate scale that isí o sí to beá necessary. Playing a little with the airline destinationsínea, couldíWe speculate that the scale couldíto be in Punta Cana or Santo Domingo, destinations tooén attractions for Ecuadorians, so if the aerosolínea gets and if the treaties between the 3 paíthey allow it, Condor couldíto apply for a Fifth Freedom of the Air, with what I caníto sell tooén Punta Cana or Santo Domingo tickets – Ecuador – Punta Cana or Santo Domingo and make profitableún más your new route. Another alternative is the connectionón an algaún another new destination in the regionón that may be in plansún not known from the aerolínea.

Spaghettién we must take into account the Ecuadorian market and the connection options to the destinations that Condor offers from Frankfurt and Munich for our market.

Itinerary and start date of Condor flights to Quito

Condor confirmó already the start of their flights to Quito from 5 October of 2018, operating as follows:

Frankfurt – Santo Domingo – Quito

The flights will beán 2 times a week the días Tuesday and Friday:

Flight DE2232 takes off from FRA (Frankfort) at 10:50 local time, lands in SDQ (Santo Domingo) at 14:55 and take off to UIO (Quito) at 16:25 landing in Quito at 18:55

Quito – Santo Domingo – Frankfurt

The flights will beán 2 times a week the días Tuesday and Friday:

Flight DE2233 takes off from (Quito) at 20:25, lands in SDQ (Santo Domingo) at 00:55 of díto next and take off to FRA (frankort) at 02:20 landing back in Germany at  18:00.

The flights will beán operated by Boeing aircraft 767-300.

In the Páairline websiteíflights to Quito are alreadyán loaded, butúThey are not for sale.

¿Becauseé the airínea Condor is called así?

A question that the Ecuadorian and Latin market will surely ask.á with the first destination in the Andes of Sur Américh from the airínea. Incredibly, this name only has a commercial sense and a Condor, It's a great name for an airlineínea, Sure, everyone thinkíwhy an aerosolícompany based in the Andes Mountains shouldíto have it, but there is no reasonáIt is necessary to represent and be called like that majestic bird that adorns the coat of arms of Ecuador and is representative of South America.érica.

Surely this name will haveá strong hit in the Ecuadorian market and if the airlineíNEA plans to expand in the regionón, spaghettién.