The second week of August, comes trueó a press conference in Quito where they spokeó from Emirates Sky Cargo y su operationón in Ecuador. País to the one who flies 3 times a week in exclusive cargo transportation.
The talk to the mediaón was presented by Scott Lane, airline representativeíit falls to kingsón. During the same, It was possible to meet the new representative of Emirates in Ecuador, Patricia Aulestia from the company MARGLOBAL S.A.
History and Operations
SpaghettiéDetails about the operation were not knownócompany general, a little unknown for the Ecuadorian market. the airínea is managed by the government of the Emirates ÁUnited Arabs and have a clear visionón to continue opening market in Latin Americaérica, where for now, in the passenger business, they fly úOnly to Sao Paulo with the Airbus A380, Ríor from Janeiro and Buenos Aires with Boeing 777 from this úlast city.
There is the projectionón aún to fly to Panamaá, in what to beíon the flight más long of the airínea. This flight did not materialize at the time.ó due to delay in acceptanceón c permissionsóI mean shared on all Copa Airlines routes from the Am HUBérich. Solved this situationón, the airínea keeps this potential new route in its sights.
The history of Emirates is relatively new, they went from 3 destinations in 1986 To over 150 currently from Dubai, airport that in its beginnings was not más than a field to load fuel and is now the third airport with más tráworld, passing the 78 million passengers per year, from which with a single connectionón, you can fly to destinations 16 And till 8 hours anywhere in the world, there are only international flights.
Currently, count on 96 A380 aircraft being the world's largest operator of this equipment. The Emirates fleet isá composed exclusively of wide-body aircraft in the Airbus A380 and Boeing models 777.
The Emirates experience
As we know, fly with Emirates, It is not compared to practically any other aerosolímarket line, so your differential isá in experience and service ¿ultra VIP?, especially, on the Airbus A380:
- Door-to-door chauffeur service from anywhere to the airport and from the airport to the accommodation for first class and business class included.
- They have a lounge at JFK airport.
- In first class there are no overhead compartments for hand luggage., Instead, there is ample space for hand luggage under the seats..
- Planes have space to put a laptop.
- Space to charge devices.
- You can order food at any time during the flight.
- On the A380 there is an on-board lounge on the second floor with a bar, beverages, refreshments , Water. Perfect for meet people.
- There are benches with seat belts so that in case of turbulence passengers do not have to return to their seats.
- To sleep you can ask the crew toón place a mattressón and prepare the bed.
- There are 2 showers on the upper floor, 30 spa minutes, 5 minutes shower.
- Each passenger has the right to a shower but it must be reserved.
- It is not necessary to bring the products since the shower/spa already has everything you need.
- The crewón clean the spa during 10 minutes and prepares her for the next shower.
- The spa shower and bar are exclusive to the A380.
- In the tourist class there is a large leg room.
- The airline offers a wide variety of meals.
- To the childrenñYou are given a backpack with toys.
- On connections in Dubai that take míyou enter 8 and 24 hours provided hotel, transfer and food, para business míYOU 6 hours.
Emirates was named in 2016 as best aerosolíline of the world Skytrax and has been named 3 times in the úlast 14 añthose in this categoryía. the airínea stands out tooén for having excellent flight entertainment named as the best by 13 añconsecutive ones, spaghettién por Skytrax. This renowned onboard entertainment features byíbutts in all kinds of languages, live news and sports.
Although tickets on Emirates mayían ser un poco máhigh s, Passengers have some advantages such as the right to 30 kg of suitcases except to Madrid and 10 kg of hand luggage. It also countsén with its own frequent flyer program Skywards, is not part of any global Aerol allianceídenies, since for the airínea, It is better not to have that type of alliance because it affects decision making and they want to preserve the quality of the service..
Remember that you do not need a transit visa for Dubai airport..
La operationón in Ecuador
As mentionedó, Emirates, with your subsidiary in charge, Sky Cargo, fly to Quito with Boeing 777F aircraft from the 3 from December to 2013, At that time I startedó with 2 weekly flights. after meás de 3 años, the airíI do not requestó increase a weekly flight:
Aerolínea #EmiratesSkyCargo has requested to increase 2 a 3 weekly frequencies en route to #Quito @AirportUIO themselvesún is detailed ✈️ pic.twitter.com/CwelBplLhU
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) April 6, 2017
Including new intermediate points to and from Quito such as Zaragoza México, Rio de Janeiro, Borders, Eastern City, Lima, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Baharéin la aerolíI don't realize itó the order in April 2017, summing up theí más possibilities to bring and take cargo to Ecuador. Other midpoints are Frankfurt, Dakar, Viracopos, Belo Horizonte, Manaos, Amsterdam and Basel. The new and third regular charging frequency, was accepted after April, due to the good results driven by the signing of the Trade Agreement with the Unión European generated a new request from Emirates Sky Cargo:
#EmiratesSkyCargo request to increase 3 a 5 weekly flights to #Quito and include #Bogotaá as an intermediate scale ✈️ pic.twitter.com/uvtTTuSaRl
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) August 30, 2017
In this new request that was generatedó between the end of July and the beginning of August, the airínea requests to increase 3 a 5 weekly flights with the same intermediate points as above, but adding Bogotá as an intermediate point to or from Quito. This application, it was already accepted.
UPDATEÓN 18/01/2019:
the airínea incrementó new operating pointsón intermediate to your current operating permitón towards Quito:
These points are Copenhagen, Oslo, gothenburg, Maastricht, Brussels, Liège, Milán, Madrid, Barcelona, Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Houston, The Ádrooling, New York, Toledo and Brasilia.
UPDATEÓN 23/10/2017:
Emirates SkyCargo was authorized to operate until 5 weekly frequencies to Ecuador from the indicated points.
At ápassenger area, There are no direct flights between Ecuador and Dubai, but currently there is an agreement of cóI say shared with Tame and JetBlue to connect Quito and Guayaquil with Dubai víto New York JFK and Fort Lauderdale, airports where these fly 2 aerolílines and have Emirates flights. Previously, spaghettién se podíto connect with Sao Paulo with Tame flights.
In February of this toñO 2017, the airínea tomó a light characterizes usón mediática with inform usófalse n that circulatesó in social networks:
At this moment they reach #Quito of the aerolíMiddle Eastern girls, both cargo planes #QatarCargo and #EmiratesSkyCargo, they transport roses. pic.twitter.com/gImfIvOp7Q
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) March 10, 2017
the airínea maintains advertising presence in Ecuador, being a sponsor of the Ecuador Open 2018 and alsoén offering discount incentives for Ecuadorian export productsón like the pitahaya.
Good info! Thanks for sharing it with the community.