He sánot yet 26 August in Guayaquil, it was possible to know that LAKE Línea AéArea Cuencana prepares its return to fly in Ecuador, this time beía for regular flights after having operated as a chárter for somethingás de 2 años.
UPDATEÓN 04/03/2019:
With date 23 of January of 2019, LAC I gave upó of your application to renew your operating permit.ón under operating modeón of transport toéreo público, doméstic, not regulate under the modality chápassenger car, cargo and mail, in combined form:
With this, couldíWe love to be seeing the definitive end of the airlineínea, of which nothing new has been known since its intentionón to fly again in August 2017.
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Initially with your CRJ-700 HC-CMY, operó regular flights from Cuenca to Guayaquil and triangulationón with Quito. Subsequently, They extended their flight from Quito to Loja – Catamayo and Cuenca operating until 2 Daily flights.
As the months passed, its operationón was compressed until it remained úonly with the Quito Loja Quito route, after having failed to capture the executive market with a price único de $99 round trip to all your initial destinations, where it was offeredíto a differentiated VIP on-board service unlike airlinesítraditional lines.
The route to Loja from Quito táI hardly allowedó profitability for the airlineíline and ended up ceasing regular operations and stopping operations for a few weeks until their operation was restructured.ón. with this for, the airínea tomó determine it for usón to start flying úch flights onlyárter, modifying theí su permiso de operationón. Get downó in Latacunga, Cotopaxi International Airport and successfully operated flights chárter make the Caribbean like Punta Cana, Cartagena, spaghettién Panamaá más other destinations at the request of tourism wholesalers, f teamsúsoccer and celebrities.
The strong business for LAC was the oil companies, for which I flew daily in ch modeárter from Latacunga to Coca and Lago Agrio. Given the rise in demand, LAC rentó the boeing 737-500 HC-COP that belongs to usó to Suramericana de Aviación (although it never startedó regular flights) taking advantage of the fact that the team was already certified in Ecuador along with its cabin crew and pilots. At a certain point both planes came to operate until finallyólogic of the lawsuit the CRJ-700 was returned to its owner in the United States in April 2016, currently operates in Canadaá.
The outlook until that minute was favorable and new projects such as flights cháright turnísticos within Ecuador towards Manta or Galápayments from Latacunga teníthey have a good perspective, but the drop in the price of oil and the economic crisisómica from Ecuador in general were gradually reducing the income of the airlineínea and together with the new regulationón that limits the núch flight grouperárter al año and núnumber of passengers in this mode, the airínew termó closing its operations and returning its Boeing to the owner 737 in july 2016.
After this closure, little has been known about Aerolínea, but some requests have been made to the National Aviation Councilón Civilian of Ecuador:
From #Latacunga, #LAC plans to operate again to foreign destinations such as #Perú, #México, #Brazil, #Argentina and others secún is detailed. pic.twitter.com/3oGpE3vgdG
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) June 9, 2017
With the possible incorporationón of new airplanes, LAC solicitó fly to Aruba, Colombia, Perú, Venezuela, Panamá, Cuba, México, Brazil, Jamaica, RepúDominican War, Argentina and the United States, so you needá incorporate half-autonomous aircraftíto achieve it. This same application potentially details ATR aircraft, Dash series C y Q, Embraer E-Jet and E-Jet E2 aircraft más the Airbus family, although it was learned that Boeing equipment 737 to beíeven those to beían incorporated. Due to price issues, They are the best options.
They have authorized @LAC_Ecuador incorporate grandfatherón #Aries8 and su permiso de operationón. Prevé a potential restart of flights with this equipment ✈️ pic.twitter.com/24hpWoPmTn
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) March 5, 2017
For Sunday flightséstatic, the airínea has already been authorized to incorporate Dash aircraft 8-200 within the framework of changing your operator permit chárter to regulate in Ecuador.
Today in #AvGeekDay, aerolíecuadorian nea #LAC, announces return to regular operations in #Ecuador. Volarán #Boeing and turbo prop airplanes ✈️ pic.twitter.com/QWG4oGvXSz
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) August 26, 2017
After añor since they stopped flying, It could be confirmed directly with Aerolínea, to returnán to fly and even with new shareholders. In the immediate plan it isá the start of regular national flights to destinations from Quito such as Loja and Cuenca with up to 3 daily frequencies and Guayaquil to Cuenca, this as the first stage, aúpending incorporationón of your new avión for this new opportunity for Aerolínea. There is talk of potentially returningíto Ecuador the CRJ-700 HC-CMY until new aircraft are incorporated, in a strategy that aims to be aggressive and the base to beíto Guayaquil.
Is LAC currently operating or not yet???
Not yet, are still in process.
You should seriously consider flying Guayaquil or Santa Rosa to Piura or Tumbez, places in Peru where several Ecuadorian businessmen have opened production plants
Completely, they would be very good destinations, but with aircraft of a capacity no greater than 34 passengers.
Perhaps going to Tababela was more stressful before having the 2 main roads. Now in 45 minutes you are in Mariscal Sucre, versus more than 1 hour 30 to Latacunga.
I think flights to and from Latacunga are profitable, for example Latacunga – shop and vice versa, Latacunga – Basin and vice versa, since the connection from Latacunga to Quito seems closer and less stressful than from Tababela.
Interesting report on LAC and its return to the Ecuadorian market. LUCK.
thanks Nicholas
Thank you Ignatius. Greetings.