Definitive goodbye to Aerogal brand by Avianca-Ecuador

With order official before the CNAC – National Aviation Councilón Civilian of Ecuador, the Avianca Holdings S.A group. couldá the definitive end to the Aerogal brand by Avianca-Ecuador.

The radio called AeroGal as such has ceased to be used on all Avianca Ecuador flights since the 17 July 2018 and has become Galápaid, as a new call sign between the pilots and tr controllersáI'm theéreo ATC:

This is the úLast change that was pending for the definitive end of the AeroGal brand. The new calls Galápaid has attracted attentionón, and although it is notá for commercial use, operational management only, sure to giveá of whaté talk between pilots and ATC.

In the order entered at the end of November 2017, Aerolíneas Galápayments S.A. AeroGal, asks the council for modificationón of your operating permitón for performanceón of the transport service toéreo público, international, regular, passenger, cargo and mail, in combined form in order to replace the denominationócurrent number of AeroGal by that of Avianca-Ecuador S.A.

The first order is for the modificationón of its nameón on your operating permitón international.

This second order is for the modificationón of its nameón on your operating permitón judgementéstica in Ecuador.

This is the úonly change requested to modify your operating permitsón, go demás téterms and conditions remain in force and without any modification.ón.

with this order, The Avianca group takes a new step towards unificationón of brands of all its subsidiaries and puts an almost definitive end to the AeroGal brand that we know to this day.ífrom today and since 10 añI started youó to disappear little by little.

Not only AeroGal disappeará definitely, the rest of the subsidiaries tooéThey have started their name change processón, leaving these as follows:

Before AeroGal now Avianca-Ecuador S.A.
Before LACSA now Avianca Costa Rica S.A
Before Aviateca now  Avianca Guatemala S.A.
Before Trans American TACA Perú now Avianca Peruú S.A.

Until now, go cóI mean IATA and ICAO of all aerolíneas mentioned, so beíto it úonly pendingún so that all these marks disappear, but this is almost certain not to happen. It should be noted, that on all these airline flightsídenies, they are already marketed as AVA or AV, aunque su operationón and as shown in the painting of the airplanes it is by each aerolínea.

This indicative in the paint of the aerosolíare also part of the Holdingén disappearíwithin the unification processón, although alsoécan'títo change to Operated by Avianca-Ecuador S.A as an example.

In the commercial registry of Ecuador and the other countriesíses, the name change has already been enteredón, This change is already found in the Superintendency of Compañías and in the RUC of Avianca-Ecuador S.A. 1790727203001.

History of AeroGal

the airínea AeroGal was founded in November 1985 by Carlos Serrano Lusetti, initially operating with aircraft Curtis C-46 y Douglas C-54, later incorporatedó 2 Dornier D28 aircraft with capacity for 12 passengers in order to regularly operate passengers, cargo and mail within Ecuador and to the Gal Islandsápaid.

With sustained growth, 10 añundress themés from its foundationón, the airínea renews its fleet with 3 Fokker Fairchild F-27, each with capacity for 40 passengers to cover routes from Quito to Cuenca, Lago Agrio and Coca, later in a new impulse incorporatedó his first and único Boeing 727-227/Adv matrícula HC-CDJ.

The great growth of the airlineínea occurred in the 2002, with the arrival of his first «pig» Boeing 737-200 and to toñthe followed, incorporates its second Boeing 737 with capacity for 118 passengers and finally begins flights to Galápayments with 5 weekly flights to Baltra. With the incorporate usón of más Boeing 737, the airínea is positioned ráOrder in the market and start flights to Cuenca again.

for himñO 2005, the airínea was authorized to start international flights, starting its services to Bogotá and Medellinín in Colombia from Quito and later from Guayaquil. By then having already 9 boeing aircraft 737-200 in his fleet.

With the accelerated growth, joinó a boeing 757-200, for your new route to Miami (and Baltra) what operationó spaghettién with a Boeing 737-300 and for him 2009 incorporates a Boeing 767-300 (it's avión and the 2 Boeing 757 that passed through his fleet came from Avianca Colombia, as first guiñbetween both companies) to fly to New York from Guayaquil.

For him 19 November 2010, the president of Aerogal, Sra. Gabriella Sommerfeld, confirmó the complete sale of Aerolíneas Galápayments S.A in the hands of the Avianca group – taca, who were distributed near the 100% of the share package in a 80% and 20% respectively, staying atún a remainder of shares in the hands of its founder Carlos Medardo Serrano Lusetti.

After the fusionón with VIP EC, notó to operate several flights to the Ecuadorian Amazon, Coca and Lago Agrio were operated by airliners úlast generationón Airbus A319 that arrived from the disappeared Mexicana de Aviación.

At 2011, Aerolíneas Galápayments becameó in the airíne with greater núplane grouper in Ecuador, reaching a certain point 14 planes, between Airbus and Boeing, opening flights to Cali and starting to take frequencies to Bogotá and Lima that were operated at that time by Avianca and Taca.

for himñO 2014 the end of the AeroGal era is announced and the transition to the Avianca brand, within a long process of unificationón and change of immigration proceduresón and standardizationón of procedures that ultimately allowed Avianca-Ecuador to enter Star Alliance.

In the AñO 2015 the first stage of unification endsón of operations between AeroGal and Avianca, incorporating the first aircraft painted with the then, new image and painting of Avianca Colombia.

The first grandfatherón from Avianca-Ecuador painted with these, their flying colors, arrivedó April 2015 and it was the Airbus A319 HC-CKN (Data from Diogo Ricardo).

Current fleet Avianca Ecuador

Currently, the airínea opera 9 planes, cinco Airbus 320 and 4 Airbus 319

Domestic routes Avianca Ecuador

• Quito
• Guayaquil
• Coca
• Manta
• San Cristóbal (Galápaid)
• Baltra (Galápaid)

International routes Avianca Ecuador

• Quito – Bogotaá
• Quito – Lima
• Guayaquil – Bogotaá
• Guayaquil – Cali
• Guayaquil – Lima
• Lima – Santa Cruz
• Lima – Peace
• Bogotaá – Panamá
• Bogotaá – Aruba
• Bogotaá – Curacao (new route from 2018)
• Bogotaá – Santa Cruz (new route from 2018)
• Quito and / or Guayaquil – Buenos Aires (In route request stage before authorities)
• Flights cháseasonal rter to the Caribbean and Panamaá.

just stayá in an AeroGal souvenir andúIt remains to be seen whether to remainá in the called radius of Avianca-Ecuador S.A flights. or if in the long run, spaghettiéto beá removed and changed.