The air taxi boom in Ecuador

The 2017 se caracterizó for few news in aviationón commercial giftéstic, However, another line of business in the sector takes offó and startedó the boom of taxi toéprisoner in Ecuador.

As a potential alternative to the high costs of tickets toéreos in Ecuador o en búSearch for better service in the face of growing user complaints, several companies have been formed, others have already requested operating permissionón and others that already existíThey have yet redefined their plans for the local market. With the situationóNo known Aerolíneas doméstatics in the countryís led by the complete the situationón de Tame, an economyíin recessionón just like the aero marketáuseful, National entrepreneurs and foreign investors have seen a potential space for a new type of operation.ón with aún potential to be exploited.

¿Whaté It's a taxiéreo?

This type of service is characterized by not being regular, nor for being marketed in an open manner or by itinerary as it could beíto make an aerosolínea. Taxi flights toéreo o también known as private flights, They are given on demand or by need of people or companies. Some taxi toécriminal who, for example, operate in the Ecuadorian Amazon, They fly under a kind of operationón with specific schedules on community tracks and in some way fulfill an itinerary, but subject to demand and weather conditionsáethics of the area.

Although the taxiéprisoner or executive transportation in Ecuador is not new and there are several consolidated companies in the country.ís, the AñO 2017 It was very special for this sector and some of them even changed from taxi toéreo and una operationón chárter with projectionón to incorporate aircraft más large. Nextón, we detail the new companies, old or those that are going to start flying, with the passage of time it will go awayá updating this list secún with other taxi companiesécalm downún renew their respective operating permitsón.

taxi companies toéprisoner in Ecuador

(Sorted in descending alphabet orderéethically)

WestPacific

Tame Amazonia

Sky Ecuador

Servicios Aerofor S.A

Service Aéreo Regional

Services Aéprisoners Sayafi Aersayafi

LAENSA

INTEGRAAIR

HTS Helicopter Transport Service

fumipalma

Connect Air

ENDECOTS

EMETEBE

Aerosarayacu

Green Amazon

Wings of Relief

Aerosangay

Aeromorona

Aerokashurko

Aircraft

General Aeroservices Arica

Aeroinsa

Airplanes

Aeromaster

La operationón of these companies are carried out with airplanes mainly Cessna or Piper of up to 9 passengers, while others their service is carried out purely on helical flights.ópteros. For instance, one of the más recent companies incorporateá new airplanesáCirrus 22T brica, what to beá a big change for this type of service in the countryís and defineá a new level for all competitors in the sector.

It should be noted that these companies operate under the regulationón RDAC 135 steam operationón not regular taxi toéreo.

¿CuáHow much does a private flight cost??

Consulting existing companies, a Guayaquil flight – Quito – Guayaquil for 5 passengers can cost más de $3.000 dólares in total, but with the advantage that the flight takes offá from the origin and destination at the time the client needs, have preferential access, do not operate from the passenger terminal, which prevents the client from having to be 1 O 2 hours before the flight and clients get personalized VIP service, since the great majoríto taxis toéinmates have their own passenger terminal equipped with complementary drinks and snacks.

This reference price may vary if, for example, the basis of the avión is different from that of the client's departure airport or if the aircraftón dutyá spend the night somewhereún airport or return emptyío a su base.

Other companies indicated thatúin the destiny, costs can be from $200 dólares per person round trip, but with an occupationón mínima de 4 passengers.

¿There is business in the taxiéreo?

With so many companiesáing or expansion plansón, These must have carried out their respective market studies to support their operation.ón and be able to continue investing. La principal operationótaxi number toéreo takes place in eastern Ecuador, occupying the 35% de la operationón de is type approxáof mind. In the east the taxiséinmates have an operationón complex, flying to third order runways within remote and remote communities, providing máI know nothing, a social service, but obviously, looking for profitability.

In second positionón flights are located in Galápaid, known as inter-island flights or internal flights in the Enchanted Islands, which are mainly with foreign passengers.

The third regimeón in operational importance is the Coast, donde la operationótaxi number toéHe is the defendantá focused on the transfer of goods or values, service to shrimp farms or companies in the regionón.

Finally, flights within the Ecuadorian Sierra are few and limited, occupying the úlast positionón in the non-regular market.

Stadiumístatics of transportation toéreo doménon-regular aesthetic

During the 2016, This segment of transportation in Ecuador presentsó a marked reductionón of the demand with a -29.90% in comparisonón with the añO 2015. The AñO 2017, with stateístics toún to be completed, hornbeamíthere has been a bettería.

During theñO 2015 they were transported 54.476 passengers versus 38.190 at 2016, what they imply 16.286 fewer passengers.

The list indicates each of the taxis toéinmates who operated during the 2015 and 2016 and their respective statusístatic. List includes AEROLANE, AeroGal and Tame as welléThey didn't operate tooén non-scheduled flights.

Main taxi routes toéprisoner in Ecuador 2016

pasta

Isabela

Macas

Taisha

Manta

Santa Rosa

The main airport operatingón taxi toéreo is pasta, followed by Isabela Island in Galápaid, Macas, Taisha, Manta and Santa Rosa, which account for the largest number of passengers transported and in greateríthey show growth. While other important destinations such as Quito and/or Guayaquil moved in the 2016 only 907 passengers, Latacunga 692, Baltra 526 and Cuenca 381.

These data allow us to realize dóWhere is the taxi business going?écriminal and to understandún más the plans that each of the companies presented during the 2017. It is a market thatño mueve más de 38 thousand passengers, but the key isá in finding the market and flying where the demand is already.

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Galeríto photos taxi toéprisoner Ecuador

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Special thanks to MTOP – Ministry of Transport and Works Frúwar, undersecretaryíTransport Aéprisoner for the statesístatic.