Welcome to the second installment on the flights that take place between the «enchanted islands». In this taxi-type serviceéThere are few companies that provide this service., Today we will talk about interisland flights in Galápaid – EMETEBE.
First delivery: Inter-island flights in Galápaid – Fly Galapagos AIRZAB
As we have commented, the Gal Islandsápagos isán connected on commercial flights úonly from continental Ecuador with flights of Avianca-Ecuador, LATAM Ecuador and Tame EP más flights logínon-commercial aesthetics in charge of the Force AéEcuadorian area, Ejército and Aviación Naval.
Direct international flights to GaláPayments do not exist due to immigration restrictions.ón and environmental control that is carried out exclusively at the Airports of Quito and Guayaquil, although potentially, other airports like Manta can generate direct flights to the islands.
Private flights in Galápaid
La operationón of these types of flights in Galápayments is private and of the non-regular type or alsoén called taxi toéreo. Currently there is only 2 companies operating this type of flights in Galápaid. Fly Galapagos and EMETEBE which we will talk about onífrom today, Although there are other companies that have permission to operate in Galápaid, only these two areán performing.
The durationón of private flights in Galápayments are not greater than 45 minutes and are a great alternative for transporting tourists mainly, since the costs per flight border the $250 dólares for foreigners and $150 dólares for Ecuadorians by section.
Since by water, in pangas or small boatsñTransfers can take longerás de 3 hours, this operationón aéThe area has become more important and travelers interested in these services have increased., mainly tourists are the users, those who seek to take advantage of the máximo his time on the islands and in passing, enjoy a landscape úunique that can only be enjoyed from the air.
further, to flights between Baltra Airports, San Cristóbal and isabella, These companies offer tourist flightsístatic overflight or tour of the main and más attractive islands, that allows you to know them in a different way and única. Spaghettién they carry out flights for state institutions such as, the overflight of active volcanoes for their monitoring.
There are other companies that have plans to start local flights in Galápaid, butún has not been specified.
EMETEBE
EMETEBE is a start-up companyó its operations in 1995 as a pioneer of this type of inter-island services in Galápayments and account with más de 23 años of experience in the taxi marketéprisoner in Ecuador.
With exclusive operations in Galápaid, offer flight servicesárter, esc flightsénicos, inter-island flights, evacuations sétips, cargo transport and tour packagesístics all included.
Its inter-island flights operate to the San Crist Airportsóbal (main and maintenance base), Baltra and Isabela with flights that operate at pre-established schedules subject to changes, but not with a fixed itinerary.
EMETEBE fleet
Its fleet is currently made up of 4 planes, of which 2 Eastán operational:
- Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander HC-CGI, CGY and HC-BZF
- Piper PA-32 HC-BNE (undergoing maintenance after incident at Isabela Airport).
Estimated, the information about EMETEBE is not correct, Your fleet includes 3 islander BN2 aircraft. Please check.
Updated.
Hi Nicolas.
I tell you that despite the advertising material of EMETEBE. Air tourism is strictly prohibited in Galapagos. That is why the company was directly cited by the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park and forced to correct the information published..
Good date, Thank you.