the boeing 787 arrives in Ecuador with Air Europa, for the first time on a commercial regular basis, the Días 3 of July and 28 august 2018 to the International Airport of Guayaquil.
For the first time on a regular basis under a landing itineraryá the grandfatherón más modern American manufacturer Boeing in Ecuador. the boeing 787 accomplishá their 2 first commercial flights to Guayaquil onías 3 of July and 28 August this toñO, what to marká the expected arrival of one of the planes más new from the world to país.
The Josephé Joaquín de Olmedo darán the welcome for the first time regular way a is avión, that to más of being the más modern fleet Air Europa, is the MáIt's modern that jamáhas operated regular passenger flights in Ecuador.
It is very important to clarify that this is not the first time that Boeing 787 lands in Ecuador and specíficaly, to beá the fourth time I do it in Guayaquil. The visits of this avión have been the following:
- First time: a Dreamliner lands in Ecuador, this happened on 6 February 2016 when the príncipe Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates ÁUnited Arabs visitó the país.
- Second time: this opportunity was given 22 November 2016 when due to an emergencyésays a Boeing 787 from Avianca debió landing in Guayaquil while flying from Bogotaá a Santiago.
- Third time: on this occasionóIt was precisely an Air Europa Dreamliner, which made the route Lima – Guayaquil et alí leave team téconical and mechanicaláunique in this airport for repairón of an Airbus A330 and later continuedó towards Madrid.
This is an important step for Ecuador, although for now it will only beán 2 flights, these allowán to the airíneed to analyze the performance of the aircraftón on a short and hot track like Guayaquil, to theí measure profitability and performance.
You introduce herón de is avión to the market beá gradual and little by littleáAir Europa frequencies areán operated by this aircraftón towards Ecuador, that in the long run, Eastá intended to be the replacement for the current Airbus A330 that triangulate between Quito – Guayaquil and Madrid.
From Latinamérica, only few paíthey have not had the operationón regular del Boeing 787. Until the dítoday Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela, next to Ecuador, are part of this list, but in a few daysíso we will get out of it.
¿Becauseé arriveá the boeing 787 to Guayaquil?
These flights have the carácharacter of specials and are due to the contingency that paulatíIt's just coming to the airílines operated by Boeing 787 with motors Rolls-Royce Trent 1000. As it isá passing with LATAM Ecuador that operates Wamos aircraft, Air Europa isá ajustando su operationón to be able to keep its fleet operational in all its long-haul destinations.
In high season, Air Europa operates to Ecuador 5 weekly flights on Airbus A330, but the airínea has a fleet of 10 boeing aircraft 787, but these areán entering preventive maintenance imposed by the authorities and engine manufacturer.
Given this, in this high season the airlineínea isá operating only with 4 weekly flights and even, some flights to leaveán to pass through Quito until this situationón be resolved until possibly, end of toñO.
The 3 July the first flight will take placeá Madrid – Guayaquil with passengers and travelá ferry (vacíO, without passengers) to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Meanwhile he 28 August beá the other way around, the flight arriveá ferry to Guayaquil and departá to Madrid with passengers.
Time
- 3 of July:
- Flight UX037 leaves Madrid at 18:45pm and lands in Guayaquil at 23:10.
- Flight UX027 takes off from Guayaquil at 05:45 and lands in Sao Paulo at 10:45
- 28 of August:
- Flight UX027 takes off from Sao Paulo at 04:40 am and lands in Guayaquil at 10:00am
- Flight UX40 takes off from Guayaquil at 11:35am
Schedules subject to operational changes and approvalón governmental.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
It's avión offers a new concept of flying, where the passenger is the main beneficiary. The Dreamliner guarantees greater convenience and comfort, more space and less exhaustion effect on passengers, what users to and from Ecuador will undoubtedly noticeán as a great differentiator.
The main characteríBoeing statics 787 for your éoperational success, Eastá in its low costs per flight hour. Thanks to lower fuel consumption, lower maintenance costs, higher cruising speed, mayor autonomía, más cargo revenue, modern engines and aerodynamicsáadvanced mica, they turn him «money maker» of the aerosolsíclear and without talking about the benefits for the environment, when issuing a 20% less Co2 than other aircraft on the market.
of these planes, Air Europa currently has a fleet of 10 planes, más 16 planes on orders to beán delivered untilñO 2022.
the airínea beá the first regular operator of this aircraftón in Ecuador, what alsoén allowá and helpá to that a future, other aerosolíneas like KLM, LATAM, Avianca, American Airlines, United and others operate it regularly in Ecuador, since I know how to countá with personnel and airports certified for its operationón.
Specifications tétechniques
Air Europa has the versions -8 (8 planes) and -9 (2 planes) in his fleet.
787-8 | 787-9 | 787-10 | |
Ability (2-lessons) | 242 | 290 | 330 |
rank nm | 7,355 nmi | 7,635 nmi | 6,430 nmi |
Length | 57 m | 63 m | 68 m |
Wingspan | 60 m | ||
Alto | 17 m | ||
engines | GEnx-1B / Trent 1000 | GEnx-1B / Trent 1000 | GEnx-1B / Trent 1000 |