Tame EP stops flying to Lima since March

Since March 2019, Tame EP stop flying to Lima, route that currently operates with a daily flight Monday to Sunday in Airbus A319 and Embraer aircraft 190.

Continuing with his plan 2019 of improvements in your operationón/profitability, the airíecuadorian flag line leaveá to fly to the capital of the Perú from the 5 of March, being your úlast flight on 5 of this month.

UPDATEÓN 01/03/2019

the airínea was authorized to suspend the route between Quito and Lima for the period of 1 añor to count from 6 from March below Resolución 02-2019:

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The flight that unites Jorge Cháturn with the Marshal Sucre from Tame EP startó the 26 November 2012 as part of the aggressive expansion planóinternational airlineínea at that time and it was the séoptimal international destination for the airlineínea.

Now this route is added to Salinas and New York like the más recent canceled/suspended routes with the aim of seeking profitability and getting ahead of the crisis that startedó the 2016.

In the recent interview with Octavius ​​Pérez General Manager of Tame EP, we were able to know that the airínea leaveá to operate any route that is not profitable and the airlineídon't focusá in recovering the market aerocommercial doméEcuadorian stico, your main source of income today.

reasons

Although it has not been known, for now, the official reasons for the closure of the route, We can understand from what was previously discussed in the interview, that this route does not fulfillíat employment levelsón and expected profitability.

Additional, It must be taken into account that this route operates mainly as a feeder route to and from the Quito route. – New York that stops operating and is suspended this 31 from January.

The máThe important source of income for this route were the passengers who flew from Lima to Quito and continued.ían in connectionón towards New York, so it is important to remember that this route was moved to Guayaquil when the route máTame's important tooén was moved towards the «Main Port».

With the closing of Lima, the airíI want to stayá operating internationally úonly to Cali, Bogotaá and Fort Lauderdale.

Finally, the Quito route – Lima stayá served by Avianca Ecuador, LATAM Ecuador and very soon Peruvian Airlines, which to take advantage ofá the space left by Tame EP to take that space in the market.