En is fasting, we will say goodbyeós end to Tame Airbus A330 HC-COH, which was the first avión wide body from aerolíflag line from Ecuador.
After the closure of the route between Quito and New York last 31 January for at least one toñO, arrivedó the time to say goodbye to the avión más largest that has operated with the Ecuadorian flag in history and alsoén the first grandfatherón widebody that Tame EP has operated.
En is fasting, We will review a little of its history in Ecuador and imágenes of this birdón since its presentationón official until díupon his departure, hoy 17 February 2019 when the avión is returned to its ownerño one AGAINST St Athan (ICAO: EGDX, THERE IT IS: GDX) in wales.
History of Airbus A330 HC-COH
The first grandfatherón widebody aerolínea leggó a Guayaquil airport – Ecuador at 16:45PM of díto tuesday 9 July 2013 departing from lourdes, France around 21:00 France time of día anterior.
Under the radio called Airbus 348 the grandfatherón could be detected at various stages of its flight in the Flight Radar system 24 at that time and allowedó to all AvGeek Ecuadorians be attentive and carry out cácalculations of his arrival.
After something más de 13 flight hours, the grandfatherón enrolled HC-COH entered space for the first timeéEcuadorian prisoner for the positionón border with Colombia, CERTIFICATE, provoking the reaction in several social networksón of hundreds of people, that más late harían from Tame and this avión a trend on social networks like Twitter.
the grandfatherón más big that jamáit's an aerosolíEcuadorian nea has operated, surpassing even the DC-10 of Ecuadorian from Aviación, Saeta's Airbus A310 and the Boeing 767 from AeroGal and LATAM Ecuador, landedó on the Jos tracké Joaquín of Olmedo shortly before 17 hours, to later be “exhibited” first of all the Guayaquil airport staff, since it was instructedó to the pilots, noteworthy were Airbus instructors, fulfilling the lease, to roll through various areas of the airport so thatí own and extrañadmire this great achievement of the airlineíEcuadorian flag.
The history of this relatively new Airbus A330-243 aircraft dates back to theñO 2.000 when your first and úsole previous owner, Emirates, I received itía for its long-haul and high-demand flights at its base in Dubai. said aerosolínea operó it's avión until October 2012, when the aircraft was stored in Lourdes, France waiting for a new operator.
Notó very little time until Tame took over the lease of this aircraft, which isá equipped with two powerful Rolls Royce RR Trent 772B-60 engines and has a configurationón internal in two classes for up to 278 passengers, 27 in Business Class and 251 in Econ Classómica.
This aircraft at the time will beíto the initial step of the great internationalizationón of the aerolínea, where in máIt's an opportunity we talked aboutó of the possibility of incorporating a second Airbus A330, twin of HC-COH for «cross the pond» and arrive with flights to Europe and más allá, but this plan neverás itself concretó and now long-distance flights for the contras seem very distant againída Tame EP.
Ecuador's Farewell
Prior to departure of the planeón, comes trueó a farewell water arch by the aeron firefightersáuticos.
the grandfatherón goneó from the Quito airport at 13:40 with first stopover in Guayaquil on 17 February at the command of 4 Ecuadorian pilots, afterés takeoff, the grandfatherón madeó a low pass over the capital's airport to officially say goodbye to this terminal and its staff.
Subsequently, at 17:00 approximately flyán straight towards Wales, where it expects to land after approximately 14 flight hours and be returned to its owner, which to look forá incorporate it into another aerosolínea or maybe, end your life úto.
Galería
Vídeo aboard the Airbus 330 during your presentationón.
We predict better días para la aerolíEcuadorian state line, where they can resume the route to New York, again incorporate wide body aircraft or others that allow an operationón profitable and long term, for sustained growth internationally and domesticallyéstic of the hand.
¡Adiós HC-COH!
