With what to beá the return of the airlineíNea to the province of Manabí with three weekly flights the díthe mars, Thursdays and Sundays mark the beginning of a new expansion planón judgementéair balloonínea, what's waiting tooén start flights to Coca, Santa Rosa and más frequencies to Galápaid since april 2020.
as we indicate, this route is not new for Latam, in the AñO 2013 It was inaugurated some time laterés of the opening of the then new Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport, but it was suspended shortly afteréonly by decisionón commercial.
maiden flight
Now the situationón has changed in the país, there is passenger growth, new incentives have been implemented for aerolíareas that are added to the fuel subsidy for airports managed by the DGAC and there are moreás competition what isá stimulating the market.
Within this best environment for aerosolsídenies, ATTENDé in what was the fourth new route inaugurated during this 2019 on sun flightsésticos in Ecuador thanks to the invitationón from LATAM Ecuador, así was this first flight:
the grandfatherón for this flight was HC-CPZ, MSN 4598, with 8 añyou since your first flight, configured in a single class for 144 passengers and powered by two IAE V2524-A5 engines.
Galería
During the ceremony at the Manta Airport.
Back in Quito.
Boarding Process.
cupcake detail.
From the LATAM A319, watching the Avianca A319.
The new terminal advances to be ready in May 2020.
What a pleasure to have LATAM back in Manta. Congratulations!