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We fly with Vuela West from Quito to Lago Agrio

In this new flight report we will talk about cówhat it's like to fly with the Vuela West service between Quito Airports and Sour Lake.

Thanks to the invitationócompany number fly west, which is in charge of marketingón of these flights operated by the taxi toéreo no regular West Airways departs from West Pacific, I was able to fly in a Cessna 421 executive between Quito and Lago Agrio, at the beginning of this service.

With prices ranging from $79 dóhomes per section including fees and taxes, the company startedó to offer these non-scheduled flights on an avión with capacity for 6 passengers, what to allowán boost aviationón general del paíyes and alsoén offer new options on this route, where there is currently no aerolíregular line operating.

I commentó during the flight that alsoén offerán this same service to other cities such as Esmeraldas in a first stage.

In this way, ATTENDé on the first flight and hereí I tell you cóWhat was it like to live this different experience?:

We start with vídeo of the report:

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As passengers and guests board, take advantageé to take some photos of the West Airways Cessna 421C.
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Tail of the aircraft to flyímasters towards Lago Agrio.
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Some details of the cockpit.
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This Cessna 421C Golden Eagle has matrícula HC-CSW.
Cessna 421C Golden Eagle
Ready to take off on the runway 36.
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Pilots going over the checklist.
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The beautiful landscapes of the rising Ecuadorian mountains.
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The Volcán Cayambe is elusive, but on this occasion it could be seen from the air.
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The Cessna passenger cabin 421, all with masksógically. It's avión has the capacity to 6 passengers or 7 themselvesúin the configurationón.
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The details clásics of this avión, in case of depressurizationón the mask is connected to the plug on the right.
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Starting the descent towards Lago Agrio. During flight, for the charactersísticas de la operación, no service is offered on board.
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The beautiful Ecuadorian Amazon, prówe are about to land. The flight lastedón of 31 minutes.
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Long finish to the track 06 (my GoPro in actionón, but the vídeo no se grabó).
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for collectors, así It is the security card.
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The Lago Agrio Airport terminal. the grandfatherón is very cómode for short flightsón like this. Given the current demand for tráI'm theéreo aircraft with this capacity couldíwill still be the pillar to once again stimulate demand on a larger scale.

I hope you liked this report of the third flight since March of this year.ñO, on this occasion tooén in a new planeón and company that does not existíhas flown before.

As usual, we predict égood luck in this operationón and above all, let her flyón Ecuadorian in all its aspects continues to grow and recoverácoming out of the worst crisis in historyórich industry.

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2 comments on “We flew with Vuela West from Quito to Lago Agrio”

  1. Very interesting report Nicolás. Exactly the article I needed as an example since in Paraguay we are studying this same type of regular air taxi operation from a local company to points in the interior of the country with a Cessna 402 and also analyzing the possible incorporation of a Fairchild Metro 23.

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