Eastern Airlines cancels its flights between Miami and Guayaquil

the airínea northamerican Eastern Airlines announces that it cancels its direct flights between the airports of Miami and Guayaquil. Photo by @metalflyingbirds

less than one toño atrás and in the midst of the pandemic that we continue to experience, Eastern Airlines made the inaugural flight between Guayaquil and Miami one dayía 9 July 2020, aiming to strengthen its presence in Ecuador and take advantage of the enormous trápassenger line that exists between Guayaquil and the south of the state of Florida.

Right now, the route is seeníhighly promising, even it arrivedó to a peak of 4 weekly flights since its inaugurationón last July, but to the cancellation announcementón operated úwith only two weekly flights onías Tuesdays and Sundays on Boeing airplanes 767-200 and 300.

Facing a lower-than-expected outlook, pese al boom del tVaccine tourism to the United States, the airínea has been forced to cancel this route indefinitely and pending better prospects to reconnect the International Airports of Miami and Guayaquil..

This informationón has been confirmed by the same páairline websiteínea, where the following message is reflected:

All Miami (MY) <—> Guayaquil (GYE) flights after July 7th have been cancelled. Please contact the call center (+1-855-216-7601) or your travel agent to receive a full refund.

Are youí that from the 7 July 2021 the airínea Eastern cancels its flights between Miami and Guayaquil and calls on affected passengers to contact its call center or travel agent, who were alsoénot informed of this decisionón with this statement:

https://twitter.com/ricardomedinao/status/1408913239803584514?s=20

To cancelón of this route passídue to the increase in frequencies by American Airlines on this same route with 3 Daily flights, más the increase in the presence of JetBlue from Fort Lauderdale. Despite this cancellationón, Eastern's flights between New York and Guayaquil will continueán and even with the projectionón to move Miami frequencies to said route.

At the moment, plans to start flights to Quito from Miami and New York remain for the month of September with their new Boeing 777, subject lólogically to changes that may occur in the market.