Avianca Ecuador requests flights between Guayaquil and New York

the airínea Avianca Ecuador has requested new flights to operate between the cities of Guayaquil and New York.

One of the routes más important for tráfices from Ecuador tenderíto a new competitor, Avianca Ecuador has requested the National Aviation Councilón Civil to be assigned frequencies to fly to New York.

With order entered on 20 of June, Avianca Ecuador S.A requests to renew and modify its operating permitón for performanceón of the transport service toéreo, público, international, regular passenger, combined face and mail and increment the following route:

• Guayaquil – New York – Guayaquil with up to seven (7) weekly frequencies, with traffic rightsáfic of third and fourth freedoms of the air.

Once this request is authorized, the airíno dutyá perform the tasksárespective mites before the Department of Transportations – DoT of the USA and respective certification processesón before a potential start of flights.

How to speakímasters reviewed in the interview with David Aleman weeks agoás, they tell usó exclusively than the Aerolínea was looking for the opportunity for new flights «point to point» From Ecuador, so these possible flights areán confirming the intentionón indicated to grow más in the país.

The order remembers the fleet that is part of your operating permit.ón:

• Airbus A318
• Airbus A319
• Airbus A320
• Airbus A321
• Airbus A330

With these teams we can speculate a potential start with airplanes Airbus A320neo (7 available the Holding), Airbus A321neo (2 available) o Airbus A330 (7 available) which canícome to Ecuador like fleet exchange, what we will be able to know and confirm details más adelante monúAerol's plans are not clarifiedínea.

If this intention is realizedón, Avianca Ecuador competeíbetween Guayaquil and New York with JetBlue (2 Daily flights), Eastern Airlines (5 weekly flights) and LATAM Ecuador (until 9 weekly flights, route suspended since March 2020).

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