Manta flights – Galapagos: What is lacking?

In a short time the start of flights between Manta and Galápaid, but ¿thaté What is missing for this to become a reality??

Once inaugurated (again) the new passenger terminal Eloy Alfaro International Airport In the city of Manta, expectations are high regarding the development of new direct routes from this airport..

Several months agoás, metó of the to intendón of LATAM Ecuador in flying towards Galápayments from this airport with significant growth potential, but there has been no news about that project. Now the name of Avianca Ecuador like aerosolíI'm interested in doing it.

Manta to Gal flightsápaid

With the terminal working and the intentions of the aerolíideas to fly from Manta to Galápayments we must review whaté is needed for these flights to take place.

Normally, thinkíwe love that it is very fácil, the airínea flies and ready, but in the case of Galápayments for environmental control and powers of the provincial government, Several modifications must be made to regulations and even the acquisitionón of equipment to be able to have these flights.

let's remember, before moving forward, that at the moment úonly airports authorized to issue passengers to Galápaid are those of Guayaquil and Quito, this is the preápath to move forward with what is needed.

¿Whaté it is necessary?

1. Whaté the airíinterested company modify its operating permitón to include point Blanket: currently the routes areán composed of Quito and/or Guayaquil to Galápaid. In this way, the interested company mustíto modify to do it Quito and/or Guayaquil and/or Manta as an example.
2. Fueling: themselvesún NOTAM this point is alreadyá solved, but dutyá go through the respective quality control audits by the airlinesíguidelines so that it meets its parámeters.
3. El Reglamento de Migración and Residence of the RéSpecial Gal moanápayments must be modified: ordinance no. 001-CGREG-V-V-2017, in specíI love the art. 46 has as úonly departure airports to Galápayments from Quito and Guayaquil.
4. Favorable reports are required to be issued by ABG, DPNG y CGREG para la operationón of these flights.
5. Acquiredónumber of teams: X-rays and/or tomographs to reviewónumber of hand luggage and bodega are required for the reviewón of the same and soí prevent the entry of artíforbidden asses to the islands.
6. Personal: should beá train and hire personnel for the different entities mentioned in point 4.
7. Others

Consulté to the Minister of Transport about it and he told meó which in total are 26 points to be owedán solve:

They're like 26 steps in the roadmap that was preparedó the 12 December to reach this target before the 31 from January 2023. The Vice Minister @aguilarh_jose Eastá a cargo. The inspectionón de ABG see haveá with my presence in Manta. cordially invited @n_larenas, if you have time.

— Butíabout V. Herrera (@dariovherrera) December 28, 2022

¿Whaté Advantages Manta offers?

You may be wondering whyáhe aerosolsícompanies want to cover this route now and not before. I am going to detail some advantages over the traditional t scaleécnica in Guayaquil:

• Aviation fuel subsidyón
• Reduced airport taxes
• Under tráI'm theéreo
• Clue ógreat
• Meteorologistía favorable

Based on the first two points, we can think that the aerosolíneas are interested in Manta since they go downíits operating costs compared to stopping in Guayaquil, although the challengeíor beá in counting on the demand to fill the traveler quotas that normally increaseístill in the Olympic Games to fill the quotas from Quito.

For now, Let's hope these pending progress and these flights come to fruition and alsoén the international ones to beían aún más attractive towards Panamá for instance.