the airínea Avianca startó two new routes to and from Averageín, with direct flights to Quito and Guayaquil, today I tell you cówhat were these two inaugural flights.
A new flight report, but multiplied by two it reaches the blog, where I tell you that I was part of two inaugural flights that connected to Ecuador with an important tourist destinationístic: Averageín.
the week of 26 al 28 last March was very important and moving for connectivity toépa areaís, having won in so few daysías 22 new weekly frequencies and the máIt's shocking of all, is that they all went with Colombia.
Avianca inauguratesó flights to and from Medellín
Within the new frequencies inaugurated in these daysías, seven of these correspond to direct flights with Averageín both from Quito how to Guayaquil.
Thanks to the coordinationón and collaborationón from Avianca Ecuador I could be part of these two first direct flights of the airlineíline towards the «city of eternal spring» arriving at José International Airporté María Córdova that just serves this beautiful city.
We now start the report multiplied by two, where as in first installment, comment themé about cómo was the inaugural flight from Quito to Medellín. we start:
Inaugural flight from Quito to Medellín
We started with the flight report on YouTube of this new flight:
At Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport tookó held the launch ceremony of this new route from Room A8, in which it was toldó with the presence of local authorities, government and airlineínea, who stressed the importance of this new route to promoteá cultural exchange and tourismíaesthetic of both destinations.
At 17:30 hours is the agreed itinerary for this flight to take off from the Ecuadorian capital, being likeí, the flight took offó exactly at 17:40 direct to Averageín, leaving behindás the need to make stopovers of several hours in Bogotaá O Panamá how are youáwe travelers were used to.
This flight meant the restart of direct flights between the two cities, who saw his úHe is undergoing surgeryón enters 2013 and 2014, at that moment LAN Perú operated the route from Lima, but it was suspendedó due to low profitability, now, thanks to meás connection optionsón a Mediumín with the network Avianca, couldíWe expect a better result in the long term by being able to have greater demand.
This first flight was made in the Airbus A320-200 foodícula HC-CTX, con MSN 4789, which has 11 añyou since your first flight and arrivedó new of fábrica Avianca. It's avióIt is powered by CFM engines and has a configurationón in a single class for 180 passengers with the new airline seatsínea.
prior to towing, the crewón of the flight gave a few words of welcome and indicated más details about this first flight and alsoéThey warned us to be attentive to the realizationón of a traditional event in aviationón: the water arch.
With this new flight, Avianca with its different subsidiaries reach a total of 8 international destinations to and from Ecuador that operate directly, which makes it the main aerolíne as to núnumber of airports served from/to the countryís.
Let's talk about the service and entertainment inside the avión. It is one of the topics that más debate generates among airline travelersínea, for this reason we will mention it again in this report. We start with the service on board.
As we know, Avianca currently has the payment service for food and beverages with your Menú on board that we reviewed in detail in a past installment on the blog, so you have the optionón buying something inside the planeón, to bring your food or wait for your destination to eat something.
Now let's talk about entertainment. how do you know, the airíno changesó from seats inside your fleet hallway único, with what I eliminatedó individual entertainment screens and this caused annoyance to users. But, the airínea isá working on offering WiFi on its flights with the Aviancaonair.com streaming system.
This system is already enabled on several of the fleet's aircraft and you will knowás for posters on the seats of the planeón and alsoén by the crew announcementón.
So now you canán use the free streaming service Avianca or bring your own pelípreviously downloaded files on their cell phones and use the available USB plugs. Note that some airplanesúThey don't have them installed.
The flight was generally smooth with some areas of turbulence and had a durationón exacta de 1 hour and 9 minutes, which will beá the average duration timeón of this route, that if we compare with what it can take to fly vía Bogotaá O Panamá, is greatly reduced, since as we saw in a report uploaded in YouTube, You can take 5 hours of travel quietly this experience.
as we saw, the occupationóThis first flight is a premonition of a good future for the route, what to look forá over time increase its frequencies taking advantage of international and domestic connectionséstatics available in the Rionegro Airport that serves Averageín.
It should be noted that at the time of arrival at the airport, noó no special ceremony, but the new destination was notorious on the airport screens. at this very point, the arrival time is very favorable due to immigration issues, since it is the úthe only one that arrives in the range of 19 hours, having taken the immigration processón and customs nothing máI know that 15 minutes versus Bogotá's hour and a halfá It is very favorable for the traveler's time.
Inaugural flight Medellín – Guayaquil
Two díundress themés of the inaugural flight to Medellín since Quito, and llegó the turn to Guayaquil to receive the first flight from this same airport, which add up to a total of 7 Ecuador weekly frequencies – Averageín.
After being close to 32 hours in Averageín and finally be able to get to know some of its many tourist attractions.ístatic, me dirigí to José Airporté María Córdova serving this city on international flights, a journey that has a durationón of just 30 minutes thanks to a large road infrastructure that has been built.
We begin this report with the corresponding Flight Report on the YouTube channel that you will surely like.á with a lot of máwith informationón available on this route:
from this airport, travelers from Guayaquil will be able toán enjoy, a más of the city as a final destination, a series of national and international connections such as Cartagena, Cali, Delún, New York it is included Madrid thanks to the network of destinations Avianca that has been growingño a año and MDE.
This first flight, and as data that you always want to know, contó with an occupationón of 130 passengers leaving Averageín, while the return from Guayaquil embarked 167 passengers, Very promising initial figures for this route too.én.
A difference that may catch your attention.ón, is that the flight Averageín – Guayaquil For now it is operated by Avianca Colombia, so the flight has differences AV137, while the flight operated by Avianca Ecuador to this destination is AV8386, which clearly differentiatesé flight is operated by one or another subsidiary.
This flight was operated on the Airbus A320 N284AV, with núserious grouper 4284, which has 13 años since their first new flight of fáIt is manufactured by Avianca and has a configurationón to 180 passengers in a single, high-density class.
On this inaugural flight, it was not doneó no special ceremony such as participationónumber of authorities, words the strap cutting, but yesí We were sent off towards Guayaquil with the traditional and inevitable water arch.
These flights depart from Averageín the Díthe mars, thursday and sábad at 14:50 hours and landing in Guayaquil at 16:45 hours, with a durationón of 1 hour and 55 approximate minutes of flight.
Usually, the in-flight service is similar to that offered by Avianca Ecuador, but in this avión in particular, existó a noticeable difference, aún the plugs with connection were not activeón USB A y C, so the passengers who wantedían charge your devices to use the Aviancaonair system, whatsí was available, They could not do it and they made this situation known.ón to the crewón, indicating them to be installedá próximaente once the avión entry to maintenance programmed.
The flight passedó no news más that some areas of turbulence given the climate that predominates in the úlast weeks in the regionón, but what after 1 hours and 29 minutes of flight took usó back home and allowed usó witness a new inaugural flight in Ecuador, that in just a few daysías saw increased in más de 15 new weekly frequencies your connectivity offer.
We wish all ésuccesses to these new routes, as wellén to the others that will comeán in the prónext weeks for the different airílines that continue to bet on our countryís on aero mattersáutica.
