the airíecuadorian nea Equair startó its regular flights between the cities of Quito and Coca, initially operating with six weekly frequencies on airplanes Boeing 737-700NG.
The 25 last september, the airínea Equair inauguratedó your new route between Quito and The Coca, Here’s Amazoníto ecuadorian. The flight, that is done with airplanes Boeing 737-700, has a durationón of no más de 25 minutes.
La ceremonia de inaugurationón tookó out in the Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport, with the presence of government authorities, company representatives, guests and the first passengers of the route.
We start this Flight Report with the official video on the channel YouTube so they can see in meás detail everything experienced during the inaugurationón of this new route:
At the beginningó flights to El Coca
We must begin this report by indicating that since the 25 last september, the airínea now operates to five destinationsésticos in Ecuador, after 20 meses de operationón the aerolínew amount The Coca a Quito, Guayaquil, Baltra and San Cristóbal, that más the new route announced to Loja, allow themá close the año with six destinations in total.
the airíNEA advances in its consolidation processón in the national market and continue iIncreasing your participation rateómarket number, in the context of an aviationón growing, the outlook is positive.
Moving forward with the flight report cont.ándoles that the flight Quito-El Coca operateá six times a week from Sunday to Friday, with a rate from $158 dólares round trip with fees and taxes.
Having said that, I was invited by the airlineínea to be part of the inaugural flight, so since 7:30 am me presenté at Quito airport in Check Zone A, where is the airport locatedíline to receive my boarding pass. Hereí It is important to indicate that the aerosolínea has a web check-in system with no cost for selectionónumber of seats they can make from 24 hours before the flight with your cóI say reserve.
On the other hand, the price as indicatedé más above includes at no additional charge and in all rates a carry-on suitcase and one in the hold of up to 23 kilos, so if you travel with these artírotten assesán check them without problem.
After the check, me dirigí towards door A1, where will it come fromíto the inaugural flight and alsoén ahí come trueíto the formal ceremony and press conference, máIt's a cocktail for authorities, passengers, press and special guests.
After this event, the flight startedó your boarding within the itinerary, agreed for the 9:45 am, remembering hereí what Equair boarding in groups, so oweán wait for your group to be called to get up and go to the line.
After boarding and welcome by the pilot in command of the flight, We start towing and ignition with the respective water arch to take off towards The Coca at 9:58 hours, to theí enjoy the landscape and the transitionón from the Andes to the Amazoníwith Cayambe as the protagonist, así I recommend that on this route you always request a window on the right side of the plane.ón.
The flight Quito to El Coca has a duration ofón of no más 25 minutes under normal conditions, This is why the service on the route is limited to the delivery of a Pacari chocolate during boarding., couldán ask the crew for waterón case that theí require it. It is worth indicating as additional information that the use of bañyou on this route areá restricted.
About flight schedules, estos isán scheduled to take off from Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport as HN1050 at 9:45 a.m. and reach the El Coca Airport at 10:20 a.m. For the return, Flight HN1051 takes off at 11:00 a.m landing back in Quito at 11:35 a.m.
the grandfatherón used for the route is a Boeing 737-700, with capacity for 132 passengers in two classes, Let us remember that at the moment the airínea has three aircraft of this type in its fleet.
Upon arrival at Coca, received usó a heavy rainstormóonly one that allowedó for the first time what I calledé «a water arch natural» that disappearsó spaghettién to that carried out by the aerial firefightersáuticos of the Francisco de Orellana Airport.
After the respective style, We were received by local authorities as wellén by a traditional dance group from the area, what started this new operationón of Equair in El Coca, with which this airport once again has three airportsíne operating together with LATAM Ecuador and Aeroregional.
As final data, through the airport “Francisco Orellana” they mobilized 123.945 passengers experiencing growth in 177,46% with respect toñor earlier that were registered 44.672 passengers, so the núgroupers are interesting as this is the séptima terminal aérea más important of Ecuador.
Ésuccess to Equair on this new route.
