May
10
2012
After 52 years of service, the current International Airport of Quito, Mariscal Sucre [IATA airport code: UIO], switches off its lights and closes permanently on October 11, 2012. The original airport was built in 1960 on 126 hectares of land, located in the north of Quito. Due to its location in the middle of a …
Mar
08
2012
DATE: March 8th 2012 The Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas (Ministry of Transport and Public Works), the Consejo Nacional de la Aviación Civil (National Civil Aviation Council) and the Dirección General de Aviación Civil DAC (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), presented the compensations to be given to air passengers in the event of non-compliance …
Feb
16
2012
ROUND TRIP GALAPAGOS AIRLINE TICKET Flights are automatically reserved when you book a cruise. There are three daily flights (two on Tame and one on Aerogal) to and from the Galapagos Islands, routed: Quito – Guayaquil – Galapagos – Guayaquil – Quito. Therefore, one can depart from either Quito or Guayaquil and then return to either Guayaquil or …
Dec
19
2011
December 19th, 2011 Latest news update … Official information coming from the two major airlines operating Galapagos Islands flights (i.e., TAME and AEROGAL) in regards to flight rate increases from January 1st, 2012: AEROGAL states the following … USD $50 per person per way (e.g. Quito-Galapagos or Galapagos-Quito) for flights to/from Quito for Baltra & …
Nov
14
2011
Initiating December 1st, 2011 Aerogal airline will start operating flights to both Coca and Lago Agrio from Quito. These new routes will be operated by their Airbus 319 (with capacity for 120 passengers). According to the airline, these will be the schedules: QUITO – LAGO AGRIO – QUITO Route: QUITO- LAGO AGRIO Flt. No.: 2K50 …
Sep
22
2011
President Rafael Correa – under Presidential Decree no.885 published on September 20th, 2011 – declares the period of Wednesday, November 2nd through to Sunday, November 6th, 2011 as a holiday long weekend throughout Ecuador. This five-day National Public holiday falls during both the religious celebrations of the Dia de los Difuntos (November 2nd) and the …
Sep
20
2011
On Friday, September 16th 2011 at 19h00 a TAME airline airplane (Embraer 190), flight no.148 from Loja to Quito, crashed into the far north safety extension region of the Quito International Airport of Mariscal Sucre. Aboard were 97 passengers and 6 crew. No victims were reported, and 11 people received medical attention. The TAME plane ended up some 300 …
Jun
21
2011
JUNE 21 2011 The Ecuadorian National Aviation Authorities (DAC – Dirección General de Aviación Civil) temporarily suspends Air Cuenca operations due to technical problems that do not guarantee the safety and security of the passengers (according to an article published in El Comercio on June 21st, 2010. According to this news source, Air Cuenca can …
