Avianca Ecuador

Avianca Ecuador
IATA code :	2K
ICAO code :	GLG
Call sign :	GALAPAGOS
Founding:	1985 (as AeroGal)
Seat:	Quito , Ecuador
Turnstile :	Quito Guayaquil
Home airport :	Quito
Alliance :	Star Alliance
Frequent Flyer Program :	LifeMiles
Fleet size:	10
Aims:	National and international
Website:	avianca.com

Avianca Ecuador (until the beginning of 2018 AeroGal ) is an Ecuadorian airline based in Quito and based at Quito Airport . It belongs to Avianca Holdings and has been operating externally under the Avianca Ecuador brand since June 2014.

history

The company was founded in November 1985 as AeroGal (officially Aerolineas Galapagos). The start of flight operations took place in 1986 with the Dornier Do 28 D Skyservant . At the end of 2009, 80% of the airline was taken over by the Synergy Group , which also owns Avianca Holdings . The change of ownership had no effect on the company's name or branding. In order to expand the fleet, letters of intent for the procurement of 51 aircraft from the manufacturer Airbus were made at the 2011 Paris Air Show .

Avianca Holdings merged the Ecuadorian airline VIP with AeroGal in 2012 . This initially continued flight operations under its previous name. From June 19, 2014, AeroGal appeared externally under the brand Avianca Ecuador, but the official company name was not changed accordingly. At the same time, their planes were given the red and white livery of the Avianca umbrella brand , which all aircraft of all Avianca Holdings subsidiaries carry.

At the beginning of 2018, the company was officially renamed Avianca Ecuador SA. The existing AeroGal Air Operator Certificate is used to continue flight operations .

Destinations

Although the name and the paint scheme referred to the Galapagos Islands, it was not until the end of 2003 that AeroGal was allowed to fly to the Galápagos Islands . Connections within Ecuador and the Galápagos were served from their hubs in Quito and Guayaquil. In addition to Bogotá in Colombia, the international destinations also included destinations outside South America. In 2014, AeroGal made regular flights to New York and Miami .

fleet

As of March 2020, the Avianca Ecuador fleet consists of ten aircraft with an average age of 11.6 years:

Aircraft type	active	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( Business / Economy )
Airbus A319-100	4th			120 (12/108)
Airbus A320-200	6th			150 (12/138)
total	10	-

In the course of its history, AeroGal also operated aircraft of the types Boeing 727-200 , Boeing 737-200 , Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 767-300ER .

See also

• Former Airlines List (America)

Web links

• Avianca Ecuador website (in Spanish, English, Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ official list of abbreviations (PDF; 4.4 MB) of the FAA (ICAO code and callsign of Avianca Ecuador)
2. ↑ La empresa. (No longer available online.) AeroGal, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved April 6, 2014 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} In: Aero International . Issue no. 1/2010, page 46.
4. ↑ Parisian fireworks display continues . airliners.de. June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
5. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Avianca relies on the uniform brand aerotelegraph.com from February 19, 2013
6. ^ Aero Transport Data Bank, AeroGa l , accessed January 7, 2018
7. ↑ AeroGal to rebrand as Avianca Ecuador , Ch-Aviation, January 3, 2018, accessed on January 7, 2018 (English)
8. ↑ ^{a b} aerogal.com.ec: Historia ( Memento of April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on April 6, 2014 (Spanish)
9. ^ Avianca Ecuador Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 16, 2020 . 
10. ↑ avianca.com - Our Fleet (in English) accessed on February 10, 2015