Ecuatoriana de Aviación

Ecuatoriana Ecuatoriana de Aviación
Boeing 707 of Ecuatoriana, Miami 1992
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Founding:	1957 (as Compañía Ecuatoriana de Aviación)
Operation stopped:	2006
Seat:	Quito , Ecuador
Turnstile :	Quito
Company form:	Corporation
Frequent Flyer Program :	Lider Club
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Aims:	National and international
Ecuatoriana Ecuatoriana de Aviación ceased operations in 2006. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Empresa Ecuatoriana de Aviación was an Ecuadorian airline based in Quito and based on the Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre . It became the flag carrier of Ecuador after nationalization .

Boeing 720 of the Ecuatoriana, 1976

history

The establishment on February 1 , 1957 as Compañía Ecuatoriana de Aviación CEA was initiated by the same American investor who already owned Aerolíneas Peruanas, SA (APSA) and TAN (Transportes Aereos Nacionales) Honduras as well as CINTA (Compañía Nacional de Turismo Aéreo) in Chile to create a consortium that would compete with Pan American-Grace Airways and Braniff. In the age of piston engines, the company flew with C-46 and Douglas DC-4 , Douglas DC-6 and, as a special feature, from 1968 with a UC-67 , which is now in the Air Force Museum in Quito. The shares in the company were increasingly taken over by Ecuadorian business people. The original first international flights to Miami initially took place with a stopover in Panama , and later there were also flights via Bogotá .

Seven Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft flew for the company from 1967 to 1972 and then flew for TAME . In 1974 the company was nationalized, the name changed from Compañía Ecuatoriana de Aviación to Empresa Ecuatoriana de Aviación , and the aircraft, like those of the TAME for many years, carried both military and civilian plates. During this time, Boeing 707 aircraft and a Douglas DC-10 joined the fleet , while the route network covered the entire American double continent from Canada to Chile. Two Airbus A310s were delivered at the beginning of the 1990s , but the upcoming re-privatization during an economic crisis in the country led to a lack of capital.

From 1993 to 1996 there was no flight operation, the parent company was Viação Aérea São Paulo from 1995 , which held just over 50 percent of the shares, while the rest remained with the Ecuadorian state. Used came Boeing 727 . At least one A310 was also used again and various aircraft were leased. In 2002, Aero Continente attempted to purchase the struggling Ecuatoriana. The country's government ignored the purchase attempt. In May 2005 the airline was on the ground and Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano flew some routes.

fleet

Lockheed Electra

• Airbus A310
• 7 Boeing 707 and Boeing 720
• Boeing 727
• 2 Curtiss C-46
• 1 Douglas B-23
• 5 Douglas DC-4 / C-54
• 11 Douglas DC-6
• 11 Douglas DC-10
• 7 Lockheed Electra

Incidents

Two propeller aircraft of the type C-54 were lost in 1969, one while being loaded with dynamite, another had a landing accident in Lago Agrio with total loss. On a cargo flight from Miami to Quito, a C-54 crashed shortly after takeoff in 1970, killing both pilots.

A Lockheed Electra was hijacked to Havana on January 19, 1969 .

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Ecuatoriana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historia de la Aviación Comercial en Ecuador - Segunda Parte , aeromundomagazine.com, October 8, 2014
2. ↑ HC APV / UIO September 1970
3. ↑ Douglas UC-67 Dragon (B-23) - Ecuatoriana
4. ^ Aero Continente set to buy Ecuadorian carrier , FlightGlobal, May 21, 2002
5. ↑ Allied survival , Flight Global, September 1, 2004
6. ↑ LAB relaunches Ecuatoriana , Flight Global, May 1, 2005
7. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report HC-ANP in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 5, 2019.
8. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report HC-AON in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 5, 2019.
9. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Lockheed L-188A Electra Ecuatoriana (Compañia Ecuatoriana de Aviacion) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on July 5, 2019.