Airline «Equair»

Equair is an Ecuadorian airline with headquarters located in the city of Quito, Ecuador. Its main bases are the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito and the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil.From 10 January 2022 it operates domestic flights between Quito, Guayaquil and the Galápagos Islands. The airline now competes with the Ecuadorian subsidiaries of Avianca and LATAM, as well as with Aero Regional.

Equair was founded in October 2020 as EquinoxAir. He began his training process with the authorities and in March 2021 he was assigned some of the frequencies to the Baltra and San Cristóbal islands that TAME operated before its dissolution.

On November 16, 2021, the company was officially presented and the Equair brand was revealed at an event that took place at the Centro de Convenciones Bicentenario, in Quito.

On December 4, 2021, Equair received the first aircraft in its fleet, a Boeing 737-700. This aircraft was flown from Lleida, Spain, to Latacunga, Ecuador, with stopovers in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Boston, the United States.

Equair was supposed to make its maiden flight between Quito and Guayaquil on December 22, 2021, but was delayed in January 2022 due to the COVID-19 outbreak among the company’s employees.

On January 7, 2022, the airline received its Air Operator Certificate from the Ecuadorian Directorate General of Civil Aviation, after a demonstration flight to the Galápagos Islands was carried out. Then, on January 10, 2022, the airline made its maiden flight between Quito and Guayaquil.