Equair postpones its air debut in Ecuador

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On December 22, the new Ecuadorian airline Equair was scheduled to make its inaugural flight between Quito and Guayaquil.

Just a few hours before take-off, the company announced the postponement of the operation until January 10, 2022, as a consequence of the detection of positive cases among its personnel and that of the aeronautical authority that was working on its certification.

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The country has been showing, in recent weeks, a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, and a new wave is approaching due to the appearance of the new Omicron variant.

An official statement highlights that “Equair, as a consequence of the effort to control the spread of the pandemic due to COVID, has decided in conjunction with the Ecuadorian Aeronautical Authority to suspend the final stage of certification of the airline, as well as to postpone the start of operations, which was scheduled for December 22 until January 10, 2022”.

“Within the certification team, formed by Equair and personnel of the aeronautical authority, several cases of COVID have been presented in the last 48 hours, which has led us to decide to suspend all activities and postpone them to avoid spreading the virus”.