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Spanish Plus Ultra will return in July with seasonal frequencies.

With two flights a week, Iberia will resume direct operations in Guayaquil starting next May, fourteen months after flights were suspended due to the pandemic.

The Spanish airline will start its flights on May 2 on the Madrid-Guayaquil route and on May 4 on the Guayaquil-Madrid route.

Víctor Moneo, Iberia Sales Director for Latin America, have indicated that they will start in May with two weekly flights and in June are expected to have three each week.

The company, which has been operating in Ecuador since 1968, has changed its programs to attract customers, especially those Ecuadorians who arrive in Spain and move to other cities.

Iberia will leave Guayaquil at noon on Tuesday and Friday and arrive in the Spanish capital at six in the morning.

For the purchase of Air Europa, Iberia from Ecuador must meet five conditions

With a market still difficult, the airline is trying to attract low-fare passengers, which start at $ 500 in economy class.

For flights to Guayaquil you will use an airplane Airbus 330-200 which has a capacity for 288 passengers (19 in business class and 269 in tourism).

Iberia will use A330-200 aircraft with a capacity for 288 passengers for the Madrid-Guayaquil route.

Iberia maintain a purchase plan Air Europa, Globalia airline operating in Ecuador on the Madrid-Quito-Guayaquil triangular route.

Moneo said that at the moment the airlines operate as competing companies.

Another Spanish line that intends to resume its activity is Plus Ultra, which also deals with a triangular route similar to Air Europa.

This company has scheduled seasonal flights. It will return twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday, from July 3 to September 14. After that, it will have a weekly flight, on Sunday, between September 15 and October 31. Between December 15 and January 19, he will return with both frequencies.

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This company has revealed the tariffs with which it will resume the operation. The Madrid-Quito route will have options starting at 519 euros ($ 624.48); Madrid-Guayaquil from 559 euros ($ 672.61).

Passengers need to check the health conditions that exist between each country due to the pandemic.

The company has started that those who buy for these periods may have the opportunity to make a first change of data without charging a penalty. After the first change, it will be charged from 200 to 230 euros, depending on the state of the tariffs. (I)

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