American Airlines seeking approval for Ecuador flights
American Airlines plans to launch flights to Quito, Ecuador from its Dallas/Fort Worth hub this winter.
American filed an application to the US Department of Transportation for five weekly flights beginning December 18 and plans to deploy 128-seat Airbus A319s on the route.
"We’re the largest carrier to Central and South America, and this demonstrates our commitment to that region," American spokesman Casey Norton said.
"It provides yet another destination out of our largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth."
American also serves Lima, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Santiago, Chile from DFW and also flies to Quito from its Miami hub.
Meanwhile the Ecuador Ministry of Tourism is continuing its ‘All You Need is Ecuador’ campaign targeting the US and other key markets including Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, Japan and Australia.
It will roll out a new series of press, TV and digital ads.
Ecuador welcomed a record 1.5 million international visitors in 2014, a 12.3% year over year increase and has seen 10.9% growth in the first four months of 2015.
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