From the Quiport Corporation it was indicated that the Chilean airline learned of the decision in the middle of last month.

At the end of 2024, the Chilean airline SKY was scheduled to begin operations in Ecuador through Fly Airline Ecuador Flyair; However, the plans have been put on hold as it opted not to continue with the permitting process.

Last April, the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) reported that the Chilean company obtained the operating permit as a national company for the provision of air, public, domestic, regular passenger, cargo and mail services in a combined firm.

While in February it was learned that the airline was managing its permit to operate in Ecuador, through Fly Airline Ecuador Flyair. That its base would be settled in Quito, from where it was planned to connect with Guayaquil, Cuenca, Santa Rosa, Loja, Manta, Francisco de Orellana, as well as with the Baltra and San Cristóbal islands, in the Galapagos.

From the Quiport Corporation it was indicated that in mid-July they learned of the decision of the Chilean airline (founded in 2001), but that the reasons are known in detail by the Ministries of Transportation, Tourism, as well as the General Directorate of Aviation. Civil.

On the part of the MTOP they indicated “that it is purely a decision of the company.” When this State portfolio reported that the operating permit as a national company was granted to SKY, it also indicated that the airline must continue with the corresponding procedures for its certification and begin operations in the country, which was expected to be at the end of this year. anus.