After a slowdown in divine service due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Emirates SkyCargo is once again on course of action at Quito ’s Mariscal Sucre International Airport , with three scheduled weekly oftenness to Amsterdam and Dubai – and plans to add up one more .

grant to José Luis Suárez , PrimeAir ’s South America Regional Sales Director based in Quito ( UIO ) , this come back is welcome news show for local shippers , freight forwarders , and his other customer in the part .

Before the pandemic smasher , PrimeAir was stomach the operation of four regular flights from   UIO   to Amsterdam ( AMS ) and Dubai ( DXB ) , Emirates ’ main hub with connections across the intact Emirates SkyCargo electronic internet .

As its world-wide sale and help agent ( GSSA ) in Ecuador , PrimeAir and Emirates SkyCargo ( EK ) have been puzzle out tight together since EK first entered the food market in 2013 . PrimeAir provides in - nation cut-rate sale , merchandising , and account for Emirates SkyCargo , in addition to specialized airport overhaul such as storage warehouse superintendence and ULD control condition .

Pandemic responseBut , consort to Suárez , as the coronavirus crisis maturate , so did requirement for service to enchant medical equipment and supplies . In March and April , regularly scheduled service in multiple markets was interrupted – and not just for Emirates SkyCargo . Nearly all shipment carrier worldwide were re - apportion their capacitance – and humanitarian committal – to body politic hard run into by the virus .

Flash forward to August , and only now are military service patterns getting back to normal , which Suárez says is very good news for shipper of non - aesculapian fabric – particularly among Ecuador ’s immense floriculture industriousness .

“ Even as the impact of the virus was hitting market hard , there was still a demand for saucy - cut flower , and merchandise was uncommitted . But there were only limited alternative available to move it . ”

Unique solutionsTo help forgather the capacity challenge at   UIO , PrimeAir stepped up with alone solutions to back up its customer throughout Ecuador – first by successfully arranging interline shipments with AtlasAir to AMS through April .

As available capacitance start to arrive back on line , PrimeAir received its first oblation of Emirates SkyCargo servicing at UIO with Boeing 777ER rider aircraft , also called PFs ( Passenger Freighters ) . Interline and PF table service cover every week until early June when sodding B-777F freighters were reintroduced and added to this mix of service on SkyCargo ’s received routes .

currently , three freighter flight ( B777F ) operate weekly , departing UIO on Tuesdays , Thursdays , and Sundays with direct flying to AMS .

search ahead to returning to pre - pandemic levels of service , Suárez is promising that by mid - August a fourth oftenness departing Fridays will be added .

“ It has been a time of ups and pile , but I know that our client are thankful for the flat support of both Emirates SkyCargo and PrimeAir in the Ecuadorian market place , ” he added .

“ We realise that the investment in bringing empty flight of stairs to UIO was high , but the effort was not in vain because our end is to keep up the long - term kinship with our customers . ” PrimeAir also has serve as the designated GSSA for Emirates SkyCargo in Colombia , since Summer 2018 .

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