{"id":1358,"date":"2020-04-30T17:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2020-05-01T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T18:15:07","slug":"latam-airlines-ecuador-operates-first-flight-with-cargo-in-its-passenger-cabin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/latam-airlines-ecuador-operates-first-flight-with-cargo-in-its-passenger-cabin\/","title":{"rendered":"LATAM Airlines Ecuador operates first flight with cargo in its passenger cabin"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"presentation\">For the first time, LATAM Airlines Ecuador carried out a flight with cargo in its passenger cabin in order to transport around 39 tons to Miami.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"presentation\">Since Mother\u2019s Day is coming up, this flight transported roses from Ecuador, satisfying its clients\u2019 need to be present in relevant markets for their businesses.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>April 30, 2020, Quito.<\/strong>&#8211; On Wednesday, April 29, and after several weeks of preparation, LATAM Airlines Ecuador carried out its first seat containers flight to Miami. The utilization of passenger aircraft for cargo transportation in its cabin allows the company to continue supporting its clients\u2019 exports and imports and to mitigate the negative effects COVID-19\u2019s restrictions have had on its operation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This project was especially challenging for LATAM Ecuador\u2019s team. Even though Chile and Peru had already carried this out, a team in Ecuador, composed of more than 25 people (from operations, maintenance, safety, airport, crew and cargo areas), studied the logistics during several weeks. This way, after intensive work, 38.5 tons were loaded on and in between the seats, in the hand luggage compartments and in the airplane\u2019s belly. The flowers were placed in the cabin (5.5 tons), and the remaining 33 tons (seeds and salmon) were placed in the belly.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe efforts we are making at LATAM in order to keep going are impressive. Even though our capacity has been restricted, we are working intensively to mitigate these effects. We have maximized the use of our freighter fleet, quickly modified our itineraries and started utilizing our passenger aircraft exclusively for cargo transportation. We are transporting products from Ecuador to the world, which benefits the country\u2019s economy and thousands of people that depend on these products reaching their destination. We transport dreams and our own is to not give up and continue flying to support Ecuador\u201d.\u00a0 Daniel Leng, LATAM Airlines Ecuador\u2019s Executive Director.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, captain Carlos Eguez\u2014LATAM Airlines Ecuador\u2019s Operations Director\u2014mentioned that the 5.5 tons introduced in Boeing 767\u2019s passenger cabin were loaded under all the safety measures required by this Quito-Miami flight. Additionally, he acknowledged that this flight was very innovative for the company \u201cNot long ago, we transported passengers in our cabins, but in light of the crisis the industry is experiencing and the country\u2019s needs, we have converted our passenger airplanes into exclusive cargo transportation airplanes\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As in most other countries, Ecuador\u2019s export and import markets have been affected.\u00a0 Exports have decreased by 70% as of mid-March (weeks prior to COVID-19\u2019s effects), and US and European markets have been the most affected. However, the country\u2019s export trend still remains. Flowers continue to be Ecuador\u2019s main export commodity (90%), followed by balsa wood (5%) and pitahaya (5%).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the main products entering the country are manufactured goods and medicines. However, a downward trend near 50%&#8211;compared to the same period in 2019\u2014has been revealed as a consequence of COVID-19\u2019s international effects.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the measures taken by governments due to the health crisis, LATAM Airlines Ecuador\u2019s operation remains part of the 95% passenger flight suspension that LATAM Airlines Group announced on April 17, 2020. This also comes in response to the travel restrictions and the unprecedented drop in demand caused by COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information, visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latam.com\/coronavirus\/\"> latam.com\/coronavirus\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, a flight with cargo in its passenger cabin transports almost 39 tons to Miami, including roses from Ecuador, as Mother&#8217;s Day is coming up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,45],"tags":[142,141,26,20,119,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1361,"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions\/1361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incargo.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}