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{{Infobox airline
| airline = Ecuatoriana de Aviacion
| logo = Ecuatorianalogo.png
| logo_size = 150
| fleet_size =
| destinations =
| IATA = EU
| ICAO = EEA
| callsign = ECUATORIANA
| parent = [[VASP]] (50.1%)
| founded = {{
| commenced = {{
| ceased = {{end date|2006|||df=y}}
| headquarters = [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]]
| key_people =
| hubs = [[Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport|Mariscal Sucre International Airport]]
| focus_cities = [[Simón Bolívar International Airport (Ecuador)|Simón Bolívar International Airport]]
| frequent_flyer = Lider Club
| lounge =
| alliance =
| website =
}}
'''Empresa Ecuatoriana de Aviación''', more commonly known as simply '''Ecuatoriana''', was the [[national airline]] of [[Ecuador]].<ref name="FI1994-17" /> The [[Air carrier|carrier]] had an operational hiatus between September 1993<ref name="FI1994-17" /> and August 1995, resuming operations on
== History ==
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[[File:Douglas DC-6A HC-ATR Ecuat MIA 19.10.70 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|[[Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6A]] freighter of Ecuatoriana at [[Miami International Airport|Miami]] in 1970]]
[[File:Lockheed L188A HC-ANQ Ecuat MIA 07.02.71 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|Ecuatoriana [[Lockheed L-188 Electra|Lockheed Electra]] at Miami International Airport in 1971]]
''Compañia Ecuatoriana de Aviación (CEA)'' ({{
Ecuatoriana began serving both domestic and international destinations immediately after it started flying. International routes proved to be rather long trips: there were jets already in operation when Ecuatoriana began flying (before the [[Boeing 707]] made its first flight), but they were predominantly used by [[Europe]]an airlines. Ecuatoriana's equipment necessitated a stopover in [[Panama City]] for its first international route, from [[Quito]] to [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]. Likewise, routes from Quito and [[Guayaquil]] to [[Santiago de Chile]] included stopovers in [[Lima]], [[Peru]].
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Rumors that government officials flew their family members for free on Ecuatoriana hurt the airline's reputation. During the late 1980s, Ecuatoriana had also developed a reputation for being unreliable. Lengthy flight delays and cancellations were commonplace. Faced with these problems, as well as competition from other carriers such as the privately owned Ecuadorian carrier [[SAETA]], [[American Airlines]] (which had assumed [[Eastern Air Lines]]' Latin America routes in 1990), and [[Continental Airlines]], which began serving Ecuador from its Houston hub in 1991, Ecuatoriana ceased operations.
Affected by the general economic crisis in South America during the 1990s, Ecuatoriana encountered deep financial problems. The airline stopped flying at the end of September 1993. Some of its leased airplanes, two A310s leased directly from [[Airbus]] and its single DC-10
[[File:Ecuatoriana Boeing 727-200Adv HC-BXU MEX 2000-3-26.png|thumb|An Ecuatoriana [[Boeing 727-200 Advanced]] at [[
After a lengthy privatization process, with the participation of nine consortiums that included [[ACES Colombia|ACES]], [[Air France]], [[British Aerospace]], [[Carnival Airlines]], [[Challenge Air Cargo]], Continental Airlines, [[Aerogal]] and [[TACA Airlines|TACA]], the consortium led by [[Brazil]]ian airline [[VASP]] (and local investor Juan Eljuri) won the bid through the Guayaquil and Quito stock exchanges, buying 50.1 percent in August 1995 (at $1500 per stock), with a five-year business plan and an effective injection of $10 million during the stock bidding. The government retained the remaining 49.9% and announced it would keep 25% of the remaining stocks (administered by TAME), with 24.9% to be sold within six months. The process was not exempt from political controversy, as the Comptroller, the Supreme Court and the [[Congress of Ecuador|Congress]] all questioned the process.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-386630|title = Vendido el 50,1 de Ecuatoriana de Aviación|date = 15 August 1995}}</ref>
With privatization complete, Ecuatoriana received some [[Boeing 727]]s, which were repainted in Miami and at [[Tucson International Airport]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. By 1996, short domestic and international services were restarted, with a livery that resembled VASP's. A single DC-10, also borrowed from VASP, allowed the airline to reintroduce services to Madrid's [[Barajas International Airport]].
{{start date|2000|3}} saw the airline flying to [[Buenos Aires]], [[Cancún]], Guayaquil, [[Manaus]], Mexico City, Panama City and [[Santiago]] using {{cardinal to word|1}} [[Airbus A310-300]], {{cardinal to word|3}} [[Boeing 727-200 Advanced]] and {{cardinal to word|1}} [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]].<ref name="FI2000-81" /> That year, Ecuatoriana was caught up in
Lan Chile owned 50 percent of the airline,{{when|date=October 2011}} wet-leasing two [[Boeing 767]]s to the company, but in 2004 sold its part to [[Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano]]. By early 2005 LAN had taken over Ecuatoriana's routes and fleet.
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|colspan="6"|'''{{BAH}}'''
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|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]||align=center|NAS||align=center|MYNN||[[Lynden Pindling International Airport]]||align=center|<ref name="eu80-3.jpg">{{cite web |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/eu80/eu80-3.jpg |title=Ecuatoriana Timetable (Effective
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|colspan="6"|'''{{CHL}}'''
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|colspan="6"|'''{{CRI}}'''
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|[[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]||align=center|SJO||align=center|MROC||[[Juan Santamaría International Airport]]||align=center|<ref name="FI1993">{{cite journal|title= World Airline Directory{{ndash}}Ecuatoriana (Empresa Ecuatoriana de Aviacion)|journal= [[Flight International]]|date=
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|[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]||align=center|ORD||align=center|KORD||[[O'Hare International Airport]]||align=center|<ref name="FI1993"/>
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|[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]||align=center|LAX||align=center|KLAX||[[Los Angeles International Airport]]||align=center|<ref name="eu80-4.jpg">{{cite web |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/eu80/eu80-4.jpg |title=Ecuatoriana Timetable (Effective
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|[[Miami, Florida|Miami]]||align=center|MIA||align=center|KMIA||[[Miami International Airport]]||align=center|<ref name="FI1998"/>
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|[[New York City]]||align=center|JFK||align=center|KJFK||[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]||align=center|<ref name="FI1998">{{cite journal|title= World Airline Directory{{ndash}}Ecuatoriana|journal= [[Flight International]]|date=
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<ref name="FI1974">{{cite journal|title= World Airline Direcrtory{{ndash}}Compania Ecuatoriana de Aviacion (CEA)|journal= [[Flight International]]|date= 21 March 1974|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%200456.html|archive-url= https://
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<ref name="FI1974-514">{{cite journal |title=Air Transport{{ndash}}Compañía Ecuatoriana de Aviación (CEA) |journal=[[Flight International]] |date=17 October 1974 |page=514 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201654.html |archive-url=https://
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<ref name="FI1974-744">{{cite journal |title=Airliner Market |journal=[[Flight International]] |date=28 November 1974 |page=744 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1974/1974%20-%201918.html |archive-url=https://
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<ref name="FI1974-1370">{{cite journal |title=World airline directory{{ndash}}Alphabetical guide to operators{{mdash}}Ecuatoriana (Empresa Ecuatoriana de Aviacion) |journal=[[Flight International]] |date=28 April 1979 |page=1370 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201432.html |archive-url=https://
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<ref name="FI1994-17">{{cite journal|title= Ecuador joins privatisation queue|journal= [[Flight International]]|date= 23–29 November 1994|page= 17|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%202852.html|archive-url= https://
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<ref name="FI2000-81">{{cite journal |title=World airline directory – Ecuatoriana de Aviacion |journal=[[Flight International]] |issn=0015-3710 |volume=157 |number=4720 |date=
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