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Remote Galapagos Islands served with regular 737-400F service

THE volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, almost one thousand kilometres west of Ecuador, was scheduled to have been linked yesterday with a regular air cargo service with a 737-400F serving the remote islands, which Charles Darwin visited in the 19th century and his observation of the species there later inspired his theory of evolution.

The service, managed by Islandscharters, an Ecuadorian air transport operations specialist, using an aircraft chartered from Bogota-based AerCaribe, was planned for December 19 after obtaining approval from the Governing Council of Galapagos, which carefully vets transport to protect the islands' fragile ecosystem.

At present, most freight to the islands moves via ocean, and what air freight there is arrives via regular commercial flights from Ecuador, or on chartered cargo flights, according to Air Cargo World.

According to Switzerland's ch-aviation, the new air service will operate four flights in December, two between Quito International and Seymour, and two between Guayaquil and Seymour.