Flying the Parrot to Ecuador

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Departure Airport: Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ/MPDC) :dominican_republic:
Arrival Airport: Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO/SEQM) :ecuador:
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8
Airline: Arajet
Flight Time: 3:02
Server: Expert

Boarding 56 passengers under the late morning sun in Punta Cana :dominican_republic:. The aircraft has been here for a while now undergoing maintenance, with it’s last flight having been a week ago from Orlando/Sanford :united_states: (@Poxy summon)

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V1… rotate… positive rate… gear up…

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Banking south over La Romana :dominican_republic:

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After a bit more than an hour cruising over the Caribbean Sea, we’re over the far northeastern reaches of Colombia :colombia:. It was smooth for the most part, save for some moderate chop from thunderstorms near Aruba :aruba:

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Gorgeous views over the Munchique National Natural Park, south of Cali :colombia:

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Now time to start our approach into Quito :ecuador:, the second highest national capital in the world after Bolivia’s La Paz :bolivia:, situated 9,350 feet (2,850 meters) above sea level

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Winding our way through the valleys of Central Ecuador :ecuador:

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Dipping below the level of the cliffs on short final

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Welcome to Luz de América!

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Parked and deplaning at Quito’s Mariscal Sucre International Airport, named for Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre

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Timelapse of the landing!

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Faster than the Concorde

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Those are some really beautiful photos. Nice job

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Thank you, @Lanes_AviationYT !

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W airport, even if the only planes you see there belong to a disgusting airline :two_hearts:

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Don’t forget Arajet!

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That’s true! A minor redemption arc :face_holding_back_tears::heart_hands:

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Hey, at least you can fly from your home airport to Clarksburg, West Virginia at 8:00 PM on a Tuesday!

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Hey, what’s wrong with Allegiant?

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I think they’re kinda cool, but easy to roast.

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Wow you fly Arajet and don’t ping me? DEATH SENTENCE!! :angry:

Nice trip report tho! Btw, the bird on the tail is acutally not a parrot — it’s a palmchat, the national bird of the DR.

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i flew on em once from sanford to key west back when i lived there a couple years ago, they werent that bad honestly. the worst part was this drunk party of like 10 at the back of the plane :confused:

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Lovely trip report and photos! Still haven’t gotten around to flying Arajet in the sim been trying to wait for the callsign. I’ve got 3 flights planned with them GUA-SDQ, PUJ-SFB and PUJ-NLU ill get to them eventually!

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I am biased bc they are 1 of 2 airlines that fly to TTN, but Allegiant is goated. And so is Stamford