Equair, imwe ndege yeEcuadorian, yakatanga kushanda kwayo nendege pakati Guayaquil uye Quito muna Zvita 2021. Kwangopera gore nemwedzi gumi gare gare, kambani yakazivisa kumiswa kwemabasa ayo nekuda kwekurasikirwa kukuru kwemari. Equair yaive nehurongwa hwekutarisira, ichipa "sevhisi yakanakisa pamutengo" uye kuwana 17% yemusika wekugovaniswa munzira dzakakosha dzepamba. Vakanga vakasaina chibvumirano chekudyara miriyoni makumi matatu nemana neBazi reKugadzirwa, vachivavarira kuzviita pakati pa34 na2021.
Nehurombo, kuita kwemari kwaEquair kwaive kure neshuviro yavo. Mumushumo wavo wa2022 kune Superintendency of Companies, iyo ndege yakaratidza kurasikirwa kunoshamisa muzana muzana ye91%. Mari yekutengeswa kwegore yakasvika kuUSD 18.8 miriyoni, asi mari inoshandiswa yakasvika paUSD 31.4 miriyoni, zvichikonzera kurasikirwa kweUSD 17.1 miriyoni uye kusaenzana kwakashata kweUSD 2.5 miriyoni. Kuperevedza kwemari yekushandisa yemadhora 7.5 miriyoni kwakawedzera matambudziko emari.
Sarudzo yeEquair yekumisa mashandiro akanyanya kukonzerwa nekusaita purofiti, sezvakaratidzwa mukuongorora kwavo musika. Kukwira kwemitengo yemafuta edzimotokari kune dzimwe nyika kwakabatsirawo, nemitengo yemafuta ichitora chikamu chikuru chemari yavo yekushandisa.
Kuvharwa uku kwakanga kusingatarisirwi, kunyanya sezvo Equair yakanga ichangobva kuwedzera kushanda kwayo kuti isanganise ndege kuenda kuEl Coca muna August 2023. Mukupindura mamiriro acho ezvinhu, kambani yendege yakavimbisa kupa rubatsiro uye hutungamiri kune vashandi vayo vanopfuura mazana maviri. Equair yakashandawo neLATAM Airlines Ecuador kutamisa vafambi vainge vatenga matikiti epamberi, vachiona kuti vanokwanisa kusvika kwavaienda pasina imwe mari.
Kubva muna Gumiguru 1, 2023, LATAM yakange yabudirira kutamisa zviuru zviviri zvevafambi veEquair mundege dzavo, nehurongwa hwekubatsira vanosvika zviuru gumi nezvishanu vakakanganisika. Rwendo rupfupi rweEquair runoshanda sechiyeuchidzo chematambudziko akatarisana nevendege mumisika yemakwikwi, kunyanya kana ichitarisana nezvinhu zvakaita sekuchinja-chinja kwemitengo yemafuta uye kuoma kwemamiriro ehupfumi.
