Airbus A330-202, EI-EJL / 1283, Alitalia (AZ / AZA)
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Registration: EI-EJL
Construction Number: 1283
Model Airbus A330-202
Operator: Alitalia (AZ / AZA)
Airport: Quito - Mariscal Sucre International (UIO / SEQM), Ecuador
Photographer: Diogo da Conceicao
Date Taken: 05/07/2015
Date Submitted: 06/08/2022
One of the most historic moments at the Quito airport. The "Alitalia 4000" after its arrival from Rome Fiumicino taxiing via Alpha to the general aviation platform for welcome His Holiness, Pope Francis who was on board for his official visit to Ecuador. You can see the flags of Ecuador and the Vatican on the nose of the Airbus. After 30 years a Pope visited Ecuador, since the previous and first visit of a Supreme Pontiff was at the end of January 1985; At that time, Pope John Paul II traveled to Ecuador in a DC-10 of the Italian flag carrier, which unfortunately due to economic problems and aggrieved by the pandemic it disappeared in 2021 to make way for ITA Airways, a new airline.
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