The Cuenca Airport informó about various improvements to be madeán in the terminal as an installationón of stairséctrics, remodelingón from the food court and much más.
This terminalérea, what is the third más important of the país, keep working to attract más aerolídenies, become international and grow in passengers toí be able to activate the development plan for the new airport, for it, Eastán working on several improvements focused on security and user experience.
m agoás two months ago we spoke with Ifé Luis Aguilar, Executive Director of CORPAC, municipal entity that manages the Marshal La Mar and on this occasion we follow up on the improvements announced months agoáyes and alsoén advances in what to beá the new airport.
Improvements at Cuenca Airport
The improvement works at the Mariscal La Mar Airport and the constructionón of a new airport are part of a comprehensive plan to modernize the airport infrastructure of Cuenca and improve the connectivity of the regionón. These initiatives allowán a Cuenca and the rulerón south of Ecuador be better connected with the rest of the worldís and the world, promoting tourism, trade, you reverse itón and economic developmentómonkey.
In this context, Passengers using Mariscal La Mar Airport can expect a smoother travel experience.ás cófashionable and modern in the terminal thanks to different improvements that are already beingán being implemented and are expected to be completed in October of this year.ñO.
We talked with Joséé Luis Aguilar, who tells us that “We are going to place stairséctrics, We are going to remodel the food court, improving the ceiling and lighting.ón, giving uniformity to all premises, this moment isán little messy. Each one has had their own definitionón in what has to do with space. We are going to give it a little order and alsoéWe are going to expand the VIP room. The VIP room currently allows accommodation between 60 and 80 passengers, but due to the high flow of passengers that we have now there are times when the capacity isá full and we cannot provide the service and we have decided to expand the room to alsoás, have a ákitchen area and that will allowá turn have hot food, which is something that was always asked of usía”
The idea is to continue improving the user experience and alsoén the aerosolsícompanies feel comfortable operating in this smallñor airport, but with an annual movement of más de 500 thousand passengers, Indeed, continues to grow thanks to the increase in frequencies by LATAM Ecuador and Avianca Ecuador con más de 51 weekly frequencies to Quito and Guayaquil.
“I believe that all these improvements will significantly change the terminal to give the terminal a better look.. In fact, we have the date máxima for all this end of October, because it is our desire to inaugurate everything for Cuenca parties.”
In the meantime, The airport advances in the internationalization processón with the respective certificationón before the DGAC and implement usócustoms no., SENATE and demás control entities: “This is súbut important because allowá to the airport now have offices, They are going to have international flights and we can now work in a more efficient way.ás ráask about what has to do with cross-border flights, For example.”
¿It will expandá track? About this important project, CORPAC mentions that it is working on studies to implement a RESA zone – Runway End Safety Areas que son árunway end safety areas and are a formal means of limiting the consequences when aircraft overrun the end of a runway during a delayed takeoff or landing., or overrun the planned landing strip. For this tooén performán a takeoff performance study (payload range) from Cuenca, to be able to talk to núgroupers to new aerosolípotential lines with flights to Panamaá, Lima or Bogotá.
The runway is another key point of the airport, which as we know is limited in length making it difficult to even dónde an ancestorócan't fly, but in the meantime and before the scheduled closure for maintenance, CORPAC worká in a comprehensive maintenance plan to guarantee the safety of operations.
“A strong track maintenance plan. ¿Whaté It means that? ¿Cómo the track is not going to closeá is añor for the adaptationón, and máIt is sure that it is August of the próximo añor due to weather conditionsátips of the month august. I have to guarantee the best operating conditions on the track for that..“
But the projects don't end here.í, since it is urgent for the city to have a new airport, Sure, this will beá to futures, but it isán taking positive steps to achieve it. It was achievedó the passing of a stationón meteorolómagic that you haveía Guayaquil for Daular And beá installed on the Tarqui plain, place that is designated for a new airport and to confirm it, come trueán wind studies in that area for the period míyou 2 años.
