The Quito International Airport cerró the 2024 con más de 5.3 million passengers transported, which implies a caífrom del 1% Compared to him 2023.
The management balanceón of the Mariscal Sucre International Airport reflects a stable behavior of the trafficápassenger fare, prátically in itíne with the tráregistered in 2023, while, in load toérea, the operationón shows figures of sustained growth that maintain the Quito airport as one of the máimportant s of the regionón of Américh Latin and Caribbean.
2024 cerró stable despite air outletídenies
The trápassenger traffic in 2024 superó the 5.3 million passengers, with a slight decrease compared to 2023 of the 1%. Throughout theñO, 16 aerolípassenger lines connected to Quito with 19 direct international destinations and 8 national destinations.
A new aerosolílow cost line incomeó to operate in the Ecuadorian market serving the route between Quito and Lima, allowing más connections from the Peruvian capital to other destinations in the southern cone. Además, a new destiny is addedó to the Quito airport offer: Punta Cana, a RepúDominican War.
During 2024, four airícompanies stopped operating due to external factors, like the case of Aeroméxico -due to the diplom crisisática with México-, while JetBlue, Wingo and Viva Aerobus left the market due to strategic issuesélogic and limitationsón of the fleet.
“The performanceñor that the Quito airport has reached 2024, añor very difficultícyl for the país for all the crises we had to overcome, It has been very positive thanks to the commitment of all the actors that make up the Mariscal Sucre community.. We had to concentrate our efforts on maintaining the trápassenger traffic and developing cargoérea, that toún has significant growth potential”, Ram said.ón Meó, president and general director of Corporación Quiport.
The load toéarea increases by quarter toñthe consecutive
In charge toérea, Quito airport maintained the growth trend registered since 2021. 354 thousand tons méexport cargo rulesón, matter to usón and national cargo were transported in 2024, surpassing the 340 thousand tons of 2023. Export cargoónpor vía aéarea from Quito had a great performanceñO, near 300 thousand tons méTricas left the Mariscal Sucre airport. The 92% corresponds to flowers, the main export productónpor vía aérea. 15 aerolícargo lines operated at the Quito airport in 2024.
This increasing volume of cargo did not passó unnoticed in the industry. The International Airports Council of Latin Americaérich and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC, by its acronym in Englishés) publicó a report on the ranking of the main cargo airports in the regionón in which the Quito airport is located in fifth place, which makes Quito one of the main cargo nodeséevil of Américh Latin and Caribbean.
We resume the expansionóairport number
The main milestone of the managementón of Quiport in 2024 was the resumptionón of expansion workón of the Mariscal Sucre airport that includes 17 000 m2 on four levels of the passenger terminal and 35 000 m2 of apron for aircraft parking and taxiways, thanks to an investmentón of US$ 74.2 millions, Corporaci's own resourcesón Quiport.
The work concludesá in december 2025 and allowá increase airport capacity 5 million passengers 7 million passengers per year, what to influenceá in employment and the promotion of tourism.
One of Quiport's main commitments is to maintain the infrastructure in good condition. óoptimal conditions that guarantee the safety and efficiency of operations. On 2024 comes trueó major preventative maintenance work on the airport's runway and taxiways to replace the asf layeráltica.
The interveneóIt was not doneó on 24 587 square meters of the landing strip and in 84 491 square meters of taxiways, using a volume of material of 9 336 metros cúnozzles. You reverse itón in this work was US$ 2.3 millions.
In March, we inaugurate the expansionón of the national VIP lounge to double your área úuseful and its capacity, dotánature of a local identity throughés of design elementsñor that remember the architecture that characterizes the city and maintaining the same esáservice quality standards for passengers who use this space.
Recognitions and certifications
The leadership that the Mariscal Sucre airport has in the regionón isá ratified by awards and certifications it has obtained during 2024 one perápractically all áscope of managementón.
- Airport más Punctual in the categoryíto small airportsños, themselvesún the ‘Revisionón of performanceñor punctuality 2023’, of Cirium.
- Best airport in Américh Latina and the Caribbean in the categoryíto of 5 a 15 million passengers and airport más clean of the regionón by the Airport Service Quality program of the Airports Council International.
- Best Sudam Regional Airportérica por Skytrax.
- Accreditationón Level 5 Airport Council International Passenger Experience Program.
- Accreditationón Level 1 of Airport Accessibility of the International Airports Council.
- Various awards and certifications in sustainability.
Let's see thaté holds the 2025 for aviationón in our país.
