2019: historic year for Ecuadorian aviation

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It is 2019 It will be a historic year for the ecuadorian aviation, where the arrival of new airlines and the growth of domestic and international passengers will be the triggers.

Since the history of this blog began almost 2 years, monthly local news has been growing exponentially and we have reached this 2019 as the best historical year of our aviation.

There are several factors that have made this year the best, but it should be noted that the recovery of Ecuadorian market started in the 2017, when at last, The numbers began to balance out and the 2018 Passenger growth figures were once again achieved in the main airports of Ecuador where Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca as main indicators of this improvement that reaches its peak in 2019 and without a doubt, will continue to grow.

Economic recovery of the country, confidence to invest, new incentives for airlines at DGAC airports, policy Open skies and a clear airline attraction strategy by airports and authorities have been some of the key factors to achieve this.

As we reviewed recently, the 2018 brought several aeronautical novelties, but this 2019 It has been surprising for the entire industry and its actors, but nothing is random and everything comes from strong joint work.

As far as this goes 2019 we have had the arrival of Aircaribe Cargo to Latacunga, the first flight of JetBlue to Guayaquil, Copa Airlines increases up to 73 weekly flights to Quito and Guayaquil, Peruvian Airlines will land in Quito and then in Guayaquil, DHL will start flights to Quito, the flight returns direct between Santiago and Quito, Viva Air Colombia plans to fly to Guayaquil from Bogotá, too Aeroméxico will begin its second destination in Ecuador flying to Guayaquil since May, Air France will return to Ecuador after 25 years, Air Europa will increase to 5 weekly flights to Quito and Guayaquil, Plus Ultra will do the triangulation with Quito and Guayaquil from Madrid, Iberia will operate a daily flight to Quito and Air Canda Rouge will inaugurate the first direct flight between Ecuador and Canada in December.

This is just a preview of what has been the 2019 and there are still several more news and intentions from some international airlines, that when they are official, We will publish them in your space with all the complete information.

Airports growing, more airlines arriving, but there is still a pending issue, which are the domestic flights in the country, although the market grew, More competition is still needed in our country's internal flights, especially, to reduce the ticket costs in Ecuador.

The domestic and international markets must go hand in hand and thanks to the growth that in the 2018 was achieved, We can foresee that this year we will have news, What will Aeroregional's entry into regular domestic flights be like and also, the increase in frequencies of Tame EP in its recovery plan for the national market and the consolidation of LATAM Ecuador with the increase in domestic frequencies to the markets where it currently operates.

It will be an excellent year for Ecuadorian aviation, with a lot of potential to develop and with a lot still to do.

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