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In this new issue we are going to analyze the market share of Ecuadorian airlines in whatever the 2018, a year where aviation grew again.
As we have been indicating in various deliveries in this space, the Ecuadorian market both internationally and domestically has grown again, after several years of falls, now the outlook is favorable and there is a stabilization in the operation of all its actors.
Market share
movements
When analyzing the participation of the for now, three domestic airlines in Ecuador, we can see that in terms of movements made, Tame EP continues to lead the market with 48,10% of participation, followed by LATAM Ecuador with the 31,46% and closes in third place Avianca Ecuador with the 20,43% of participation in movements carried out during the 2018.
In the year 2018 They were made 29.769 movements; with respect to the year 2017 who recorded 27.684 movements for which there is a growth of the 7.53%. The routes with the highest participation of flights in the market and in their order were: Quito – Guayaquil – quit with 11.091 movements that represent 37.25%; Quito – Cuenca – quit with 3.650 movements that represent 12.26%, and Quito – Guayaquil – Baltra – Guayaquil – quit with 3.253 movements that represent 10.92% From the market.
passengers transported
When analyzing the number of passengers transported, we can see a significant variation in the market share of each airline. LATAM Ecuador ranks first with 38.72% despite having fewer flights than Tame EP, which ranks second with the 37.31% and in third place closes Avianca Ecuador with the 23.97% of market share in passengers transported during the 2018.
In the year 2018 they were transported: 3.097.295 passengers. If it relates to the year 2017 in which they mobilized 2.926.474, growth is observed 5.84%.
The 3 routes with the highest passenger demand in the year 2018 were: Quito – Guayaquil – quit with
1.512.209, Quito – Guayaquil – Baltra – Guayaquil – quit with 520.799 and Quito – Cuenca – quit with 358.958, participation is from 48.82%, 16.81% and 11.58% respectively, while the other routes together represent the 22.79% of national passenger transport, where the majority of routes present decreases with respect to the year 2017.
Load
Regarding the cargo transported during the 2018, Avianca Ecuador maintains an important difference by being in first place with the 45.87% From the market, followed by LATAM Ecuador with the 28.77% and closes Tame EP with the 25.37% of participation in domestic cargo transported.
In the year 2018 they mobilized 9.598,72 MT of cargo; This reflects a decrease in -5.47% regarding the year 2017 in which it was transported 10.153,97 TM. The routes with the largest amount of registered cargo are Guayaquil – Baltra – Guayaquil with 2.594,89 TM representing the 27.03%, Quito – Baltra – quit with 2.312.48 TM representing the 24.09%, Quito – Guayaquil – quit with 2.178,87 TM representing the 22.69%, while the cargo transported on other routes corresponds to the 26.19%.
Ecuadorian air market
Tame remains the airline with the largest market share overall, weighs up reduction of frequencies and cancellation of domestic destinations It continues to be the airline that flies the most in Ecuador, but not the one that transports the most passengers.
Here, LATAM Ecuador takes the biggest piece of the pie in transported passengers, despite having percentage, 17% fewer flights, has managed to transport more passengers than Tame EP, which ranks second just one percentage point below LATAM.
Regarding the third competitor in the market, Avianca Ecuador, has managed to become strong in cargo transportation, where it imposes an important difference on the other two companies, although in movements and transported passengers it remains in third place in both indicators.
| Tame EP | 36.92 |
| LATAM Ecuador | 32.98 |
| Avianca Ecuador | 30.09 |
On average, when measuring the three parameters analyzed, we can see that Tame EP maintains the first position of the general market with the 36.92%, followed by LATAM Ecuador 32.98% and closes Avianca Ecuador with the 30.09%.
*With information and statistics DGAC.
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