The Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport wants to become a hub regional freight to boostí employment and economyía local.
The world burden continues to grow and in Ecuador this trend has continued to rise and the Quito airport the main export pointón of the país, There are several opportunities to develop, where thanks to its infrastructure, track and tráI'm theéreo make it a strat pointélogic for the development of a charging hub.
¿Becauseé Quito must become a charging hub?
Histórichly, in economicsíto the Ecuador has had several sources of income with segments that stimulate the generationón of jobs and investmentón. The economic structureóbit of breadís maintains several pillars that generate million-dollar foreign exchange income, where one of them is exportón of petroleum products as the main exportable product and the non-oil products that día a día continues to grow in its tangible importance to the economyíin Ecuador.
For this reason, is that thanks to the initiative of Company PúMetropolitan Bureau of Airport Services and ManagementóNo. of Free Zones and RegíSpecial menus – EPMSA with its manager Sandro Ruiz andñor Eduardo Emanuele of the company Pertraly S.A was startedó from the 7 May 2020 el anástructural analysis of the project to convert and declare the Mariscal Sucre International Airport of Quito into a cargo hub.
General context
Sayúin the Associationón International Transport Aéreo – THERE IT IS, the load toéarea is highly important in the economyíto the países and their productive chains given thaté:
- It is a trade facilitator that contributes to economic developmentóglobal economy and creates millions of jobs.
- To the economyíGlobal business depends on the ability to offer high-quality products at competitive prices to consumers around the world..
- The load toéBad carry mercancías per value of más de 6 trillion dóhomes, which represents approximately 35% value in world trade.
The situationón local
Within this general context, export productsónpor vía aéareas have diversified in Ecuador, where at the time 90% of exports were flowers, but that with the passage of time and thanks to new agreements and commercial openings has allowed other products such as bananas, pitahaya, shrimp, café, atún, fish and others take a notable participationón of the market, generateún más employment and productive chain that benefits the countryís in its entirety.
Are youí thaté, the load toéArea has gained fundamental notoriety for Ecuador thanks to its shorter transfer times and the security in which the cargo arrives.á to its recipient without any problems, I stand outáFour international airports are being used for the departure of this cargo:
- Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Manta Eloy Alfaro International Airport
- José International Airporté JoaquíNo. of Olmedo de Guayaquil
- Latacunga Cotopaxi International Airport
These four terminalséareas have been, at different stages of developmentéreo, cargo entry and exit point in the país, each with its infrastructure or market limitations, but all contributing to the growth of the countryís.
But without any doubt, one of these cities has takenño a añor greater notoriety and global importance thanks to the fact that from the 2013 was inauguratedó a brand new airport with better features, infrastructure, capabilities téconicals and technologyíthat currently allow it to concentrate near the 90% from load toébad exportón of the país.
At Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport, from the toñO 2012 has seen a growth of 133.104 tonnes in output cargo to más de 194.098 tons in theñO 2018, which represents an increase in 46%, boosted in addition to the benefits of the new airport, to new trade agreements and the arrival of new airlinesícargo lines such as Emirates Sky Cargo, Qatar Charge, Turkish Cargo, Air Canada Cargo, Ethiopian Cargo and others with a marked presence, whether on a regular commercial basis or chárter.
Does 12 años, by Quito Airport, before the opening of the new terminal, counted úonly with four airícargo lines and maintenanceíhim 57.74% from operations toéreas, but with the opening of the new facilities thisó to maintain on average 72 weekly frequencies in low season and más de 104 weekly flights during Valentine's Dayín, making it Am's third airportéLatin America rich in exports after Sao Paulo and Bogotáá.
in the opposite direction, imports occupy a much smaller volume with products such as machinery, pharmaceutical productséutics and inputsédicos, live animals, perishable food and others, what unbalances the balanceéArea increasing the value of freight for Ecuadorian exporters, since in many cases, The planes arrive in Ecuador in good conditionón ferry o vacíos, transferring the cost of this flight without cargo towards the final cost of the Ecuadorian product, losing competitiveness in the main export marketsóWhat are the United States like?, Europe and the Middle East.
The situationón current world
In a new IATA report we can know cómo the load toéArea continues to be key in the reactivationón econóaerosol micaílines and economiesíat a global level, but despite this, asked herá gaining capacity.
The data shown belowón are compared to August 2019:
- global demand, measured in tons-kiloóload meter (CTK), increaseó a 7,7% in comparisonón with August of 2019 (8,6% for international operations). Overall growth remains strong compared toón with the long-term average growth trend of around 4,7%.
- The pace of growth slowedó slightly in comparisonón with july, what to registeró an increase in demand for 8,8% (vs. pre-COVID-19 levels).
- The recoveryón of cargo capacity stopped in August, a 12,2% less than in August 2019 (13,2% for international operations). And téintermonthly terms, capacity felló a 1,6%, the greatest caísince January 2021.
Among the positive global indicators, our regionón continues to show the más débiles núgroupers in the progress of the recoveryón, this given by the situation itselfón econóregional policy and flight restrictions implemented by governments:
- Reportó a decreaseón of the 14% in the volsúinternational cargo menus in August comparedón with the período 2019, what is marked as performanceño más débil from all regions. Capacity remains highly restricted in the regionón, with a reductionón of the international capacity of the 27,1% in August, the greatest caífrom any regionón of the world.
- While Latinérich keeps the caíand, the rest of the regions have maintained númere positives during August 2021 and hereí the challenge is borníor to position Quito as an innovative city and líder in transportation toécargo in both dedicated aircraft and “belly cargo”.
Purpose of the charging hub
What this project seeks is to generate the bases that allow the development of greater connectivity toéloading area in Ecuador, focused on the Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport thanks to its main strength, What is the export charge?ón.
With export cargoón cemented and strengthened despite global conditions pandémicas, Quito Airport has the competitive advantage of being able to offer extensive facilities, modern, a runway for landing and takeoff 4090 meters long, located stratumélogically close to half the world, but above all have the ability to attend to métrically thousands of tons of cargo arriving at the countryís to be redistributed to the south of the continent in the shortest possible time and cost.
The proposal is based on the fact that the aerosolíloading lines of the regionón use Quito Airport as an end and start point for their operations, so that they should not consume long flight sections such as between Miami and Santiago de Chile, but the cargo stays in Quito, from which in smaller aircraftñO (not necessarily) to beá distributed to Lima, Buenos Aires, Peace, São Paulo, Montevideo and other important cities of On América.
Así be sureá that the planes arrive in Quito with both incoming and outgoing cargo, directly benefiting Ecuadorian exporters, what will doá that Ecuadorian products are better valued in international markets due to a drop in freight values per kilo.
With improvements and expansionón of the international cargo terminal, Quito Airport will becomeíin one of the más important load centerséevil of América.
