After the start of two airílines operating flights between Quito and Cancún, We review the changes that will occurán at the frequencies to be operatedán between both destinations.
It was exactly the 15 and 16 of June that Avianca Ecuador and Viva Aerobus, respectively, They began their regular direct flights between both cities, opening a connectionón previously unexploited, that despite the difficulties for Ecuadorians of find a turn to obtain a visa for México has advanced and seems to have an interesting market, but there are changes.
Changes in Quito flights – Delún
Today we will review whaté These modifications are discussed in No.únumber of frequencies currently operated, as wellén the additional data of cóhow to stayá the operationón in this recent connectionódirect n.
Avianca Ecuador changes its flight to seasonal
From the próximo 19 October, the airíecuadorian nea Avianca Ecuador modifica su operationón a Delún, by transforming the route to seasonal, going from flying the díthe mars, thursday and sábad to activate the safe routeún market needs such as high travel season in the mountains, cost a fine of añO.
Sayún indicó the airínea, this account at díToday with its three weekly frequencies a high load factor above the 85%, but given the operational needs of routes with greater demand, it will be appliedá the new model of the aerolíline for mainly holiday routes, make them seasonal (model what isá replicájoining the different subsidiaries of Avianca).
This allowá activate or deactivate the safe routeún fleet availability and competitive market situations, giving way at the time of this publicationón to the announcement of increase in flights to New York from both Quito and Guayaquil.
Viva Aerobus maintains flights
On the other hand, the airínea ultra low cost Mexican Viva Airbus confirmó their presence on the route throughout the yearñO, operating three weekly frequencies at the following times, having adjusted 15 minutes before the same as what was the beginning of the route weeks agoás:
- Flight VB456 takes off from Cancún at 9:15 pm and lands in Quito at 1:00 am días lunes, miércholes and fridays.
- Flight VB457 takes off from Quito at 2:00 am and lands back in Cancún at 5:50 am díthe mars, thursday and sábadass.
These flights are operated by aircraft Airbus A320ceo and A320neo configured for 180 and 186 passengers respectively.
It should be noted thatún última informationón, that since January 2024, the airíne suspendá its route temporarily until at least June of the próximo añO:
Stadiumípassenger statics between MéMexico and Ecuador
As far as 2023, this market that despite its complications, especially for Ecuadorians since we need an M visaéxico or failing that, that of USA, keep getting strongeréndose and números así demonstrated.
concretely, during this toñO Ecuador I receivedó the arrival of 19.013 mexicans, the peak month being July with más de 3 thousand entries. On the other hand, from Ecuador we have traveled 34.904 people by vía aérea, August having been the peak month with 7.788 Travellers, of is a total of más de 34 thousand passengers, 23.906 of these came out through the Quito airport exclusively.
In general when comparing the 2022 with 2023 in the first eight months, they've traveled 8 thousand travelersáI know that heñprevious one.
Follow, continueé informing about new modifications that could occur on this recently inaugurated route.
