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Within the framework of the event Routes Americas 2024, Ecuadorian airports Quito, Cuenca and Guayaquil They look for new airlines and routes.
Routes Americas is an annual event that brings together the main players in the aviation industry of the American continent. It is a unique platform for airlines, airports, air navigation service providers, aircraft manufacturers and other key players establish business relationships, explore new business opportunities and debate the most relevant issues affecting the sector.
Thousands of meetings take place during the days of the event, mainly between airports and airlines in order to discuss or propose possible new routes and how the different actors can work for the development of the connectivity of the countries are plans and incentives.
In this frame, taking advantage of my visit to Bogota for the presentation of Avianca Airbus A320 with special scheme for being the most punctual in the world in 2023, I was able to go through Corferias to learn about the activities that Ecuadorian airports made during their respective meetings.
Routes Americas 2024, opportunity for Ecuador's airports
It is 2024 It has not been a positive year for the connectivity of Ecuador, In a few months we have lost Viva Aerobus, Wingo and JetBlue, due to multiple circumstances, and the news has not been the best. For this reason, the three main airports in our country are looking for new allies to recover what was lost or find new opportunities..
Let's take into account that the most important airlines in the world participate in this event., just to mention a few: Air Canada, Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, American, Avianca, Blue, British, Clic, Cup, Condor, Delta, Emirates, Frontier, GOAL, Iberia, JetSmart, KLM, LATAM, Lufthansa, Norse, Satena, SKY, Spirit, Turkish, United, Volaris, Wingo and many others.
Our country was very well represented. The company Quiport, dealer of Quito airport, participated for another year in Routes Americas and was the airport that has been most affected by the latest news, provided all the necessary contingent to generate a dozen meetings with the airlines that already operate in the terminal and other potential ones, If you see the list above you will already imagine the future potentials, if everything goes well, new airlines.
Yes, you read well, I was also present Cuenca. CORPAC, municipal entity that manages the Mariscal La Mar Airport participated for the first time in a Routes event with the aim of talking with airlines that may be interested in the upcoming certification as an international airport and thus exploit possible short-haul routes., How could they be an airport bordering Peru?. We'll see what else is known about these negotiations later..
could not miss, the Guayaquil airport was also present with ONE, the concessionaire company, which in collaboration with Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 was presented to various airlines to be able to propose their plans for route development and increase in frequencies to the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo, waiting for growth that will allow increasing demand for the second most important air terminal in Ecuador.
Finally, The Government of Ecuador was present with the delegation of the Ministry of Tourism, which presented the advantages of the country, incentive plans and the new tourism law that will have direct benefit to the operation of international airlines.
We hope in the medium term to know the results of such important meetings for the sake of the connectivity of our country..
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