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In this installment we review which airlines operate in Ecuador and their respective market share during what was the 2023.
The 2023 It was a year of changes in the ecuadorian aviation, where arrivals and departures of competitors were presented, which put the growth and participation of airlines in an irregular situation.
Even though he 2023 It was not all good news and the 2024 goes with more negative news, the 2023 Overall it was a year of growth and recovery after the pandemic, where, for example, internationally, a record was broken versus 2019, but the domestic remains highly contracted.
* Information Statistical Bulletin DGAC.
2023: Market share of Ecuadorian airlines
To put the information we are going to review into context, as usual, Let's review how they closed the data of the 2022, which serves as a reference to know the progress or not of each of the competitors.
Regular domestic passenger traffic in the year 2022 It was carried out by four airlines; being the most important due to its volume of participation LATAM ECUADOR with the 45,46%, followed by AVIANCA ECUADOR with the 35,18%, EQUAIR with the 11,88% and AEROREGIONAL with the 7,48%.
We won an airline in 2022, but he left in 2023
The 2023 It started with great optimism with four domestic airlines operating, but surprisingly Equair closed its operations, after having achieved 2022 the 11,88% of participation, its space since October was taken by LATAM Ecuador and Avianca Ecuador, for the statistics 2023 they don't stop showing Equair in last year's data.
Airlines in regular domestic service offered during the year 2023, a total of 4,245,927 seats; reflecting a growth of 9.44% in relation to the year 2022 in which 3,879,563 seats were offered.
Regular domestic passenger traffic in the year 2023 It was carried out by four airlines; being the most important due to its volume of participation LATAM ECUADOR with the 45.98%, followed by AVIANCA ECUADOR with the 36.83%, AEROREGIONAL with the 8.61% and EQUAIR with the 8.58%.
Of the 4 operators of this service, LATAM ECUADOR was the company that carried out the greatest number of movements with a 45.87% of participation, followed by AVIANCA ECUADOR with the 30.86%, AEROREGIONAL with the 13.07% and EQUAIR with the 10.20%. The EQUAIR company operated only until September of the year 2023.
Non-regular market participation
Non-scheduled domestic passenger traffic in the year 2023 they did it 26 airlines or companies; being the most important due to its volume of AEROREGIONAL participation with the 49.05%, followed by EMETEBE with the 12.33% and AVIOANDES with the 10.29%.
We must take into account that Avioandes in 2023 closed its line of fixed wing aircraft with Dash 8, so your participation to 2024 will be even less.
International airline participation
It's been a while since I included international airlines in this report, but given the changes and news that have been given, I think it is key to also review the participation of airlines that operate international flights to or from Ecuador.
Regular International Air Traffic of passengers in Ecuador during the year 2023, It was carried out by twenty airlines; of which three are national and seventeen foreign companies. Together they mobilized 4.660.404 passengers, through the airports of Quito, Guayaquil and Manta.
The three national companies that provide international service mobilized 1.106.606 passengers, representing in relative terms the 23,74% of passenger transport; while foreign companies transported 3.553.798 passengers, which represents the 76,26%.
COPA airlines, AVIANCA ECUADOR and LATAM ECUADOR, were the ones with the greatest participation in the market with percentages of 20,30%; 13,57% and 10,01% respectively; the same ones that add up to the 43,88% while the remaining seventeen companies, they transported the complement, of the 56,12% remaining.
If you want to know more about how many passengers traveled through Ecuador's airports, I share this information:
How many passengers traveled through airports in Ecuador on 2022?
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