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Welcome to the obligatory publication of each year, We are going to review and analyze the statistics of passenger movement that occurred during the year 2023 in the Ecuador airports.
The 2023 For Ecuadorian aviation it was a year of consolidation and stabilization in terms of passenger traffic after the pandemic and although not everything was good news with some fewer routes, The data is still higher than 2019, demonstrating a stable recovery of the industry.
Although this 2024 We have started with some bad news such as the departure of Viva Aerobus, Wingo from Ecuador and JetBlue from Quito, The figures are encouraging to be able to have new actors on the routes that these leave, without forgetting that a JetSmart It also already operates in our country.
*With data from the DGAC Statistical Bulletin.
Passenger statistics in Ecuador 2023
Let's review how air transport fared in Ecuador during the 2023, reviewing statistics for international transport, domestic, regular, not regular at the different airports in the country, in order to know how our small air transport industry continues to evolve.
international regular service
In the year 2023 by international regular service, It was made in Ecuador 42.492 air movements, through the country's international airports, of which 21.246 landings and 21.246 take offs, by airlines that carry out regular service, combined and pure freighters.
These movements both in the general total, as well as in landings and takeoffs, compared to the 36.338 flights carried out in the 2022, register a growth of 16,94%.
In Ecuador the regular international service during the year 2023 transported, 4.660.404 passengers with a variation that represents the 23,07% regarding the year 2022 what happened with 3.786.865 passengers. Of the 4.660.404 passengers, 2.278.692 are entered and 2.381.712 they are leaving the country, AUGUST being the “peak” month with 216.327 for admissions and AUGUST the “peak” month with 241.328 for passengers departing through Ecuador's airports.
| International 2023 | |
| entered | 2.278.692 |
| exited | 2.381.712 |
| TOTAL | 4.660.404 |
In relative terms, the total international passenger traffic in ECUADOR was distributed as follows:: QUITO with him 53,23%, GUAYAQUIL with the 46,40%, and MANTA with him 0,37%.
The three cities with the highest passenger demand were: BOGOTA with a participation of 22,27%, PANAMA with the 20,46% and MIAMI with the 11,60%, and the complement corresponds to 45,67% of the remaining twenty cities as destination points, to and from America and Europe, mobilized by airports in Ecuador.
Quito airport
In the year 2023, mobilized a total of 2.480.567 passengers who, if we compare with the year 2022 that were registered 1.829.848 passengers, growth is observed 35,56%. Passengers entered Quito were 1,252,517 while they registered 1.228.050 departing passengers
Guayaquil airport
At 2023 mobilized a total of 2.162.449 passengers in regular air service; with a growth of 10,50% regarding the year 2022 that were registered 1.957.017. The passengers entered through the Guayaquil airport were 1.017.202 while those who left were 1.145.247 passengers, by regular air service.
Manta Airport
At 2023 mobilized a total of 17.388 passengers in the regular air service on the Manta route – Panama – Manta; Passengers entering through this airport were 8.973 while those who left were 8.415 passengers, by regular air service.
International non-scheduled service
In our country the NON-REGULAR AIR SERVICE, during the year 2023, registered a total movement of 32.755 passengers, of which 24.385 were transported by Quito airport, 7.790 passengers did it through the Guayaquil airport; 580 passengers left from the MANTA airport.
It should be noted that traffic through this service showed a decrease in -20,07% with respect to the year 2022 when it was posted 40.980 passengers.
domestic regular service
In the year 2023 3,292,543 passengers were transported. If it relates to the year 2022 in which 2,686,729 were mobilized, growth is observed 22.55%. At the Quito airport, passenger traffic shows a growth of 21.68% both incoming and outgoing passengers.
At the Guayaquil airport, passenger traffic shows a growth of 17.84%, both incoming and outgoing passengers.
| Domestic 2023 | |
| TOTAL | 3.292.543 |
The three routes with the highest passenger demand in the year 2023 were: QUITO-GUAYAQUIL-QUITO with 1'371,527, QUITO-GUAYAQUIL-BALTRA-GUAYAQUIL-QUITO with 537.630 and QUITO-CUENCA-QUITO with 435.947, with a participation of 41.65%, 16.32% and 13.24% respectively; while the other routes together represent the 28.79% of national passenger transport, where the majority of routes present growth with respect to the year 2022.
Domestic non-regular service
In the year 2023 they were transported 111.162 passengers, in relation to the year 2022 that was transported 106.715 presents a growth of 4.17%. The three routes with the highest passenger demand in the year 2023 were: QUITO-LAGO AGRIO-QUITO with 27.124, QUITO-LOJA-QUITO with 13.486 and SAN CRISTOBAL-ISABELA-SAN CRISTOBAL with 9.547, with a participation of 24.40%, 12.13% and 8.58% respectively; while, the other routes together represent the 54.89% of national passenger transport.
general aviation
In the year 2023 General Aviation in our country carried out 73.603 flights, value that, if we relate it to the previous year they were registered 80.539 operations, reflects a decrease in -8.61%.
The 73.603 flights carried out by the General Aviation service, between landings and takeoffs, are divided into: PRIVATE AIR SERVICE that represents the 41.47% of the total, MILITARY operations that intervene with 28.82%, AVIATION SCHOOLS participating with 20.22%; the 7.74% corresponds to AIR WORK and finally LOCAL flights with 1.76%.
Total passengers transported Ecuador 2023
More of 8 million passengers used the service of the Ecuadorian airport network during the 2023 both internationally and domestically, getting even closer to what was the 2019:
| Regular and non-regular domestic 2023 | 3.403.705 |
| Regular and non-regular international 2023 | 4.693.159 |
| TOTAL | 8.096.864 |
Here it is worth making some clarifications. The 2023 It was a record year after the pandemic for Ecuador in international transportation, having transported 300 a thousand more passengers than the 2019. A big step, but what is still below what it was before the pandemic are passengers on domestic flights, where more than 6 million passengers, versus the 3.403.705 from last year.
In this way, during the 2023 they mobilized 8.096.864 of passengers throughout the country in the different types of air service and airports, which represents a growth of 22.28% compared to the 2022 where they mobilized 6.621.289 Travellers.
If you are looking for details of what was the 2022, find them here:
How many passengers traveled through airports in Ecuador on 2022?
What do you think will happen 2024? I read them in the comments.
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