Corporación Quiport has introduced the resumption of the growth work on the Mariscal Sucre Global Airport in Quito, a comprehensive investment made with Quiport’s possess sources, aimed at improving the passenger abilities and extending the airport’s operational ability.
The growth of the passenger terminal, began in November 2019, became once interrupted in March 2020 attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the recovery of passenger float, work has been resumed in July 2024 and is anticipated to be executed in the closing quarter of 2025.
The overall investment in the mission amounts to 74.2 million dollars, financed by Quiport.
Of this amount, 19.1 million possess already been executed and 55.1 million are but to be executed.
The growth works for 2024 and 2025 comprise:
Expansion of the terminal by 17,647 square meters, an additional 25%.
Level 0:growth of technical rooms and warehouses.
Level 1:growth of the public arrivals hall, baggage claim apartment, enlarge in the ability of the world baggage carousels, reconfiguration of the Customs apartment, growth of the responsibility-free shop and the bags handling machine.
Level 2: Expansion of the public departure hall, passenger take a look at-in apartment with 20 novel counters and 12 self-take a look at-in machines, pre-boarding lounge for 350 passengers, growth of the world departure responsibility-free shop and novel food and beverage spaces.
Level 3:Expansion of the world VIP lounge.
Expansion of the passenger apron by 35,000 square meters: contains a parking stand for code E plane, two distant code C stands, a brand novel boarding bridge and the growth of a taxiway.
The growth works will generate 400 drawl jobs and approximately 800 indirect jobs over a interval of 17 months. This heroic mission is being conducted by the pattern company Ekron, which previously built the southern extension of the terminal in 2014 and 2015, and native contractors and labor.
“These works are a part of Quiport’s grasp concept, which aims to all the time pork up the passenger abilities. Our dedication to the growth of Quito’s air connectivity and proper growth is unwavering,” said Ramón Miró, president and CEO of Quiport. “We’re proud to put money into the kind forward for our airport and in the consolation of our passengers. This mission now not most productive strengthens our infrastructure, but also drives the business and social pattern of the region.”
To boot to these works, Quiport invested 9.5 million between 2022 and 2024 in numerous projects, equivalent to:
- Changing ground and remodeling lavatories.
- Remodeling the security filter apartment.
- Unique kids’s apartment on the nationwide exit.
- Expansion of the nationwide VIP lounge.
- Repaving of the runway and taxiway.
- Biometrics technology mission in arrival and boarding migration.
With this growth, Mariscal Sucre Global Airport reaffirms its dedication to be a benchmark in the region, now not trusty for its smartly-liked and atmosphere friendly infrastructure, but also for its ability for adaptation and proper growth.
