Quito’s Mariscal Sucre World Airport has reached a brand unique milestone by ranking 5th within the ‘TOP 20 for air cargo within the map’, ready by the World Council of Airports of Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC). This role underlines the airport’s prominent efficiency in cargo transportation, consolidating itself as a benchmark within the field at a regional level and standing out because the airport with the good share enhance in cargo within the map.
In 2023, Quito Airport recorded a formidable quantity of 335,407 tons of cargo transported, surpassing the 293,904 tons reached in 2022. This 14.2% enhance makes it the airport with the good share develop within the map, in accordance to ACI-LAC evaluation. With this achievement, Mariscal Sucre has surpassed foremost airports within the map, equivalent to Jorge Chávez World Airport in Lima, Ezeiza World Airport in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro World Airport, amongst others. On the national level, Quito Airport is the principle air cargo hub in Ecuador, processing up to 90% of all air cargo within the country.
Idea to be among the predominant factors within the again of this success has been the airport’s substantial efficiency when it comes to cargo and the facilities supplied by its facilities. Quito Airport is the one one within the country and definitely among the few within the map to beget a cargo logistics middle interior the airport grounds. The logistics centre, operated by Tababela Cargo Middle, carries out foremost processes equivalent to centralised consolidation of export cargo, on the one hand, and customs clearance and transient warehouse providers for imports.
The replacement parts of the logistics chain are a world cargo terminal with 13,000 sq. meters of usable home, where four cargo palletizing companies operate, and the cargo platform that can accommodate up to 6 high-ability cargo plane simultaneously (four E-code and two F-code).
In 2023, the growth of the export cargo terminal was done, including 2,880 m2 to the cargo entry and processing areas, along with to the truck maneuvering home. These improvements beget boosted operational efficiency, optimizing processes and facilitating the sustained enhance of the airport
A upward thrust within the volumes of cargo transported is predicted for 2024. A considerable example was the 2024 Valentine’s Day top season, which seen a historical characterize of 26,466 tons of cargo transported, a 17.3% develop over the identical season in 2023. Within the intervening time, the airport has the operation of 15 cargo airways, which beget the income of its standard facilities.
Ramón Miró, president and CEO of Corporación Quiport, commented: “The substantial efficiency of air cargo is a mirrored image of the commitment and genuine effort of the total actors concerned with the airport’s cargo logistics chain, who beget done high levels of efficiency within the operation. Quiport has been making a permanent effort to enhance our facilities and providers, along with to raise more cargo airways to our airport.
“We are proud to verify how Mariscal Sucre Airport is consolidating itself as a key player in air cargo transportation within the map, contributing to the country’s economic pattern and Ecuador’s connection to the field,” he concluded.
