A re-negotiation of the financing contract for the airport was signed on 9 August 2010.

[9]
At about 6:19 a.m. on July 2, 2012, an American Airlines Boeing 757 landed at the new airport
with about 100 passengers on board. The flight was used to obtain the operating certificate for
track tests. It also allowed testing of the performance of the electronics mounted for handling and
transporting luggage and check-in counters for passengers and baggage. The aircraft departed
from the existing Mariscal Sucre International Airport with Quito's Mayor, Augusto Barrera, local
authorities, aviation staff, and the media to pre-test[clarification needed] boarding procedures at 5:30 a.m.,
later taking off at about 6:10 a.m. After a 9-minute flight, the flight landed at the new Airport. After
landing and subsequent taxiing through taxiway 1 of the new airport, the airplane was greeted
with a water cannon salute from two fire trucks.
Subsequently, visitors toured the facilities of the passenger terminal building and the north and
south ends of the runway. After the tour, Mayor Barrera and authorities gave a press conference.
There, the Mayor also stated that the airport would be ready at its inauguration, as well as
enhancements to the E-35, and Interoceanic highways. "This is a day of joy and optimism for the
city. At this point all you get joining goodwill," the official said adding that the social energy that
the city should serve to build and make things.
Mayor Barrera also stated that this airport will be a remarkable leap in economic development of
the city of Quito and that the strategic alliance with Quiport achieved with the resources
generated by the new airport will be for all the people of Quito. "We are checking with the facts
that transformation we're doing for the Quito we crave" he said. The mayor also reported that
when the Mariscal Sucre Airport closes, construction of a new park will begin at the current site,
and within days the bidding will begin for the 1st phase of the planned Quito Metro, as well as for
the construction of a new bridge over the Chiche river.
The official inauguration was postponed from October, 2012, citing the progress of improvements
to various access routes, the holiday season, and other factors. The new airport commenced
operations on 20 February 2013 following the closure of the old airport the night before. The first
flights scheduled to arrive at the new airport were TAME flight 302 from Guayaquil (domestic),
and LAN flight 2590 from Lima, Peru (international). Arrival times were scheduled for 9:00 and
9:30 a.m. respectively.[10]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Iberia Airbus A340-600 aircraft on its inaugural flight to Quito - Mariscal Sucre International Airport from
Barajas on the 28th of October, 2013. Was the first transatlantic flight of the airport linked to Europe,
celebrated with the traditional water cannon salute.

Passenger[edit]
Airlines Destinations

Aeroméxico Mexico City

 Airlines Destinations

Air Canada
Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson (begins December 8, 2019)[11]
Rouge

Air Europa Madrid1

Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle

American
Miami
Airlines

Avianca Bogotá

Avianca Costa
San Salvador
Rica

Avianca
Baltra, Bogotá, Coca, Guayaquil, Lima, Manta, San Cristóbal
Ecuador

Copa Airlines Panama City

Delta Air Lines Atlanta

Gol
Transportes São Paulo–Guarulhos
Aéreos

Iberia Madrid

JetBlue Fort Lauderdale

KLM Amsterdam2

LATAM Chile Santiago de Chile[12]

 Airlines Destinations

LATAM Baltra, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cuenca, Guayaquil, Lima, Madrid, San

Ecuador Cristóbal, Santiago

LATAM Perú Lima

Plus Ultra
Madrid3
Líneas Aéreas

Baltra, Cali, Coca, Cuenca, Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Havana, Lago

TAME
Agrio, Lima, Loja, Manta, Machala, Salinas, San Cristóbal

United Airlines Houston–Intercontinental

Wingo Bogotá

Notes:

 1
: Air Europa's flight from Quito to Madrid makes a stop in Guayaquil.
 2
: KLM's flight from Quito to Amsterdam makes a stop in Guayaquil.
 3
: Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas's flight from Quito to Madrid will make a stop in Guayaquil.

Cargo[edit]

Cargo apron, 2013

Airlines Destinations

AeroSucre Bogotá

Atlas Air Miami, Amsterdam

 Airlines Destinations

Avianca Cargo Bogotá, Medellín, Miami

Cargolux Luxembourg

DHL Aero Expreso Miami

Etihad Cargo Abu Dhabi

Emirates SkyCargo Dubai–Al Maktoum, Amsterdam

FedEx Express Miami

Campinas-Viracopos, Fortaleza, Guayaquil, Manaus, Miami, Panama

LATAM Cargo Brasil
City

LATAM Cargo Chile Amsterdam, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Miami, Santiago de Chile

LATAM Cargo Colombia Amsterdam, Bogotá, Miami, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão

LATAM Cargo Mexico Los Angeles, Mexico City

Líneas Aéreas
Bogotá
Suramericanas

Martinair Amsterdam

Qatar Airways Cargo Doha, Miami

UPS Airlines Miami

Statistics[edit]
Annual traffic[edit]
See source Wikidata query.

Passenger statistics

Year Total passengers Cargo (TM)

2001 400,900

2002 577,800 9,990.1

2003 609,900 10,000.8

2004 795,600 21,590.55

2005 825,300 26,556.2

2006 955,500 30,010.5

2007 1,771,859 35,256.4

2008 2,569,800 40,123.65

2009 3,000,560 40,996.6

2010 4,026,521 50,023.65

2011 5,000,500 70,785.09

2012 5,120,000 164,412.03

2013 5,421,106 215,036.88

2014 5,574,019 300,090.90

2015 5,376,544 301,400.10

2016 4,852,530 303,460.90

2017 4,875,166 312,112.90

Top destinations[edit]
Busiest domestic routes from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (2013)

Rank City Passengers Top carriers

1 Guayaquil, Guayas 3,255,018 Avianca Ecuador, LATAM, TAME

2 Cuenca, Azuay 702,522 LATAM, TAME

3 Manta, Manabí 450,514 Avianca Ecuador, TAME

4 Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands 283,601 Avianca Ecuador, TAME

5 Machala, El Oro 109,036 TAME

6 Coca, Orellana 90,668 Avianca Ecuador, TAME

7 San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands 60,546 Avianca Ecuador, LATAM, TAME

8 Loja, Loja 40,980 TAME, Linea Aerea Cuencana

9 Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas 35,112 TAME

10 Lago Agrio, Sucumbíos 30,526 TAME

 Busiest international routes (roundtrip) out of Mariscal Sucre International Airport (2013)

%
Rank City Passengers Top carriers
Change

1 Miami, United States 498,646 American Airlines, LATAM 30.12%

Avianca Ecuador, Copa Airlines Colombia,

2 Bogotá, Colombia 472,392 28.14%
TAME

3 Madrid, Spain 200,622 Iberia 22.02%

Avianca Ecuador, Avianca Perú, LATAM,

4 Lima, Peru 100,424 19.47%
TAME

5 Amsterdam, 89,773 KLM 46.69%

Netherlands

6 Medellín, Colombia 75,207 LATAM 10.99%

7 Buenos Aires, 69,525 LATAM, TAME 9.87%

Argentina

8 Panama City, Panama 68,056 Copa Airlines, TAME 9.1%

9 Mexico City, Mexico 58,200 Aeroméxico

10 San Salvador, El 54,267 TACA Airlines 4.52%

Salvador

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