[Economics] In 2022, with 47.5%, Ecuador was the one that grew the least in its air traffic among the CAN countries

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Peru, Bolivia and Colombia surpassed Ecuador with growths of between 89% and more than 127%.

Two years after the start of the pandemic, the passenger air transport sector confirmed its recovery in the region in 2022, although not all countries have the same growth rate. This, after the sector was one of the hardest hit by the economic crisis in that period.

This is demonstrated by the latest data shared by the General Secretariat of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), based on figures from the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which point out that, for example, Ecuador showed a growth of 47.3% in that year. This figure is the lowest among the countries that make up the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), which in general increased their air traffic by 91%. In this way, Peru grew 127.5%, Bolivia with 96.3% and Colombia with 89.5%.

Meanwhile, another figure that emerges from this report is that the record growth was registered by intra-community air traffic with 198.1%.
Meanwhile, the CAN highlighted that despite the recovery shown, the sector has challenges to face to improve intra-regional connectivity and its competitiveness and, in addition, promote the industry to be economically sustainable in the context of the post-pandemic.

The airlines that have been operating for five years in the region, at the end of 2022, have registered losses of 22.7 billion, according to ALTA.
These challenges for the air transport industry will be addressed in a dialogue called 'Air Transport Challenge in the region' that will take place on May 16, with the organization of CAN and the coordination of Peru, the country that exercises the Pro Tempore Presidency. . In said dialogue, the authorities of the CAN, the public and private sector, and international air transport associations will be brought together.
The topics that will be addressed are: airport infrastructure needs to improve the competitiveness of the CAN, simplification to strengthen the efficiency and competitiveness of the sector, as well as opportunities to improve aspects such as sustainability and innovation and the regulatory and regulatory challenges in the Community aviation sector.

This event, which will take place at the organization's headquarters in the city of Lima, will have the participation of IATA.

 

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