News / Flights resume at Manta as Quiport builds emergency terminal after Ecuador earthquake

The new terminal in Manta

Quiport, the operator of Quito airport, has built an emergency terminal in the City of Manta, whose airport was damaged by a severe earthquake earlier this month.

Together with the Civil Aviation Directorate and Avianca, flights have now resumed to Manta, which lost all connectivity after the earthquake – a time when it was sorely needed. But commercial flights carrying aid and rescue workers have now started.

“We identified that our contribution would be the rehabilitation of Manta’s Eloy Alfaro Airport, so that it could handle ...