Recently posted in GringoTree:
As for public transportation, according to a story in the Quito daily newspaper, El Comercio, the company Aeroservicios will provide bus and van transportation between the new airport and the main terminal at the old airport. From the old airport, you’ll have to transfer to a taxi or city bus to get to central Quito.
The Aeroservicios 22-passenger buses will cost $8 each way and leave four times an hour during peak periods, twice an hour the rest of the time. Smaller Aeroservicios vans will also be available and cost $12.
In addition, upwards of 500 taxis will service the new airport. Leaving from the new airport, passengers will pay for their rides at set fares, determined by distance, at ticket counters. Traveling to the airport, the article says something to the effect that the use of meters will be mandatory 24 hours a day, with fares regulated by the Ministry of Transportation.
Five public bus operators will also service the new airport; these buses will travel along a dedicated right-hand lane on a regular schedule; the fare will be 68 cents.
A consortium of Quito hotels is currently negotiating with the authorities for private-transportation services to transfer hotel guests to and from the new airport.
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