Veronica Zambrano, president of the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Public Use Transport Infrastructure (Ositrán), highlighted that the start-up of the new terminal at Jorge Chávez Airport will boost investments in infrastructure in the sector, amid a vortex of low income due to the confinement by the new coronavirus.
During your participation in the Regulatory Bodies Forum: Roles and challenges in the current context, organized by AmCham PeruZambrano said that the terminal could operate in parallel with the current one, depending on demand, a situation that must be evaluated by the concessionaire and the State to meet the deadlines for the benefit of users.
“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the airport sector has been the most affected, both in investments and in its income, a situation that currently remains. Investment in the airport sector in both cargo handled and the number of passengers has been reduced. There is no certainty in the airline industry because the number of flights has dropped significantly in the world ”, he warned.
The president of Ositrán also pointed out that other transport infrastructures such as roads and Metro Line 1 have also been affected during 2020 due to the restrictions established to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and are currently beginning to recover. .
“Line 1 of the Metro operated in 2020, with time and capacity restrictions. While in the road network there was no passenger transport, only cargo for a period of time, which affected the collection of tolls ”.
Ositrán: port sector, the least affected
On the other hand, the head of Ositrán stressed that the port sector was the least affected last year and was able to maintain its investments, due to the nature of its operations. In this sense, he stressed that it is necessary to maintain clear rules and build confidence to recover the country’s economy.
For this reason, he stressed that Ositrán’s main task is to ensure compliance with the concession contracts, which results in good service to users.
“From our role as a regulatory body, we have the challenge of generating confidence in investors and users with an ideal service. To do this, we have established policies within the institution such as the implementation of OECD standards, concrete actions against corruption, strengthening of user service channels, digital transformation, strengthening of User Councils, accountability of accounts -which has been given since 2018- both in Congress and in Public Hearing, among others, “he concluded.
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