The airports of country They exceeded the flow of passengers recorded before the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was announced by the Supervisory Agency for investment in public use transport infrastructure (Ositrán).
In this way, during the past year a total of 40.9 million were mobilized passengersfigure that exceeded the 38.5 million registered in 2019, that is, about 6%.
If we compare it with 2023 when they were recorded 35.7 million passengersthis increase represents 14.8 %, which shows greater dynamism of the air sector.
Jorge Chávez International Airport (AIJC), concessioned to Lima Airport Partners (LAP)led air traffic with 24.5 million passengerswhich represents 59.8% of the total.
It is followed by the first group of provincial airports, in charge of Peru Airports (ADP)with 7.5 million passengers (18.4 %).
The second group of provincial airports, concessioned to Andean airports of Peru (AAP), registered 4.1 million passengers (10.2 %), while the airports managed by Corpac mobilized about 4.8 million passengers (11.7 %).
Of the total mobilized, 31 million (76%) correspond to national flights, 8.7 million (21%) to international flights and 1.3 million (3%) to passengers in transit.
The busiest airports were the AIJC (25 million), Cusco Airport (4 million), Arequipa (2 million) and Tarapoto airports, with 1.2 million, and Piura with 1 million passengers.
Cargo transfer in airports
Regarding the load movement, in 2024 the 256,241 metric tons (TM), an increase of 6.6% compared to 2023 and 41,336 TM less than in 2019, when 297,577 Tm were reached.
In 2024, 452,565 landing and takeoff movements were performed, which meant a 9.2% increase in operations, compared to 414,231 reached in 2023.
This increase had a participation of Lap 42%, ADP of 34% (with higher operations in the airports of Pisco and Pucallpa), CORPAC of 18% (with higher operations in the airports of Cusco and Nazca) and AAP of 7%.
Source: Larepublica
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