During 2023, national airports received 35.6 million passengers – 12.8% more than in 2022 (31.6 million) – but below the 38.5 million in 2019, the Supervisory Body reported in the Investment in Public Use Transportation (Ositrán). Likewise, it is detailed that Jorge Chávez International Airport (AIJC), concessioned to Lima Airport Partners (LAP), saw 21.2 million […]
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The strike at Italian airports caused nearly a thousand canceled flights
The strike of the ground staff and the staff of some airlines, which took place today in Italy between 10:00 a.m. local time (8:00 a.m. GMT) and 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. GMT), caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights and affected 240,000 people, but it passed quietly after most passengers were notified to reschedule their […]
Electronic passport control works again at UK airports
Electronic passport scanning gates are working again at UK airports after a technical failure that left them inoperative the day before was resolved, a spokeswoman for the UK Home Office has reported. “We can confirm that all the ‘e-Gates’ (as they are called in English) are now working normally”the source said. The ministry, responsible for […]
They approve the merger of Avianca and Viva Air: what are the conditions that must be met?
Through a releasethe Civil Aeronautics of Colombia made public its decision to approve the integration of the airlines Avianca and Viva Air, after the latter company announced at the end of February the total cessation of its operationsalleging as main foundation a financial crisis. However, the authorization of the merger from the Colombian government was […]
“We do not have capacity”: Viva Air president affirms that they do not have money to return affected passengers
The director of the airline argued that they do not have an option return to passengers the amount of your purchased tickets. In this context, he emphasized that the petty cash they have left will serve for a possible settlement. After the untimely closure of operations that harmed thousands of passengers, including Peruvians, by being […]
Ministry of Transport and Communications announces projects for more than S/17,000 million
They say for this year. Works include the execution of the new Daniel Alcides Carrión Central Highway, Red Vial 4 in Amazonas, as well as improvements at the Juliaca and Piura airports. The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) will start this year, until 2026, a portfolio of Projects prioritized for more than S/17,000 million […]
Protests in the south of the country have generated more than 58,000 affected air passengers
Since the protests began in the country, the airports of Cusco and Ayacucho have been affected and temporarily closed. This has generated that so far this year there have been 525 canceled flights and more than 58,000 affected passengers. This was reported by the Association of International Air Transport Companies in Peru (Aetai) and the […]
Ositrán: investment in transport infrastructure reached US$ 443 million until October
Investments in transport infrastructure reached US$ 443 million between January and October 2022, reported the Supervision and Inspection Management of the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Transportation Infrastructure for Public Use (ositran). According to the entity, so far this year, the Metro infrastructure moved US$ 179.93 million executed by Line 2; followed by the highway […]
Government agreed to increase airport capacity and number of flights
The heads of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) and the Ministry of Health (Minsa); Roberto Sanchez and Hernando Cevallos, respectively, announced that it was agreed to increase the capacity at Lima airports, such as the Jorge Chavez, and the regions; as well as the number of flights, with a view to further […]