Peru

The service was supposed to begin earlier this week.

Canada’s largest airline announced Wednesday that it is relaunching nonstop service to Lima, Peru, and adding destinations in Mexico and Belize.

Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport welcomed 18.6 million passengers in 2022, showing a significant recovery of 78.96% when compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. However, the recovery was hindered by health restrictions in the first quarter and domestic flight cancellations due to a social crisis in December. Domestic traffic saw a 53% increase, while international […]

On Tuesday, JetSMART Peru’s inaugural flight took off from Jorge Chávez airport in Lima. The new airline’s first operation is to Arequipa with an Airbus A320neo registered as CC-AWJ. Perú is the third subsidiary of the low-cost carrier JetSMART after Chile – its home base – and Argentina. JetSMART will currently have two Airbus A320neo […]

Aeropuertos del Perú (AdP), a concessionaire of 12 airports in Peru, announced the beginning of works at Piura airport and revealed the work progress at the Chiclayo airport. Piura’s Airport Project AdP signed the contract for the Technical File preparation of the project ” Capitán FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico Airport’s Passenger Terminal Construction and Aircraft […]

Recently, the LATAM Airlines Group released its projection for passenger operations for April, which was up 70 percent for April, compared to the same month in 2019. The airline’s projection is measured in available seat kilometers (ASK). In a press release, LATAM Airlines Group stated its flight and cargo operations for this April, and the […]

Volaris — the Mexican ultra-low-cost airline — ended 2021 as the main carrier in Mexico by transporting the largest number of passengers more than Aeroméxico and Viva Aerobus. Volaris transported 7.3 million passengers in the last quarter of 2021, increasing by 27% compared to the same quarter of 2020. Domestic passengers and international increased 29% […]

On Feb. 4, the French and Dutch embassies in Peru issued a statement addressed to the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs showing their concern about the air operations’ continuity between Peru and Europe. This message was issued after the La Pampilla refinery — operated by the Spanish company Repsol — stopped its operations on Feb. […]

The Peruvian aviation industry ended 2021 and started 2022 with some key news regarding airport infrastructure: the Peruvian government has already started the procedures and other measures for the airport expansion at Cajamarca, Iquitos and Pucallpa. As the Peruvian government continues to advance the lands expropriation plan that will be used for airport expansion, there […]

The Peruvian government has already started the procedures and other measures for the airport’s expansion at Cajamarca, Pucallpa, and Iquitos. These measures consist of the execution of the expropriations of the properties affected in the expansion projects of the Cajamarca, Pucallpa, and Iquitos airports. Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias Airport Mayor General FAP Armando […]