National holidays under threat due to lack of fuel for airlines

Given Petroperú’s possible fuel shortage due to anomalous waves preventing unloading at major ports such as Callao, around two million Peruvian they will stop traveling on this holiday due to national holidays.

This was warned by Ricardo Acosta, President of the Peruvian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Apavit), who explained that this is the season that travel agencies use to sell tours, and only on these days they managed to offer all their excursions. ; however, the situation puts them at risk. “Another blow to the sector,” he said.

Acosta told Management that at least two million dollars could be made at these parties alone. Peruvian buy tours, so no airline has suspended flights; although the outlook is unclear.

“If there is an interruption, the real victim will be the passenger because hotel reservations, restaurants, tours, car rentals get lost, and in the case of travel agencies, we would start to get a lot of complaints that elude us,” he said.

contact the central government

The Apavit spokesman urged Foreign Minister Roberto Sanchez to intervene to find a solution, especially since there are regions such as Cusco that have high hopes for their visitors, other affected destinations could be: the beaches of the North, Tarapoto, Cajamarca, Trujillo, Chiclayo and Ayacucho .

Affected hotels

For its part, the Hotel Society of Peru (SHP) reported that the national holiday period starts from 24 to 31 July and high occupancy up to 90% was expected; however, if flights are suspended, this can only be reduced by 30%.

SHP spokesman Tibisai Monsalve explained that 90% of tourists traveling this season are Peruvians and the rest are foreigners. He mentioned that there are a number of issues such as demonstrations and strikes that influence a tourist’s decision to travel.

Airlines with no emergency reserve

Yesterday the President International Air Transport Association (IATA) RPP Noticias told RPP Noticias that Petroperú had warned them days in advance of possible fuel shortages, causing them to fail to take precautions such as keeping emergency supplies of fuel.

“On Friday, airlines were alerted to this fuel shortage for the next few days. I’m going to give you 30% less fuel, and on the 13th I won’t be able to give you any more fuel, so please cancel your operations.“No method of solution is taken into account, nor is the huge impact this could have on essential services during high season,” he commented.