Airline recovery could be pushed back to 2023

restrictions caused by the pandemic hit airlines hard, which were still hoping to recover in 2024 after the Peruvian government gradually lifts restrictive measures.

However, based on information from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) There was a significant demand for flying as well asAugust, benefiting everyone airlinesdepending on the itinerary they suggest.

Thanks to this progress, monthly passenger traffic has reached 70% of what was achieved during the same period in 2019. This has generated positive forecasts, with airlines believing that the first months of next year will reach pre-pandemic levels.

Carlos Gutiérrez, general manager of the Association of International Air Transport Companies (Aetai), explained to management that international flights from several countries such as Colombia and Mexico have already resumed and Chile is on the same path. Although Peru “was late, now that moment is approaching.”

Only in August of this year, DGAC reported 732,330 mobilized passengers in Peru, and in 2019, one million was reached in the same period, this figure could be reached next March.

More cautious forecasts

Although such forecasts have not been provided by Lima Airport Partners (LAP), the operator Jorge Chavez International Airport (AIJC) who prefer to be more careful with their numbers. They expect to achieve a 74 percent recovery by December this year and a 100 percent recovery in the first quarter of next year.

Air transport production

In the latest production report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, air transport grew with a 61.81% increase in passenger traffic, both nationally and internationally, highlighting local destinations such as Lima, Cusco, Arequipa, Piura, Tarapoto and Iquitos , and internationally between Lima and the cities of Santiago de Chile, Miami, Madrid, Bogota and Panama City; while freight traffic decreased by 10.20% due to a decrease in the movement of goods internationally.