The New Lima Airport is coming

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Peru prepares for the final start of construction of the New Lima Airport, which will solve the growing congestion problems that one of the main terminals in the region, facing a growing market, has and that did not seem to have a solution.

For him 2023 the inauguration of the second runway is expected and for the 2024, the new and expected terminal. The construction of both finally begins in April of the 2020.

History

Peru's main airport was officially inaugurated on 30 from December to 1965, as a replacement for the country's first commercial airport up to then, Clouds. With 52 years of history, the terminal has undergone major transformations to now be considered one of the best in the region.

Limatambo began operations on 3 November 1935 as the first commercial terminal in the country, taking an important step for Peruvian aviation, Leaving behind the concept of an airfield and minor runways that were found in various areas of the city at that time.. Over the years and the growth in demand and also the size of the aircraft, the need to replace this new terminal quickly appeared in the sights of the authorities..

For 1948, Clouds a 6 kilometers from Lima, inaugurated a new terminal and expanded the land, but the population increase and little control in the construction of new buildings, they ended up blocking any possibility of a better terminal and runway, so it closed to make way for the current Jorge Chávez in search of bringing Peru closer to the new aeronautical needs of those years.

The Jorge Chavez International Airport bears the name of the pioneer of Peruvian and world aviation, having been the first man to cross the Alps with a monoplane in 1910. Its planning and construction took 5 years and in its time it was the most modern airport in the region and in the world, outstanding for its spaces and modern architecture of its terminal, which passed without major changes for more than 30 years. At that time the Airport had the following characteristics:

• Construction area of ​​2,500,000 m2.
• landing strip 3,507.50 meters long by 45 Wide.
• 5,597 meters of taxiways.

For the beginning of the century 21, the terminal reached an operating maximum and was concessioned to LAP (Lima Airport Partners), mainly constituted by Fraport AG, renowned German group of experts in airport management and related businesses, which was commissioned to remodel and expand the terminal, the one in the 2005 was inaugurated in its first stage. The completely remodeled terminal had 18 Boarding gates, 7 boarding sleeves, a shopping center was built 2 years after the first hotel opened a few meters from the terminal.

For him 2009 the terminal underwent a second refurbishment due to growing demand. Going from 7 sleeves a 19, with which the passenger boarding area doubled, new business premises were built, they were put into operation 5 luggage bands and activated 16 immigration control points for departures and 22 for arrivals.

Over the years, the aircraft parking area tripled, new VIP rooms were built, spa and others. For February 2012 the resurfacing of the track is finished, which will extend its useful life by 10 More years, having been renewed 10 centimeters of it.

All designed for a traffic superior to the 10 million passengers per year, number highly exceeded in recent 5 years.

Present

Lima Airport is considered one of the most important in the region and with the fastest growth, having mobilized during the 2016 more of 19 million passengers of which 10 million were on domestic flights and 9 millions in international flights, having grown almost 2 million passengers compared to the 2015. For him 2017 is expected to pass the barrier of 20 million passengers.

This great growth of Jorge Chávez, that serves the City of Lima, located in the Constitutional Province of Callao, It is due to the great development and tourist promotion that Peru has had, where Lima is your main gateway. Too, the development of the LATAM Airlines and Avianca HUBs have allowed Lima to consolidate its growth and become an important connection center for those who travel from the south of the continent.

In Lima they currently operate 38 national and international cargo and passenger airlines, which cover at least 50 destinations in America and Europe.

passenger airlines

• Argentinian airlines
• Aeromexico
• Air Canada Rouge
• Air Europa
• Air France
• American Airlines
• Avianca
• Avior Airlines
• British Airways
• Copa Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• Iberia
• Interjet
• JetBlue Airways
• KLM
• LATAM Airlines
• Latin American Wings
• Peruvian Airlines
• Plus Ultra Airlines
• Sky Airline
• Spirit Airlines
• Star Peru
• United Airlines
• Viva Air Peru
• Long live Colombia

Cargo Airlines

• Atlas Air
• Avianca Cargo
• Centurion Air Cargo
• KF Cargo
• Korean Air Cargo
• LATAM Cargo
• Lufthansa Cargo
• KLM Cargo
• Qatar Airways Cargo
• Sky Lease Cargo
• SkyBus Cargo
• UPS Airlines

Within this growth, LAP – Lima Airport Partners, airport concessionaire has made some changes and improvements in the terminal, to somehow support the growth and provide better comforts to passengers who feel more "tight" every day due to what would be the imminent collapse of the terminal and air operations.. Within these improvements, the airport has improved its duty free areas, international arrivals area, check-in area and baggage claim, as well as the free Wi-Fi service was improved, passing east of 10 free minutes to 30 total and the first official bus transport service was created between the Miraflores neighborhood, Hotels area and the Airport with the Lima Airport Express service. All these improvements have allowed the terminal to gain several awards that recognize their services to passengers by Skytrax, World Travel Awards, Moodle Report y Priority Pass.

Other improvements in the aeronautical area have been made, such as the installation of ILS CATIIIB system, runway center lights, RNAV procedures and others.

Facing the imminent collapse, where much of the day you can see long queues of more than 20 planes to take off and others 10 for landing, the dealership, after more than 13 years of delays in the granting of land adjacent to the current terminal and runway by the Government, has already announced that the start of works on the New Lima Airport will take place between the end of 2017 and beginnings of 2018, with which the great and necessary project of integral improvements will be carried out and will offer a solution for this congested airport.

The New Lima Airport

Although it will be built on land surrounding the current terminal, the new airport conceptualized to be the definitive solution to the growing saturation problems of Lima and with a projection to satisfy the growth needs of the Airport for more than 30 million passengers and a considerable increase in cargo capacity is soon to come to light.

The improvement or rather new terminal and runway, will allow the JIAC to shore up its growth and position as Hub, driven by its national airlines as well as its privileged geographical position in the middle of South America.

Official video, This will be the New Lima Airport:

The project in general terms and mainly as a cover letter, contemplate the construction of a new large central passenger terminal for international flights and a second runway, as well as the total remodeling and expansion of the only current terminal that would function as a national terminal.

The new Lima Airport that will be built next to the current terminal and runway contemplates the following in its first stage:

• new runway.
• new passenger terminal.
• new control tower.
• New logistics area.
• new warehouse area.
• Hotel 5 stars.
• Convention Center
• new shopping area.

Located west of the current terminal and runway, the new Lima airport will be built in an area of 7 million square meters, what a space implies 3 times larger than the current, which will allow a large terminal and second runway.

Although the final characteristics of the new runway and passengers are still in the analysis stage, design and study, the New Lima Airport has great potential to become the largest in the region, surpassing even big ones like Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Panama and the new Santiago airport.

The first concept designs have been revealed, outside and inside the terminal would look as follows:

Important data

• LAP will make an approximate investment of US$ 1,500 million in the expansion project.
• To the date, approximately US$ has already been invested 40 million in this project.
• The new airport is financed with funds 100% private and without state co-financing.
• The New Jorge Chávez International Airport will occupy an area of 9 million m2.
• There will be a new runway and a new passenger terminal.
• The New Jorge Chávez will serve more than 30 million passengers.

About Fragport

It is among the world's leading companies in the global airport business – offers
a full range of integrated airport management services and has subsidiaries and investments on three continents (Europe, Asia and South America).

• in the exercise 2016, the Fraport Group generated sales of 2,59 € billion and a profit of around 400 million €.
• Next year Fraport AG will establish itself in Brazil to expand its airport portfolio in South America, with the concessions of the airports of Fortaleza and Porto Alegre

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