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The competitiveness crisis in the Lima hub: THERE IT IS warns about what he loses Peru with connection rate.
The strategic position of Jorge Chavez International Airport as the main hub of the South Pacific faces an unprecedented threat due to tax policies that discourage passenger transit. During his speech on the forum Wings of Change 2026, Peter Cerda, Regional Vice President of THERE IT IS, warned about the serious consequences of the new Unified Airport Use Rate (BRING IT) international transfer, whose value amounts to 11.86 Dollars.
Peru loses with the TUAA
With the implementation of this charge, Lima has become the only hub in the entire region that imposes an additional economic burden on passengers who simply make a technical stopover without entering the country, breaking with the competitiveness standard that governs other leading terminals on the continent.
This competitive disadvantage has triggered an immediate effect on the region's air connectivity., forcing companies to restructure their networks to avoid cost overruns that end up making the final ticket more expensive. According to information shared by THERE IT IS, This rate has been the determining factor for the cancellation of eight key international routes, including strategic destinations operated by airlines such as LATAM to Orlando, Curacao, Florianópolis and Tucumán, in addition to the closure of routes to Havana and Cancun. Future damage is equally worrying, since at least eleven new routes that were in the planning phase have decided to omit Lima of their itineraries, diverting their traffic flows towards competing hubs that offer more attractive and transparent operating conditions.
The impact of these decisions transcends the airline industry and hits directly at the heart of the Peruvian economy.. The erosion of connectivity and the loss of relevance of the Jorge Chavez represent a projected drop of 85 millions of dollars in tourist spending, affecting thousands of jobs and businesses that depend on the constant flow of international travelers.
By prioritizing immediate collection over a strategic vision of development, the viability of Lima as a gateway to South America, ceding ground to terminals that understand aviation not as an object of tax burden, but as an indispensable engine for economic integration and national growth.
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