More of 500 Airport industry leaders and professionals will meet at Lima, Peru, of the 27 al 29 of September, to participate in WAGA 2026 – ACI LAC/ ACI World Annual General Assembly & Exhibition.
It is the main global meeting of Airports Council International (ACI). The event is organized jointly by ACI World and ACI-LAC, with Lima Airport Partners (LAP) as host.
Airport representatives, governments, International organizations and other actors in the sector will analyze the main challenges and opportunities facing air transport, with special attention to connectivity, investments in infrastructure, digital transformation, innovation, sustainability and the evolution of the passenger experience.
LIBRA 2026 in Lima, Peru
The academic agenda will address, among other topics, operational security, the integration of airports with tourism and logistics, advanced air mobility, new technologies and the energy transition, as well as the development models that will allow airports to respond to the growth in demand.
Conference participants will include Jost Lammers, president of ACI World and CEO of Munich Airport; Justin Erbacci, General Director of ACI World; Juan José Salmon, president of ACI-LAC and CEO of Lima Airport; and Rafael Echevarne, Director General of ACI-LAC, plus other industry leaders. The program will also include the traditional CEO Panel, that will bring together executives from different regions of the world to analyze the perspectives and challenges of the sector.
“During these days, Lima will be the meeting point of the main leaders of world aviation and a platform to discuss the challenges that will define the growth of the sector in our region.. Operational safety, air connectivity, digital transformation, “Advanced air mobility and the energy transition require a joint and long-term vision”, pointed out Rafael Echevarne, Director General of ACI-LAC.
Echevarne also highlighted that the joint realization of WAGA with ACI World will allow strengthening the exchange between the airports of Latin America and the Caribe and their peers from other regions, and expand the region's participation in the global conversation on the future of aviation.
Air Transport Summint: A summit to promote regional connectivity
As a continuation of WAGA 2026, the 30 In September the Air Transport Summit will be held in Lima, convened by ACI-LAC, OACI, DGAC Peru y CLAC. The summit will bring together aviation authorities and specialists from Latin America and the Caribbean to address some of the main challenges of the region: connectivity, liberalization and deregulation of the air market; operational safety and regulatory compliance; passenger facilitation and technology; and airport economy, capacity and governance.
One of the expected results of the Summit will be to advance a Lima Declaration on Air Connectivity, with proposals for regional cooperation in areas such as the liberalization of the air market, regulatory harmonization, simplification of flight authorizations, passenger facilitation and the adoption of new technologies.
The initiative seeks to bring together civil aviation authorities, international organizations and representatives of the private sector around a common agenda that contributes to strengthening connectivity, the efficiency and competitiveness of air transport in Latin America and the Caribe.
You can access the full event program by clicking here.
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