The expansion of Lima’s Jorge Chavez airport, which Ineco began supervising with its partner CESEL in 2014 for OSITRAN (Public Transport Infrastructure Investment Oversight Board), has been reactivated. Airside earthmoving started in December 2019 and May saw the awarding of the works for the new control tower that will stand at 65 metres and is already well advanced. In August, the works began on the 3,480 metre second runway. According to the airport’s concession holder, Lima Airport Partners (LAP), both projects will be operational towards the end of 2022.

In consortium with Peruvian consultancy HOB, Ineco has been awarded the contract to prepare a pre-investment study for the creation of a new aerodrome in the Barranca District in the Loreto department of the Peruvian Amazon.

The study will define the options in terms of location and size. Its scope will include an analysis of traffic demand; an analysis of the airspace and flight procedures; the orientation of the airfield; technical, economic, social and environmental issues; and, engineering with respect to the profile and cost of the project.

Ineco will be responsible for the work related to aviation, while HOB Consultores will be handle the aspects of the project related to the location, data collection and fieldwork.

Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia (Aerocivil) has contracted a consortium made up of Ineco and Colombian engineering firm Integral to carry out research for the implementation of Apron Management Services (AMS) at the Eldorado International Airport in Bogotá. The AMS service is operated from the airport control tower, and its function is to manage aircraft traffic on the ground.

The research includes a detailed study of all the requirements for the optimum performance of the AMS, including an analysis of Colombian aeronautical regulations, safety requirements, professional profiles, equipment, installations, radio aids, software, hardware, communications and procedures.

The company, which implemented and provided this service from 2011 to 2017 at Barajas airport, will define the strategies and action plan for Aerocivil to determine the best technical-economic alternative to be implemented in 2021.

Aeropuertos de Perú (AdP) has entrusted the Ineco-CEMOSA consortium with the construction project and monitoring in the bidding phase of the expansion of the Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport, located in the district of Huanchaco, 10 kilometres from the city of Trujillo, on the northern coast of Peru. The objective is to respond to the expected growth in traffic volume, which according to AdP has increased by an annual average of 13% since the beginning of the concession in 2006.

The project includes the construction of new passenger and cargo terminals, the extension of the apron and taxiways, and new auxiliary facilities (fire brigade, sewage treatment plant, service block, etc.). Trujillo, with nearly one million inhabitants, is the third largest city in the country and has a rich cultural and archaeological heritage of the pre-Inca cultures of Peru.

Aeropuertos del Perú (AdP) has awarded a consortium consisting of Ineco and a local company HOB Consultores the technical file for the air side refurbishment and perimeter fence optimisation of Capitán FAP Pedro Canga Rodríguez Airport in Tumbes.

The works involve drafting the detailed construction project associated with the airport’s air side refurbishment and paving improvement programme (PRMLA), with special focus on improving the condition of the paving, fence and perimeter road, and on existing airport drainage system problems.

AdP, the concessionaire of the largest airport group in the country, manages the airports of Talara, Tumbes, Chachapoyas, Iquitos, Tarapoto, Pucallpa, Trujillo, Anta, Cajamarca, Piura, Chiclayo and Pisco, all located in the north and centre of the Republic of Peru, except for Pisco.

The Peruvian capital will soon have a public transport master plan drafted by Ineco and another Spanish engineering company, Typsa. The two companies won an international tender called by Peru’s Autonomous Electric Transportation System Authority (AATE), part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, with the cooperation of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The plan, which has a time horizon of 2050, will analyse demand, define a fare policy and determine the location of the metro’s interchange stations with future suburban lines. It will also include master plans for the metro and other transportation systems (bus and metrobus), and strategic environmental assessment of the projects, among other aspects.

Aeropuertos de Peru, the operator of Iquitos Airport in the northeast of the country, has announced the award of its Air-side Upgrade and Maintenance Project (PRMLA) to a consortium headed up by Ineco and the Peruvian engineering company HOB. The project consists of drafting a technical dossier for the airport’s runway, taxiway and apron improvement works. Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport is of great strategic importance for the city of Iquitos and its half a million inhabitants because it is located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest and there is no access by land, only by river and air.

What’s your assessment of the current progress of the expansion work?  

We believe that the solution implemented thus far meets all the needs and facilities required by an airport of this size.  Not only because of the potential in terms of passenger traffic, but also in all aspects related to the potential cargo that could be carried by this infrastructure.

What technical aspects of the project are most remarkable or unique?

One of the most important technical aspects is the expansion of the runway and the development of an entire area dedicated to cargo, from the accesses to the platform to the development of the cargo terminal itself. This is an important element that sets us apart, since there is currently no such infrastructure.

What impact will the modernization of the airport have on the tourist and industrial activity of the Lambayeque region, and the country in general? 

The impact revolves around two concepts: connectivity and decentralization, not only in terms of passengers, but in all aspects related to cargo. Chiclayo is located in northern Peru, equidistant from important cities such as Piura and Trujillo. This has made it an important centre of commercial activity. It is also the main point of land connectivity with the mountains and jungles in the northeastern part of the country. This creates the potential for the Chiclayo airport to become a regional hub for air connectivity. However, it has potential for connectivity not only in terms of domestic passengers, but also in regard to all aspects related to international connections, because up until less than six months ago, the only international connection was through Lima.  For a little more than six months, Copa has been connecting the north internationally, decentralizing the international connectivity of Lima.

In terms of cargo, the north is one of the country’s main agro-industrial zones, with important agricultural projects that will increase the availability of land for future agribusiness development, with products such as blueberries and asparagus exported by air.  This will also generate a positive impact by placing a cargo terminal at the point of production for the export of these products.

How do you think passenger traffic will evolve in Chiclayo?  And cargo traffic? 

For the last ten years, the annual passenger traffic in Chiclayo has grown 16%, but this has been supported by a single route: Chiclayo-Lima. The future of Chiclayo’s growth will be based on the development of regional aviation, as well as the development of international connectivity.

Connectivity will be improved and agribusiness will be strengthened in northern Peru

For a few months now, Chiclayo has handled international flights, specifically flights by Copa Airlines to Panama. What plans are there for the opening of new connections, and what impact do you think they will have on the airport’s security?

Currently, we are not only looking for new international connections, but are also strengthening Copa’s existing operations. Regarding regional connections, one of the important destinations with potential for future development is the Chiclayo-Chachapoyas route because of the tourist attractions it offers.

Chiclayo already operates as one of the alternative airports to the Jorge Chávez Airport in Lima. What might change in that relationship once the expansion is completed? 

Indeed, Chiclayo is currently an alternative airport, but in the technical-operational area. The new airport would make Chiclayo an alternative airport on a commercial scale, not only capturing international connectivity, but also decentralizing cargo.

What do you see, taking stock of the concession after a decade? 

With the initial investments now completed, in the last ten years, we have obtained annual growth of 16% for passengers and 10% for operations. We have expanded and incorporated new routes throughout the 12 regional airports that we manage. We have reduced the co-financing granted by the government of Peru by 70%, and we have developed Master Plans to invest close to 1 billion USD in the expansion and modernisation of our terminals for the next five years.

The remodelling of the Pisco airport began in 2015.  What do you think this experience can bring to the modernization of the Chiclayo airport?

Pisco’s experience has contributed to the improvement of the designs associated with the flow of passengers, not only in terms of operations and safety, but also from a commercial perspective. The access routes to the airport terminal are also a key element for its development.

In 2015, a total of 20.1 million passengers departed and arrived on domestic flights in Peru, an 11% increase from 2014, according to data from OSITRAN, Peru’s public transportation infrastructure regulator. In terms of international flights, there were 6.3 million passengers, a 6.5% increase. In addition, more than 329,000 tons of cargo, including 270,000 tons of international cargo was moved. Despite the fact that this was slightly less than 2014, the trend for the last 10 years is clearly upward.

In response to this continuous increase in demand, the country’s main airports, which are managed through concessions, have undertaken expansion and modernization processes. The Peruvian government began the airport concession process in 2000, entrusting the execution of the work to new managers under public supervision. Ineco, in a consortium with the Peruvian engineering firm CESEL, is currently involved in the expansion projects for two airports:  the main international airport, the Jorge Chávez Airport in Lima, which was awarded to Lima Airport Partners (LAP) in 2001 (see IT53), and the Chiclayo Airport, in the north. The Chiclayo Airport is managed by Aeropuertos del Perú (AdP), which was granted the concession in 2006 as part of a package that also included the airfields in Anta, Cajamarca, Chachapoyas, Iquitos, Pisco, Piura, Pucallpa, Talara, Tarapoto, Trujillo and Tumbes (see IT58).

In 2011, the second package, of six airports, was awarded to another company, Aeropuertos Andinos del Perú, S.A., followed by the concession for the new Chinchero airport, to the Sociedad Aeroportuaria Kuntur Wasi S.A., in 2014. Lastly, the concession for the third group (Jauja, Huánuco and Jaén), is expected to be awarded soon, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

THE EXPANSION OF THE CHICLAYO AIRPORT

Aeropuertos del Perú (AdP) has contracted Ineco to prepare the Profile Level Preinvestment and Feasibility Studies for the upgrade project of the FAP José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales de Chiclayo International Airport (see IT58). On 09/01/17, it received approval for the ‘Profile Level’ preinvestment document from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Peru. The goal is to increase the airport’s capacity from 451,000 passengers in 2014 to 2.6 million in 2038.

Aeropuertos del Perú (AdP) has commissioned Ineco to update the airside surface restoration and improvement programme at the Iquitos, Pisco and Pucallpa airports. The Iquitos airport, named Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, is the fourth most important airport in terms of air traffic in Peru and has a 2,500m runway with a taxiway. The Capitán FAP Renán Elías Olivera Airport, in Pisco, is complementary to the one in Lima, and serves a tourist region close to the Nazca Lines and Paracas Bay, and the Capitán FAP David Abensur Rengifo International Airport, in Pucallpa, serves the jungle region of the country.

Ineco is also collaborating with AdP in the modernisation and enlargement of Chiclayo International Airport together with the Peruvian company CESEL. Aeropuertos del Perú is the concessionary company in the first group of airports located in the northern and central provinces of Peru.