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Peru's Jorge Chávez International Airport needs additional parking spaces for at least ten planes and to that end, the government could provide state property that is currently not being used, affirmed Jaime Daly, the general manager of Lima Airport Partners (LAP).

"We need more space right now, not only to park a larger number of planes but also to build a maintenance centre, aside from the land required for the construction of a second runway", Daly told Andina.

He mentioned that as passenger traffic to Lima's airport continues to grow, more international airlines such as TACA and LAN are increasing flight frequencies to Peru.

"LAN told us they are purchasing more planes to fly in and out of the country, but we need more space to park their planes overnight", Daly added.

At present, 30 planes are parked overnight at Jorge Chavez Airport when there is only space for 32 aircrafts.

Daly explained LAP was talking to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to see if the government could provide them with state property that is currently not being used.

LAP has invested $230 million in Jorge Chavez Airport and is to invest another $100 million in its expansion.

News source: ANDINA