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Lima Runway Goes Dark, Stoking Tension Between Peru and Airlines

Global airline industry officials to meet with prime minister
Failure of runway lighting forced 200 flights to be diverted

Travelers remain stranded at Peru’s main Jorge Chavez International Airport in Callao, a province adjacent to Lima, on June 3.Photographer: Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP/Getty Images

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By Marcelo Rochabrun

June 5, 2024 at 10:53 PM UTC

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Recent chaos at Peru’s main airport, including the lights going out Sunday night on its main runway while the second runway remains inoperative, has the global airline industry fuming and heading to the Andean nation looking for answers.

International Air Transport Association representatives plan to meet Peru’s Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen on Monday to get to the bottom of the issue and review other longstanding concerns, said Peter Cerda, an IATA vice president who’ll be traveling to Lima for the meeting.