Creation an airline in Peru generates controversy and rejection.
A bill proposing to declare “of national interest” the creation of a flag carrier airline in Peru, with state financing, has generated controversy and rejection from sectors linked to this activity.
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According to its promoters, the purpose of the project, approved on Wednesday by the Congressional Transportation Commission, is to promote public investment for the creation of a Peruvian airline with low-cost fares, in an open and free competition air commercial market, on domestic and foreign routes.
The last flag carrier in the country was AeroPerú, a company that was privatized during Alberto Fujimori’s government (1990-2000) as part of a strategy to disassociate the State from a series of commercial activities, EFE reported.
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The text proposes that the creation of the Peruvian Flag Airline (ALPERU) be declared of national interest and of preferential public need to provide scheduled and non-scheduled air transport services for passengers and cargo, both nationally and internationally.
“The capital stock of ALPERU will be determined by the National Fund for the Financing of the State Entrepreneurial Activity (FONAFE) after a study and technical analysis by aeronautical specialists and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications”, states the bill submitted by the opposition bench of the Acción Popular (AP) party.
It also stated that the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) will constitute the initial capital of the airline and that “the national investment will be 100% of the public capital stock”.
Once the approval of the project was made known, the main business associations manifested themselves to request that this proposal be discarded for lack of technical justification.
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Plataforma Informativa de Aviación Comercial líder en América Latina.