Peru’s aviation market remains on a sound footing despite overall weakness in Latin America

Peru is one of the more promising regions in Latin America during 2015, reflected in positive GDP growth and the addition of new international service. The domestic market is still growing at a solid pace, with Peruvian Airlines making significant market share gains.

During 1H2015 Peruvian transported slightly more domestic passengers than the Avianca Group, achieving the same level of market share as Avianca.

It appears that the Avianca Group may be working to leverage more international connections from Lima as the airport continues to serve as a key hub for the company. Avianca rival LATAM has also been working to exploit connections through Lima to North America and the Caribbean, and also plans frequency increases to some of its South American hubs from Lima during early 2016.

Overall the Peruvian aviation markets seems relatively stable compared with some of the other lager markets in Latin America; but Peru cannot entirely escape the economic cloud hanging over Latin America even as it boasts one of the more stable economies in the region.