Juan Jose Salmon, CEO of LAP, explained the strategic importance of the new agreement with Lagardère: “In the middle of the pandemic, Lima Airport Partners has successfully negotiated a pioneering partnership that brings a renowned and long-term partner to Lima Airport. Lagardère Travel Retail is renowned for its strong commitment and extensive expertise in travel retail and duty free. Our cooperation with Lagardère Travel Retail fits fully into our vision-of-the-future for airport retail. We believe that collaboration is the key to managing business relationships, as well as actively engaging in new partnership models. We are impressed by Lagardère Travel Retail’s high degree of engagement and innovation, which they will soon be bringing to the Peruvian airport retail market. In the context of LAP’s airport expansion program, this agreement also sends a strong signal to Peru and the global aviation and travel industries. Our agreement will take us well into the next decade – as we move boldly into the new era of aviation. We are dedicated to delivering new and unique airport retail experiences at the Lima gateway to South America.
Along with the duty free shops at Lima Airport’s existing passenger terminal, Lagardère Travel Retail will work with LAP to define a new retail experience for LAP’s future terminal, due to open in 2025. The launch of Lagardère Travel Retail’s operations in Peru marks a significant milestone for Lagardère Travel Retail’s plans to expand the group’s footprint in South America, just a few months after being awarded a concession to build and operate food service outlets at Arturo-Merino-Benítez Airport in Santiago de Chile. South America offers exciting growth prospects, lifted by steady domestic and intra-regional air traffic.
Jorge-Chávez International Lima Airport (LIM) is one of South America’s busiest airports. In the past few years traffic at Lima Airport has grown quickly to reach 23.6 million passengers in 2019. Before COVID-19, LIM’s route network featured 24 passenger airlines serving some 50 international destinations. With its Lima Airport expansion program, LAP is currently developing one of Peru’s most significant mega projects.
