Flight status in Jorge Chavez: know if your flight is cancelled or delayed

The strike of air traffic controllers that forced the closure of airports in Cusco, Ayacucho, Tacna, Arequipa and Trujillo ended; however, thousands of passengers were have been affected by the cancellation or change of their flights at Jorge Chavez International Airport, from where travelers were asked to be attentive to the communications of their airlines and recommended that those who still have flights scheduled for the following hours to enter the air terminal's website to check their status.

The canceled flights correspond to those of Jet Smart, Latam Airlines and Sky Airlines to Cuzco, Arequipa, Tacna, Ayacucho and Trujillo. There are also delays in flights to Cajamarca, Chiclayo and to Juliaca in Puno.

In addition to waiting for communication confirming whether canceled flights will be resumed today, those who still travel in the next few hours will be able to check the status of their tickets by clicking on the link below.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CANCELLED FLIGHTS?

According to Latam, if a flight of your airline is canceled or has a change in the itinerary, the user can choose between any of the following options:

- Advance the flight date up to 7 days or postpone it up to 15 days from the original date, without penalty in Reschedule your flight.

— Change the route of the flight, respecting the validity of the ticket, paying any differences in fares. You can do it through the Contact Center.

But in cases of force majeure such as the stoppage of air traffic controllers, the airline must communicate the steps to be followed for the rescheduling of flights.

Likewise, if the contact center does not answer calls, as reported by affected users, Latam recommends:

- Reschedule the flight, to change the date of your trip at no cost, to the same destination.

- If the flight has not been altered, but you want to postpone it, you can review your alternatives and enter Change of tickets.

- If you definitely won't be able to fly this year, you can cancel your trip and leave your ticket open subject to the conditions indicated in the “COVID-19 Change Policy”.

WHY DID THE UNEMPLOYMENT OCCUR?

Víctor Zavaleta, Corpac's secretary general of air traffic controllers, explained why this drastic measure was reached, directly blaming officials of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) for not complying with what was agreed.

“We had to come to a much more radical measure of force of this kind. Until Wednesday night we were at MTC looking for a solution, but we came up with nothing. Rather, we have seen actions against our affiliates that have motivated this radicalization of the measures,” he told Canal N.

There was also a wake-up call to Corpac officials, whom he accused of having postponed the “labor rights” of air power station workers.

“We have to strike at this time because we have been silent workers throughout the pandemic. We have maintained domestic air traffic when sea and land traffic was restricted. At that time we had been working 24 hours to sustain national air traffic,” he added.

“We were waiting for Corpac officials at MTC. They told us that they had gone, they never contacted us and they withdrew. There was a willingness of the union to settle this because of the situation in the country, but we cannot allow Corpac to continue to deal with this problem,” he insisted.

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