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 Arequipa - Night Flights Again (Spanish) The Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP) in Arequipa has progressively restarted its night operations, reported the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC). The MTC indicated, through its Twitter account, that there will be three Lima-Arequipa-Lima flights (six operations in total). Night flights resumed yesterday. The first aircraft from Lima landed at the Arequipa airport at 7:45 p.m., according to the schedule. The air terminal resumed its daytime operations on December 19 with the arrival of the first commercial plane from Lima after being closed for a week due to serious damage caused to its infrastructure by violent protesters. In these first days, only daytime flights were carried out due to the damage to the lights and sensors on the runway caused by vandals who forcibly entered the airport on Monday, December 12, forcing the suspension of operations and the cancellation of flights. scheduled. The attack occur...

Peru dispatch: ‘The policemen were throwing many tear gas canisters, and they were also pushing the protesters' (full article) Anjana Meza, JURIST’s staff correspondent at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, forwards this eyewitness account of recent protests in Arequipa from a law student at the Universidad del Pacífico who was visiting southern Peru earlier this month when Peru’s Congress removed President Pedro Castillo, who had attempted to unconstitutionally dissolve the legislature. Dina Boluarte, Castillo’s Vice President, was subsequently sworn into office. Protests have continued as Boluarte, herself a controversial figure, attempts to quell tensions by moving up the date of national elections and reshuffling her cabinet. Last week the government declared a 30-day state of emergency.  I went to Arequipa a few weeks ago since my family is from here and I wanted to take advantage of the time before going back to work. I had thought of staying just a few days....

Great News!: Ayacucho Airport will Operate Again From this Wednesday After closing operations since last week for security in the face of the wave of violent demonstrations, the MTC indicated that the airport will return to normal operation from this December 21. The Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport (AYP) in the city of Ayacucho will restart operations tomorrow, Wednesday 21 after its closure last week, to avoid attacks by demonstrators, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) reported today. "The Executive and the aeronautical community have been working together and agile to normalize air operations throughout the country," says part of the message, published on social networks. The Ayacucho airport suspended its operations from 00:00 hours on Thursday, December 15, before the warning of the Armed Forces about the arrival of a group of demonstrators who intended to break in, putting at risk the safety of passengers, staff and the entire community, Aero...