{
  "id": 10638359,
  "title": "Latin American airports will need US$178 billion to nearly double their traffic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/latin-american-airports-will-need-us-178-billion-to-nearly-double",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-29T07:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/09/29/latin-american-airports-will-need-us-178-billion-to-nearly-double-their-traffic"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Latin American airports industry is projected to require US$178 billion in investments over the next 30 years to accommodate a projected passenger traffic increase from 809 million in 2025 to around 1.5 billion in 2045, according to a presentation at the Airports Council International-Latin America and Caribbean (ACI-LAC) annual assembly. The director general of ACI-LAC, Rafael Echevarne, estimated a long-term annual growth rate of 3.1% and noted that annual infrastructure spending would need to rise from around US$3.4 billion to between US$8.6 and 8.7 billion by mid-century. The region's connectivity has not fully recovered from the pandemic, with Echevarne highlighting that 20% of city pairs have been lost, mainly at regional airports in Peru, Ecuador, and Chile, and advocating for the liberalization of air transport to address this issue.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "The $100 billion comeback of the American tween",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/the-100-billion-comeback-of-the-american-tween",
        "published": "2026-09-29T09:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}