Anyone who’s ever taken planes, trains, and buses to visit Machu Picchu can agree that an international airport will make the trip easier, but the it may also bring more tourists to the crumbling ...

Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport has been closed for the second time since the beginning of nationwide protests following the Dec. 7 impeachment of President Pedro Castillo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peruvians protest to demand President Boluarte's resignation (Reuters) - The international airport in Peru's southern Andean city ...

Peruvian president Ollanta Humala has announced plans to build an international airport near the southern city of Cusco to boost tourism to the legendary Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. The current ...

Peru's government promised on Thursday to protect the Machu Picchu sanctuary and other Inca ruins when building a new airport to serve the ancient civilization's capital of Cusco. Machu Picchu and the ...

UPDATE: The photo in this week's "name that airport" is of the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport serving Cusco, Peru. Congratulations to Today in the Sky reader (and "name that airport" ...

Just like Berlin's new airport (which has at least opened, almost a decade late), the one proposed at Chinchero Cusco in Peru has long been delayed. The circumstances were similar. Originally the ...

The current Cusco airport, long unable to handle major flights from abroad, only operates with limited daytime flights and is limited by its location in a city, surrounded by hills. Large aircraft ...