Peru's largest airline, Aero Continente, which makes four flights a week into Miami, lost its' permission to enter US airspace by edict of the Federal Aviation Administration, over what they claim are safety concerns. The cancellation is one of many problems facing the airline, which was founded by Fernando Zevallos, suspected of being a drug trafficker, financed with the profits of drug shipment and trafficking. The local Peruvian media has reported a series of incidents concerning the airline, including a plane whose landing gear failed to engage and made a flaming skid on the runway. When asked if the ruling by the FAA would halt Aero continente flights, Zevallos responded "Our flights to the United States will continue, not with Aero Continente's Peruvian-registered airplanes but with airplanes leased from other authorized companies until this temporary suspension is lifted."