By KELIN DILLON Following an investigative report conducted by Mexican daily newspaper El Financiero, dozens of high and mid-level officials from Mexico’s Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) revealed to the outlet that the aeronautics organization has been fraught with corruption, illegal wiretapping and impunity issues throughout recent years, problems that have come to a head as the AFAC attempts (and
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By KELIN DILLON Amid a controversial year for Mexico’s aeronautics sector, high-ups in the country’s Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) purportedly helped its pilots cheat their way through the Mexican commercial pilot exam, allowing underqualified and unprepared aviators to operate in Mexico’s airspace. After a Sept. 6 investigation ordered by retired general and now-former head of the International Civil Aviation
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By KELIN DILLON After Mexico’s airspace safety valuation was demoted by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from a Category 1 to a Category 2 last May, leaving Mexican airlines expansion into the United States in limbo and hurting the country’s tourism revenue, Mexico has apparently done little to reverse the decision, now culminating in the Federal Civil Aviation Agency
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By KELIN DILLON As the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) degradation of Mexico’s airspace ranking from a category 1 to a category 2 continues to send shockwaves throughout the country’s flight sector, director of the International Civil Aviation Training Center (CIAAC) Benjamin Romero has found himself the latest casualty of the ongoing saga. Romero was asked to peacefully leave his
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By KELIN DILLON Several months after Mexico’s air space rating was downgraded from a category 1 to a category 2 by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the country has failed to fix its aviation-related issues to regain a higher rating within the year, pushing its reevaluation into 2022. While Deputy Secretary of Transportation Carlos Morán and the Deputy Secretary
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By KELIN DILLON After Mexico’s air travel was downgraded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from a category one to category two, which posed significant threats to the country’s income from tourism, the nation has reportedly continued as before with its less-than-ideal practices instead of fixing the issues that caused the re-rank in the first place, resulting in even
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By KELIN DILLON After a period of consecutive hiccups in Mexico’s air travel sector, including near-collisions, construction accidents during the building of the new Santa Lucia airport, and a suspension of Mexico City’s new airspace redesign, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concluded its audit of the Mexican Federal Civil Aviation Agency’s (AFAC) aviation security, which will decide whether the
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By KELIN DILLON Following the design of the airspace surrounding Mexico’s capital Mexico City, the National Union of Air Traffic Controllers (Sinacta) has warned the new flight paths bring an increased risk of accidents and collisions, due to the more complex maneuvers the redesign necessitates. General Secretary of Sinacta José Alfredo Covarrubias described the new routes as “bad,” telling El
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