OPINION By KELIN DILLON Just one month after the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency reaffirmed its year-long ranking of Mexico’s airspace as a Category 2, maintaining Mexican airlines’ prohibition from opening new routes in the United States and continuing limitations in their services operations, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) revealed on Wednesday, July 27, that the second terminal of
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By MARK LORENZANA Several experts in the Mexican aviation industry on Tuesday, July 26, expressed concern for the continued deterioration of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), as another aviation analyst lamented the U.S. downgrade of Mexico’s air safety rating in 2021, which he believed does not bode well for the country’s airline industry in the long term. Aviation analyst
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By MARK LORENZANA Passengers continue to encounter problems at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), chief among them late arrivals, long wait times for checked luggage, delays at customs, lack of water and, now, the banning of ride-hailing applications. In addition to these problems, as of May 25, 2021, the AICM was downgraded to category 2 from category 1 in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday, May 23, announced that it was postponing indefinitely a technical review of Mexico’s Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), which was originally scheduled for May 23 to 27, leaving an indefinite date for its completion. The review is particularly for Mexico because the country’s airspace safety was
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XINHUA Mexico on Sunday, May 22, inaugurated its annual Tianguis Turistico fair, an event to promote national and international tourism products and services, in Acapulco, Guerrero, as tourism companies around the world strive to recover from the covid-19 pandemic. Mexican Interior Secretary Adan Augusto López and Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco cut the ribbon at the opening of the 46th annual
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Over the course of the last 12 months since the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded Mexico’s safety aviation ranking from category 1 to category 2, 2021, Mexican airlines have lost almost $5 billion pesos, according to industry sources. On May 25, 2021, the FAA downgraded Mexico’s aviation security category because of deficiencies in
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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 Mexican government prepares to revive defunct national airline Mexicana de Aviación to service Mexico once more, the project has already exceeded its proposed budget by an additional 100 million pesos. The venture would see 40 percent sponsorship by the Mexican government and another 40 percent in funding from private investors, which will now need to
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