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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Missing the Friendly Skies of Mexico’s Old Airspace Design
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By KELIN DILLON On the tail end of yet another controversial weekend for Mexico’s airspace, a number of national airline carriers servicing the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) have agreed to move a total of 204 flights to the nearby (and newly constructed) Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA). As of now, the AIFA only services 13 daily operations. The initiative
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By KELIN DILLON Following a near collision between two of Mexican airline Volaris’ planes at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) on Saturday, May 7, members of the federal government and the aviation industry met to add “order to the airport system,” subsequently agreeing to lower the AICM’s operations by 25 percent and adding yet another layer of controversy to
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As debate over the safety of Mexico’s redesigned airspace — which has been linked to at least 17 close-call airplane incidents (and perhaps as many as 30) in the 12 months since its implementation — continues to fester, both Mexican and international aviation experts are warning that it may be time to reexamine the massive $17
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, May 9, defended the redesign of Mexico’s airspace, implemented in April 2021 to accommodate his controversial Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), which so far has only a handful of flights daily and is used by only one international carrier, Venezuela’s Conviasa. Insisting that there is
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Víctor Manuel Hernández Sandoval, general director of the Office of Navigation Services for Mexican Air Space (Seneam), has resigned from his position effective Monday, May 9, after having been accused by aviation experts of ignoring constant complaints from pilots and air traffic controllers about safety concerns and following a near collisions at the Mexico
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what critics have called an unabashed attempt to force airlines to use the newly inaugurated, but poorly received, Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, May 2, announced that it will restrict incoming and outgoing flights at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just one day after Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced that the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) government was beginning negotiations for Qatar Airways to open direct flights to Mexico, using the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the Middle Eastern airlines on Wednesday, April 6, contradicted Ebrard, saying it has no plans
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Qatar Airways will soon begin negotiations to establish direct flights between Doha and Mexico City, Mexican Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday, April 5. The airlines, which already services more than 150 international destinations with a fleet of 200 aircraft, would theoretically be flying to the newly opened Felipe Ángeles International Airport
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