Air Travel By CHANA PERMAN Ma’am, your passport expired yesterday How did you not see? And why are you at the airport? Your flight is in a week We need to dispose of this cream, next time check our website The weather has become treacherous You can only fly tonight Time for passengers to deplane You can book another flight
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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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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 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 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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By KELIN DILLON The controversial new Santa Lucía airport will become Mexico’s main international airport, said Víctor Hernández, director of Services to the Navigation of the Mexican Air Space (Seneam), based on its larger capacity to expand than the current Mexico City International Airport (AICM). “The AICM over time is set to become the country’s second airport. The first I
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By KELIN DILLON Starting on Tuesday, Jan. 26, all travelers (age 2 and above) entering the United States by air will be required to show coronavirus test results taken within three days of the flight before boarding. Travelers to Canada also have to present a negative covid test to the airline prior to boarding, though Canada’s restrictions apply to those
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By THE PULSE NEWSMEXICO STAFF After missing a 1 p.m. Interjet flight from Cordoba, Veracruz, to Mexico City on Sunday, Feb. 3, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) opted to return to the capital via land rather than wait for the next flight at 4 p.m., his spokesman Jesús Ramírez said. The president was in Cordoba to present his
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