AIFA Passenger Flow Levels Continue Rising
The terminal reortedly handled 1.6 million passengers between January and April of this year across 14,285 flights
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Zaldívar Allegedly Threatened Judges Against Disobeying 4T
Meanwhile, Zaldívar is seeking the impeachment of SCJN President Norma Piña for admitting the anonymous petition into review
Read moreFrustrated Passengers Left Frantic as Aeromar Flies Off into the Sunset
The fallout is anticipated to leave 587 Aeromar workers, pilots and flight attendants without jobs
Read moreMexico City’s Line 12 Reportedly Rebuilt with NAICM Steel
By KELIN DILLON In yet another revelation brought forth by documents leaked to the public by hacktivist group Guacamaya, the reconstruction of Mexico City’s Line 12 metro – part of which collapsed in a tragic accident that left 26 dead in its wake in May 2021 – is purportedly using steel obtained from the controversially cancelled Mexico City New International
Read moreMexico Moves 204 Flights from AICM to AIFA
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
Read moreAMLO Turns Former NAICM Site into Nature Reserve
By KELIN DILLON Just one day after the inauguration of Mexico’s new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) declared Lago Texcoco – the former site of the canceled Mexico City New International Airport (NAICM) – to be a protected nature reserve, putting an official nail in the coffin of the NAICM’s construction. Published in
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Felipe Angeles Airport Cost 36 Percent More than Estimated
By KELIN DILLON Several years after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) canceled the construction of Mexico’s New International Airport (NAICM) in 2018 in favor of building the purportedly less-expensive Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) in the region, new figures have revealed that the AIFA has cost the Mexican government 116 billion pesos as of mid-March 2022 – a
Read moreAMLO’s Electricity Reform: A National Disaster in the Making
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER If the cancellation of the construction of New Mexico City International Airport (NAICM) in Texcoco had devastating effects on the Mexican economy — due to the exorbitant cost (estimated by the government’s own Superior Audit offices as being somewhere between 184 billion pesos and 332 billion pesos) but also because of the dubious signal it
Read moreMexico’s Auditing Body Unsure of NAICM Cancellation Cost
By KELIN DILLON Three years after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) ordered the cancellation of the New Mexico City International Airport’s (NAICM) construction in Texcoco, the Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF) has given three different estimated reports of the cancellation’s cost, with no clear resolution on the project’s final price tag, leading to skepticism of the institution’s
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