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 moreAMLO to Limit Number of Flights at Mexico City Airport
PULSE NEWS MEXICO In a totally unveiled effort to force airlines to use his dysfunction and nearly-impossible-to-get-to Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), which most international and even major national airlines have so far avoided for safety concerns, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Thursday, Aug. 11, that he would limit the number of flights allowed to land and
Read moreHelicopter Stolen from AICM
By MARK LORENZANA A Bell 206 Jet Ranger model helicopter, which was used to offer air taxi services and air tours in Mexico City, was reportedly stolen from its hangar at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) on Wednesday, Aug. 3. According to authorities investigating the matter, aviation pilot Jesús Silvestre, who was identified as the owner of the aircraft,
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 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
Read moreMexico’s Leaning Tower of Santa Lucía Does Indeed Lean
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite indignant claims to the contrary by verbatim-government-spiel-monger Ana Elizabeth García Vilchis, it turns out that the control tower at Mexico’s new Felipe Ángeles International Airport does indeed lean. The highly respected trinational architect and structural engineer Axel Belfort confirmed Wednesday, Sept. 22, that the structure has a slope of about 18 centimeters due to alluvial sedimentation
Read moreSanta Lucia Construction Registers 54 Workplace Accidents
By KELIN DILLON The construction of Mexico’s new Santa Lucia airport has already registered 54 accidents, including workers being run over by cars, crushed between pipes, and drilling holes in their hands, adding to the country’s bevy of flight-related problems. Mexico has already seen quite a bit of controversy over the redesign of Mexico City’s airspace to accommodate the Santa
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By RICARDO CASTILLO No Changes in Energy Laws After U.S. Ambassador Christopher Landau, echoing both U.S. and European energy investors, voiced concern over changes in Mexican energy regulations, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) denied that there had been any changes and vowed to respect all contracts from the previous administration. Landau also said that this was “not a
Read moreIs AMLO’s “New” National Guard Just More of the Same?
By RICARDO CASTILLO For a prelude to a presidency, surely that of Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has got too many dissonant chords. First it was his decision to control oil crude production that caused a market shakeup and further peso devaluation. Then came the cancelation of the ongoing construction of the new airport that sent markets skidding and pumped the
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