By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF On its second day of operations, passengers slated to travel from Mexico’s new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) were advised on Tuesday, March 22, that their flights would instead leave out of Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport (AICM). The new airport, which was less than 50 percent operational at its official opening by
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Aeroméxico, Mexico’s largest airline, reiterated Friday, Nov. 19, that it will continue to use exclusively the Benito Juárez International Airport for all its flights into and out of Mexico City. The announcement came as a blow to the administration of leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who has invested vast amounts of political
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Once again, controversy has arisen over the half-finished Texcoco airport, which was canceled by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) even before he took office in December 2018. On Friday, Oct. 8, Mexican Secretary of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development Román Meyer shared an aerial photograph on Twitter of the land where former
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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
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By KELIN DILLON In response to the Mexican federal government’s proposed budget for 2022, experts across multiple sectors have expressed concern that the steep financial allocations to megaprojects will leave the nation with little maneuvering room should unforeseen contingencies arise. “The budget has little room for maneuvering, and that room that we should use to stimulate the country’s growth has
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By KELIN DILLON After Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) targeted political analyst Denise Dresser on Wednesday, Sept. 15, during his “who’s who in lies of the week” segment, journalists from the women-run organization Opinion 51 rallied in support and defense of the Reforma newspaper columnist. Dresser caught the ire of the executive after she criticized López Obrador and
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By KELIN DILLON New reports from the controversial construction of Mexico’s new airport, which is newly under jurisdiction of the nation’s military, say workers on the project are allegedly being charged some 20 to 30 percent of their salaries to continue working there by their military superiors. The workers, many of whom come from the cancelled New Mexico International Airport
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) this week expropriated 109 hectares of private property in the State of Mexico (Edoméx) to be used in the ongoing construction of the new General Felipe Ángeles International Airport. The new airport — which is a pet project of the president and which he
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Work at Mexico’s controversial new Santa Lucia airport field is coming along right on track, according to government sources. Of course, the field in question is not Santa Lucía’s airfield, but its baseball field. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who has made no secret of his personal penchant for the sport (even though the majority
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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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