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Felipe Ángeles Airport Hemorrhaging Money with No End in Sight
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Between March 21 and April 21, the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) registered a net loss of 22,902,811 pesos, according to Mexican government statistics. During its first 30 days of operation, the air terminal, located in Zumpango, in the State of Mexico (EdoMéx) reported revenues of 308,331 pesos. However, the cost of operating the AIFA during
Read moreUS Drops Covid Test Requirement for International Travelers
PULSE NEWS MEXICO As of Sunday, June 12, international visitors entering the United States will no longer be required to present proof of a negative PCR or antigen covid-19 test, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced late Friday, June 10. The decision to lift the requirement came amid mounting pressure from airlines that considered the measure as excessive
Read moreMexico’s Environmental Contingency Plan and the Covid Pandemic
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Once again, the the very midst of a surge in covid-19 infections, Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum on decreed a series of illogical and impractical restrictions on the circulation of private vehicles for Wednesday, June 8, due to an environmental contingency. With this order, she sent hundreds of thousands of Mexico City residents scrambling to get
Read moreEnvironmental Contingency Lifted for Mexico City, Valley of Mexico
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After an increased Day-without-a-Car program on Wednesday, June 8, limiting the circulation of vehicles in Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico , which included some privately owned cars with 0 or 00 inspection tags, Mexico’s Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis (Came) announced late in the afternoon that it would suspend Phase 1 of the Environmental Contingency,
Read morePollution Contingency Plan Activated, Affecting 0 and 00 Cars
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Due to high ozone levels throughout Mexico City and the State of Mexico (EdoMéx), the Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis (Came) announced late Tuesday, June 7, that Phase 1 of the environmental contingency plan would be implemented for all vehicles with license plates ending in the numbers 3 and 4 for Wednesday, June 8. High temperatures, reaching
Read moreAMLO’s Tren Maya: An Unlawful Act of Ecocide
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER On Sunday, June 5, World Environment Day, Mexico — once again — will have nothing to celebrate. The fact that the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has decided to complete ignore and override a definitive suspension granted by a federal court’s legal injunction 884/2022 against the works of Section Five of the Tren Maya
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Uber’s Callous Disregard for the Safety of its Drivers
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Uber exists in over 100 countries around the world, and it is pretty much the same everywhere: Click on the app, get from point A to point B, and evaluate the trip. That is basically true in Mexico as well, but some interesting undercurrents are happening that might not be apparent. When Uber made the
Read moreMexico’s Airport Safety Plot Thickens: Uncertified Controllers Found Working
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS >Despite having failed admission exams, a recent internal air audit detected that more than a quarter of all air traffic controllers in Mexico have been working since 2019 in the Services to Navigation in the Mexican Air Space (Seneam). In an audit carried out in 2021 of the applicant selection process, Seneam’s Internal Control Office (OIC) found,
Read moreMexico City, Edoméx Pollution Contingency Plan Suspended
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Although high temperatures and stagnant air are expected to continue to create high ozone levels in Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx), the Megalopolis Environmental Commission (Came) announced late Wednesday, May 4, that Phase I of the ozone contingency plan would be suspended for Thursday, May 5. As of 10 p.m. Wednesday,
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